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1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Do you recall your parents saying "Wise Up?". This is the BEST way to increase your intellect, grow your vocabulary, and broaden your view of history and culture. Take the "wise up!" challenge and listen to any 5 of these narrated stories and give your brain a treat! (It works for all ages, including TV-bound seniors). Enjoy listening to well-narrated tales from writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Hans Christian Anderson, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. These fast-paced stories and captivating tales are chosen for their unique flavor, are suitable for all ages and tastes, and provide a window to a time when writers knew how to tell great stories using descriptive words and phrases.. We now offer new episodes thrice weekly, Sundays at noon ET, Wednesdays at 5PM ET, and "Best Of's (Listener Favs)" ery early Friday mornings. We are the best "self-improvement" course you'll ever take, and we are free! First- check out our "Reviews" here: https://www.bestof1001stories.com/show/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/reviews/

info_outline A DEPARTMENTAL CASE by O.HENRY 11/16/2025
info_outline THE FLYING STARS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON 11/13/2025
info_outline THE COUNTRY COTTAGE and THE SCHOOL MISTREESS by ANTON CHEKHOV 11/09/2025
info_outline THE FIRST THANKSGIVING and A BRAVE LITTLE QUAKERESS 11/05/2025
info_outline FALL FAMILY SPECIAL: BRIGHTEN'S SISTER-IN-LAW by HENRY LAWSON 11/02/2025
info_outline FALL FAMILY SPECIAL: THE LAST LEAF by O.HENRY A GREENWICH VILLAGE STORY 10/29/2025
info_outline FALL FAMILY THEME: A BURGLAR'S CHRISTMAS by WILLA CATHER A STORY OF FORGIVENESS: 10/26/2025
info_outline HOLIDAYS ARE HERE AS 1001 HEROES AND 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES GO 100% FAMILY AND HONOR THEMES NOW THRU DEC 31ST ( SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE- MORE COMING MID NOV) 10/26/2025
info_outline RIP VAN WINKLE (WASHINTON IRVING) and THE AMERICAN BOY (THEODORE ROOSEVELT) 10/25/2025
info_outline PERJURED by EDITH MIRILEES 10/22/2025
info_outline A GRAY SLEEVE by STEPHEN CRANE 10/19/2025
info_outline DAVID SWAN by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 10/18/2025
info_outline MARJORIE DAW (PT 2 OF 2) T.B. ALDRICH 10/15/2025
info_outline MARJORIE DAW (PT 1) by THOMAS B. ELDRICH 10/12/2025
info_outline THE CAGE and OUT ON THE FIELD BY ZANE GREY 10/10/2025
info_outline THE BOULEVARD OF ROGUES by MEREDITH NICHOLSON 10/08/2025
info_outline THE PRELIMINARIES by A.C.COMER 10/05/2025
info_outline DUTCH COURAGE by JACK LONDON 10/03/2025
info_outline THE LIE (PT 2) MARY ANTIN 10/01/2025
info_outline THE LIE (PT 1) MARY ANTIN 09/28/2025
info_outline BLIND MAN'S HOLIDAY by O.HENRY 09/26/2025
info_outline THE RUBE'S WATERLOO by ZANE GREY 09/24/2025
info_outline A CANARY FOR ONE and MY OLD MAN ERNEST HEMINGWAY 09/21/2025
info_outline THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHEAP FLAT POIROT INVESTIGATES 09/19/2025
info_outline ROBIN HOOD SHOOTS FOR QUEEN ELEANOR by HOWARD PYLE 09/17/2025
info_outline THE GREAT SERMON HANDICAP A JEEVES STORY from P.G.WODEHOUSE 09/14/2025
info_outline LITTLE JOHN GOES TO NOTTINGHAM FAIR and HOW LITTLE JOHN LIVED AT THE SHERIFF;S 09/10/2025
info_outline THE RACE by STEWART EDWARD WHITE 09/10/2025
info_outline SPRINGTIME A LA CARTE and THE MARRY MONTH OF MAY A DOUBLEHEADER FROM O.HENRY 09/07/2025
info_outline BEST OF: THE BODY SNATCHERS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 09/05/2025
 
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