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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 BREAKING INTO FAST COMPANY by ZANE GREY 12/31/2025
info_outline THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE and THE CHOICE OF HERCULES (JAMES BALDWIN) 12/28/2025
info_outline THREE WISE GUYS by DAMON RUNYAN 12/27/2025
info_outline THE TWO WINNIE THE POOHS 12/24/2025
info_outline MAMMON AND THE ARCHER by O. HENRY 12/21/2025
info_outline A BLACKJACK BARGAINER by O.HENRY 12/20/2025
info_outline THE PURLOINED LETTER EDGAR ALLAN POE 12/17/2025
info_outline COOL AIR by H.P.LOVECRAFT 12/14/2025
info_outline THE KIDNAPPED PRIME MINISTER by AGATHA CHRISTIE 12/13/2025
info_outline THE STRANGE CRIME OF JOHN BOULNOIS from THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN 12/10/2025
info_outline THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL A SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE 12/07/2025
info_outline CAPTAIN ELI'S BEST EAR by FRANK STOCKTON A 1001 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL SELECTION 12/06/2025
info_outline CHRISTMAS JENNY by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 12/03/2025
info_outline WHISTLING DICK'S CHRISTMAS STOCKING by O.HENRY 11/30/2025
info_outline ANN MARY; HER TWO THANKSGIVINGS by MARY E .WILKINS FREEMAN 11/26/2025
info_outline HOW WE KEPT THANKSGIVING AT OLDTOWN by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 11/23/2025
info_outline THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP by BRET HARTE 11/22/2025
info_outline JEEVES IN THE SPRINGTIME by P.G. WODEHOUSE 11/19/2025
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
 
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