1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Australian storyteller Henry Lawson tells the tale of an old bushman who lived a solitary life miles from anywhere and would chase down travelers just to swap yarns. The old man had lost his wife, who had died in labor, far from the nearest doctor, but her ghost was a frequent visitor. Music: Stuart King. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories From The Old West- h...

A young man working as the telegraph operator for a small town loses his fiance to a cold blooded murderer, who is soon tried and sent to jail to await his execution. The telegraph operator soon finds himself receiving a night telegram from the governor ordering a stay of the execution- and takes it upon himself to alter the message to indicate that the hanging will take place as scheduled. New Tw...

A successful businessman returns to the small town of youth to foreclose on a mortgage held by his old childhood nemesis, upon whom he vowed revenge years ago. While checking out the property he finds a young boy sitting on a rock near the pond reading a book, and he is surprised at some of the features in the boy's face which remind him of people he knew. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow...

A Texas Sheriff is traveling back to his town with his new bride when he is accosted by the town drunk. In this story Crane is able to portray the changes taking place in the west as the train, a symbol of new ways vs. old ways) carries a more aloof, sophisticated and condescending culture into the simple, unpretentious West. At the time Crane was writing, the West was slowly disappearing, and the...

Robin and 4 of his men set out to find a friar who can marry their new recruit Alan A Dale and Robin ends up trading broadswords with a singing friar. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a60ec356-c7d0-4535-b276-1282990e46ba/1001-radio-crime-solvers 1001's Best of Jack London- https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cH...

A New England story about an old woman with no money and no support who steals a parcel of toys from the town store to make sure the little ones now in her care have presents. Her neighbor across the street has everything she doesn't- a living daughter, a means of support, a nice house with furnishings- and seems to enjoy flaunting it in this lady's face. All these things her neighbor has- until h...

A wealthy New York stockbroker goes to great lengths to help his daughter-in-law get some social acceptance. ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- Coming Soon 1001's Best of Jack London- https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURMMzA0OTMyMjE1Mg/episode/ZGZjY2U4ZmUtNzMzYi0xMWVkLWE3NzUtMmY1MGNmNGFiNDVh?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwifjrqi8-L7AhViM1kFHQ1nA_EQjrkEegQICRAI&ep=6 1001...

Christmas comes early to 1001 Greatest Love Stories with this classic Henry Van Dyke story telling of how the hosts of heaven decided to save the Earth from itself. Its a well written piece and I thought you might enjoy it. ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE:  https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20radio%20days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Google Podcasts...

Orpheus and Eurydice is an old Greek tale retold by V.C. Turnbull which recalls the story of a gifted jmusician named Orpheus whose beautiful young wife Eurydice is killed by a viper. Orpheus descends into hell with his lyre to beg Pluto, the god of the underworld, to release her to earth again. The second story is another old tale of a ships crew who are ordered to stand fast against adversity in...

Lasting Love- After a dinner party at the manor the subject of 'what is true love' is discussed between the men and the women- with some very interesting results. His Revenge- A jealous man marries the wife of his deceased best friend only to find himself driven by an insane jealousy of his former friend- a jealousy that runs out of control. ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Crime Solvers- Coming Soon 100...

Christmas at Sea (poem) - Robert Louis Stevenson . A young man who has left his family to go to sea is working aboard a ship on Christmas Day while a fierce ice storm is threatening the ship and its crew. The ship is being close to shore and he can see his boyhood home through the blowing storm. Christmas by Inquisition- O.Henry- A small gold mining town prepares a special Christmas day for a retu...

Robin Hood sends out some of his men to waylay a cash rich traveler but having no luck, they do manage to find a young man who is pining over his lost love- lost because her father has promised her to an old man. But Robin has an idea how they can get married- he just needs to find a certain friar who will do the job. ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE:  https://podc...

Two young men from a small Connecticut town named Opinquake join General Putnam's army as it digs in around Boston in an effort to disrupt the British hold on Boston during the American revolution. Both men have vied for the affection of the girl they left behind, and only one will win in the end. ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE:  https://podcasts.google.com/searc...

In this delightful tale, which is one of Kipling's beloved "Just So Stories", a neolithic father and daughter are fishing far from their cave when he spear breaks and he turns all his attention toward fixing it. While he is occupied his daughter meets a native from another tribe who, due to her lack of fear and somewhat bossy nature, believes she must be a great chief's daughter.. Unable to unders...

Three Very Old Tales The Wives of Weinsburg - A kingdom falls but the women plea to the attackers to let them carry out their most cherished possessions... The Most Precious Thing - A young couple sign an agreement saying that if the wife returns home she can bring the thing she most holds dear Admetus and Alcestia - James Baldwin retelling of an old Greek tale about a King who receives a special...

Two great short stories from the master of plot twists- O. Henry, Enjoy! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE:  https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20radio%20days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURMNzU3MzM0Mjg0NQ== 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries at Google Podcas...

In this tale a young man out grouse hunting on the moor finds himself lost with snow coming fast, and seeking shelter, he meets an old man who leads him to a cabin in which an eccentric genius lives. Soon he is sent back out with the guide in the night to catch a mail coach which carries him on a nightmare journey. ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE:  https://podcast...

A Tiny Little Thing - (anonymous) A father teaches his young daughter an important llesson about small creatures... Androclus and The Lion- (James Baldwin) A slave hides away in a mountain cave and ends up befriending a lion with a thorn in his paw, never expecting that one day the lion would return the favor.... ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE:  https://podcasts....

In this South Seas story, our protagonist befriends an island man named Otoo and they become3 inseparable for years . Otoo becomes a stalwart protector and invaluable business asset and the two experience all kinds of danger as well as success. They become blood brothers, and, as the island custom dictates, they trade names. In the reviews I answer a listener's concern that Jack London became an a...

In Part 2 we offer some history on the town of Seney, Michigan, when it served as home for three thousand loggers, becoming a North Central version of a wild west town, in the days before Hemingway stopped there on his fishing trip. In part two Nick Adams manages to pull in some nice trout and loses one big one, the whole process described extremely well by young Hemingway who was on his way to a...

Big Two-Hearted River is one of Hemingway's first stories, written upon his return from the Italian Front in 1919, and released in 1924 as a part of his short story collection titled "In Our Time". Part One joins the protagonist Nick Adams, who we can safely assume is Hemingway, since he actually experience this adventure, as he exits a train near the burned out town of Seney in upper Michigan in...

Jack London tells us what it what like to join "Kelly's Army" , also called "Kellys Industrial Army" as one of two thousand unemployed men riding the rails and rivers on their way to Washington DC to protest for support for the unemployed in 1894. . This is one chapter from his book "The Road", of which we have already done three chapters- "Pictures", "Hoboes That Pass In the Night", and "Bulls"....

The two were inseparable, according to legend, and this is best version I have ever heard. Actually, it combines two versions, one, in prose, from The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child (1888) and one in story form from Henriette Elizabeth Marshall (1905). . She based hers upon the prose. We hope you enjoy it- and if you do-send us a kind review! 1001 RADIO DAYS (our 4th 1...

The Sheriff of Nottingham has offered a reward for the capture of any of Robin Hood's men and Will Stutely falls into the net, requiring Robin to mount a rescue operation. ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE:  https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20radio%20days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy...

A little old grandma whose advice to the family to never take a train due to thieves and pickpockets is compelled to take a train to visit an ailing relative- and meets a very nice man on the trip, ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE:  https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20radio%20days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.c...