For Reading Out Loud

Frank R. Stockton, The Magic Egg 01.03.2026 35:14 ↓

A magic show that isn't just about magic: Frank R. Stockton's "The Magic Egg"

Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Hunter's Lodge 22.02.2026 27:40 ↓

Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot investigates, and his friend Captain Arthur Hastings narrates "The Mystery of the Hunter's Lodge."

Willa Cather, The Namesake 15.02.2026 31:33 ↓

In a sculptor's studio in Paris, eager young expatriates hear a tale of rootedness and creativity. Willa Cather's "The Namesake."

Anna Katharine Green, Shall He Wed Her? 08.02.2026 31:19 ↓

An intriguing story by a writer who was best known as a pioneer of detective fiction. Anna Katherine Green’s "Shall He Wed Her?”

Mark Twain, Insurance, Cannibalism 2-1-26 01.02.2026 27:43 ↓

Mark Twain dips his pen in dark comic ink for a speech to accident insurance executives and for a tale called "Cannibalism in the Cars."

G. K. Chesterton, The Purple Wig 25.01.2026 35:08 ↓

G. K. Chesterton's priestly detective Father Brown examines a curse on an old and prominent Devonshire family.

Meredith Nicholson, The Boulevard of Rogues 18.01.2026 18:27 ↓

A humorous and satisfying story of one man taking on the corrupt local political machine: Meredith Nicholson's "the Boulevard of Rogues"

Guy de Maupassant, Theodule Sabot's Confession 11.01.2026 18:24 ↓

Master storyteller Guy de Maupassant's "Théodule Sabot's Confession"

Washington', Eisenhower Farewell Addresses 1-7-26 07.01.2026 20:45 ↓

Lest we forget: George Washington's and Dwight Eisenhower farewell addresses

Sarah Orne Jewett, A White Heron 1-4-26 04.01.2026 27:29 ↓

A young girl discovers her passion for New England country life and her love and values for the animals that inhabit it.

Eric Kelly, In Clean Hay 12-25 28.12.2025 23:42 ↓

A Christmas story set in Poland: Eric Kelly's "In Clean Hay"

Gift of the Magi* 21.12.2025 16:41 ↓

So familiar, but somehow always new and wonderful: O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi"

Lucy Maud Montgomery, A Redeeming Sacrifice 14.12.2025 16:01 ↓

A fine young woman falls for a rotter. What directions might it take? Lucy Maud Montgomery's "A Redeeming Sacrifice"

London, To Build a Fire, 12-7-25 07.12.2025 44:29 ↓

About as cold as it gets: Jack London's "To Build a Fire"

P. G. Wodehouse, The Nodder 30.11.2025 37:34 ↓

A Hollywood yarn from P. G. Wodehouse: "The Nodder"

Wilde:Coward 11-25 23.11.2025 33:59 ↓

Two stories by two great wits and storytellers: Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward

Ambrose Bierce, Horseman in the Sky 02.11.2025 21:42 ↓

Ambrose Bierce's famous and startling Civil War story, "A Horseman in the Sky"

P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Love That Purifies 19.10.2025 44:15 ↓

It has been said that P. G. Wodehouse’s inimitable comic style was as hard to analyze as his emotions; one critic described the task as “taking a spade to a soufflé.” So no need to subject it to analysis, just relax and enjoy Wodehouse's "Jeeves and the Love That Purifies."

Will James, The Seeing Eye, 10-12-25 13.10.2025 38:06 ↓

A Western tale by the gifted storyteller and illustrator Will James, "The Seeing Eye"

Jesse Lynch Williams, The City Editor's Conscience 05.10.2025 23:16 ↓

Off to the world of newspapers in Jesse Lynch Williams's "The City Editor's Conscience"

Rudyard Kipling, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 28.09.2025 31:47 ↓

Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of a fearless mongoose and the family that took him in: Rikki-Tikki Tavi

Elinor Mordaunt, Genius 21.09.2025 1:08:07 ↓

Elinor Mordaunt's "Genius," a story of a brilliant, unworldly talent and its pursuit of a concert career

Somerset Maugham, The Portrait of a Gentleman, The Ant and the Grasshopper 14.09.2025 25:37 ↓

How to live in an uncertain or chaotic world? Two stories by W. Somerset Maugham.

W. H. Hudson, Story of a Piebald Horse 07.09.2025 28:09 ↓

Internationally famous as a naturalist and ornithologist, he also wrote novels and short stories set in his native Argentina. Tonight's story is W. H. Hudson's romance, "Story of a Piebald Horse."

Agatha Christie, Motive Versus Opportunity 31.08.2025 30:39 ↓

Miss Marple in full flower in this early mystery from The Tuesday Night Club: "Motive Versus Opportunity"