Classics Narrated

Great stories from public domain: Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Christmas Carol, Kipling's Kim, Lorna Doone, A Room with a View, etc.

Adam Bede, Chapters 3 and 4 08/09/2012

Adam Bede, Chapters 3 and 4 Dinah declines Seth's proposal, which he bears meekly, and Adam finishes work his father, a drunk absent without explanation, has neglected. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/2031502

Adam Bede, Chapter 2 11/17/2011

Adam Bede, Chapter 2 Dinah, a beautiful young Methodist woman, preaches an outdoor sermon to the villagers of Hayslope. Not ordained, but saintly, she speaks as one of them, about their commonplace struggles and temptations, and the solace of their redemption in Christ. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1759251

Chapter 1: The Workshop 10/04/2011

Chapter 1: The Workshop We meet Adam and Seth Bede, and the other carpenters in Mr. Burge's shop as their work day ends. The time is late 18th century, in the rural English Midlands. They tease and quarrel over a young female Methodist who will preach on the green that evening. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1725609

Lightning and the lightning bug. 01/24/2011

Lightning and the lightning bug. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1460581

The Cask of Amontillado 11/16/2010

The Cask of Amontillado /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1361630

The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe 06/24/2010

The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189978

Change of Pace 06/24/2010

Change of Pace Moving from Adventures of Tom Sawyer, to one of the more appalling stories of Edgar Allan Poe calls for some word of explanation. First, be assured I have little or nothing in common with the protagonist. I loved my little black cat, and stumbled over this story waiting for software to download. It was her memory that drew me to it. I would never raise my hand to my spouse, and am rigorously moderate about alcohol. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189992

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 33-35 05/12/2010

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 33-35 /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189979

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 31 and 32 03/19/2010

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 31 and 32 /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189976

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 29 and 30 03/12/2010

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 29 and 30 /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189975

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 25-28 01/20/2010

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 25-28 Tom & Huck set out to find treasure, first by digging, then looking into a haunted house, which holds danger and loot. What follows tests their courage still more... /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189974

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 22-24 01/08/2010

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 22-24 Tom "reforms" for the sake of a gaudy uniform, falls ill for weeks, and returns to old habits with his chums. Muff Potter's trial approaches, Tom's testimony could keep him alive and free, but at risk of his own life from vengeful, violent Injun Joe. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189973

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 18-21 09/27/2009

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 18-21 Back at home, Tom shows uncanny insight about events that took place while he was supposedly "away." Aunt Polly questions his good nature, Becky Thatcher rejects and accepts him, and school comes to a resounding close for the summer. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189972

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 14-17 08/22/2009

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 14-17 Tom, Joe and Huck leave civilization behind, but notice a search for them. Tom spies on his family back home, but in spite of homesickness, storm, and trouble learning to smoke, the boys stay out until they have a chance to hear their own eulogies. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189971

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 10-13 07/17/2009

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 10-13 Witness of a murder makes a heavy burden for Tom and Huck. This brings Tom very low, Aunt Polly tries to cure him, and Tom doses the cat. Rejected in love, Tom turns to "piracy" with Huck and Joe. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189970

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 7-9 06/09/2009

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 7-9 Understanding between Becky and Tom is brief, driving Tom to consider life as an outlaw. When he and Huck visit the graveyard at midnight, drawbacks become all too clear. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189969

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 5 and 6 04/09/2009

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 5 and 6 At church, Tom's mind wanders, and he lets his "pinch bug" out of the box, to wander and make exciting friends. Monday Tom avoids school, fakes illness, talks with the outcast Huck Finn, and confesses. Punishment? To sit next to the admired new girl! /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189968

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 3 and 4 04/01/2009

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 3 and 4 Tom tries for a little justice of his own, changes his affections, leads a small army, is unjustly punished, and wins a Bible by showing more scholarship than he actually has. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189967

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 1 and 2 03/19/2009

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 1 and 2 Tom tries to get the most out of life as a small boy in a small river town in Missouri before the Civil War, and his Aunt Polly tries to bring him up to responsible respectability, giving him the odious chore of whitewashing their board fence. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189966

Bartleby the Scrivener, Part 2 of 2 02/01/2009

Bartleby the Scrivener, Part 2 of 2 Unable to get Bartleby to leave his office, the owner of the law firm moves the office instead. Bartleby remains in the old building until removed by the landlord, and is sent to the Tombs, a Manhattan prison. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189965

Bartleby the Scrivener, Part 1 of 2 11/19/2008

Bartleby the Scrivener, Part 1 of 2 A phlegmatic lawyer who gets more business hires an additional copyist, or scrivener, in mid-19th century Manhattan. At first, work goes well, but Bartleby's quirks grow, upsetting the lawyer and his temperamental staff. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189964

Heart of Darkness-Part III, Episode 6 of 6 11/07/2008

Heart of Darkness-Part III, Episode 6 of 6 Returning from the Inner Station, Marlow falls ill after Kurtz dies. Recovering, he is compelled to carry Kurtz's writings back to Europe, and to bring sympathy to his bereft fiancee, trying hard not to speak ill of the dead. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189963

Heart of Darkness-Part III, Episode 5 of 6 09/25/2008

Heart of Darkness-Part III, Episode 5 of 6 The Russian trader explains Kurtz's overwhelming force of personality to Marlow. They find Kurtz desperately sick, but unwilling to leave the jungle and its people, and take him back on board the steamer regardless. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189961

Heart of Darkness-Part II, Episode 4 of 6 09/16/2008

Heart of Darkness-Part II, Episode 4 of 6 At the Inner Station, Marlow finds violence, death, uncanny echoes of Kurtz's presence, and an odd trader, who informs him that the people fought to keep Kurtz with them. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189959

Heart of Darkness-Part II, Episode 3 of 6 08/21/2008

Heart of Darkness-Part II, Episode 3 of 6 Marlow steams deeper into the jungle, to the Inner Station, growing more fascinated as he learns more of Kurtz, a man of remarkable abilities. Hunger follows the ship, whose crew are cannibals, with dense fog adding to the palpable tension. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189956

Heart of Darkness-Part I, Episode 2 08/15/2008

Heart of Darkness-Part I, Episode 2 Marlow travels to central Africa, finds death, callous indifference, anxiety, and avarice instead of vaunted civilizing ideals in his employer's stations. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189953

Heart of Darkness-Part I, Episode 1 08/06/2008

Heart of Darkness-Part I, Episode 1 At a conference on board ship near London, an old sailor named Marlow recounts his decision to join a European trading company active in Africa. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189950

A Room with a View- Chapters 19 & 20 07/06/2008

A Room with a View- Chapters 19 & 20 Lucy has frustrating conversations with the Misses Alan and her mother, but a chance meeting with old Mr. Emerson helps her realize what she's tried to deny. The last chapter brings us back to Florence, and the room whose view started the tale. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189948

A Room with a View-Chapter18 05/09/2008

A Room with a View-Chapter18 Mr. Beebe learns that Cecil's engagement to Lucy has been broken, as Cecil leaves Windy Corners. Without completely understanding her motives, he supports her plan to escape, by traveling to Greece with the elderly ladies they met in Florence. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189946

A Room with a View-Chapters 16 & 17 04/30/2008

A Room with a View-Chapters 16 & 17 Lucy, denying her feelings for George, throws him out, following lively discussion. She then breaks her engagement to Cecil, who behaves exasperatingly well. /episode/index/show/scottgadwa/id/1189944

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