1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

This classic short story by Washington Irving is a well-written tale of life in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town in New York State in an area bordering the Hudson River , where many Dutch and German immigrants settled after Henry Hudson's explorations. Along with a desire to work hard and prosper, the Dutch brought with them their superstitions..and the deep woods and wild things in that country...

In THE THORNY ROAD OF HONOR Hans Christian Anderson recalls the abuse suffered by great men like Socrates and Homer due to other people's jealousy, envy, and ignorance. THE ELDER TREE MOTHER is a fantasy seen through a little boy's eyes after drinking elder tree tea and listening to a tale from his grandparents. NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https:...

The hurricane continues to rage across the tiny island as many of the inhabitants are swept away- but nature and fate pick the ones who will survive. Naori is swept far off the island and looking at isolation and probable death until an unexpected discovery gives her the strength to survive. Enjoy 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries on the Podbean Podcast App today! Android - https://play....

An islander finds a huge pearl and a strange twist of events occurs. From Jack London's 'South Sea Tales' collection. Catch ALL our author interviews in one place here at 1001 History's Best Storytellers! Android devices: https://podbay.fm/p/1001-historys-best-storytellers (cut and paste into your url) Apple devices: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id148364902...

The Steeplechase Rider: Banjo Patterson, Australia's writer of the National Anthem "Waltzing Matilda" and a man who has a great respect for horses, provides a tragically humorous story of a steeplechase jockey. Dan Fitzgerald Explains: Again, a horse story from journalist/writer Banjo Patterson explaining the way circus horses were used and treated around the turn of the 19th century in Australia...

A man and wife sailing across the Pacific run into trouble with a bad mate and have to find a way to work things out. NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest...

A Lickpenny Lover- A pretty girl working selling gloves in a large NYC department store is approached and proposed to by a young man who promises to show her all the great sights the world has to offer.. New York by Campfire Light- A western man seated around a campfire with his pals shares some stories about his visits to New York City and about a New York City man who visited the ranch one time...

A hilarious story in which a mining camp dog shares a love-hate relationship with the motley members of the mining camp until the day a beautiful woman arrives in a coach and shows the dog some real attention. Like Mark Twain, Harte spent time in the northern California mining camps and drew dozens of stories from his experiences there. NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing...

Major Talbot, an old-fashioned Southern gentleman, is in Washington D.C. with his middle-aged daughter Lydia to find a publisher for his book of reminisces. The major loves to talk about the old plantation days, and his stories attract the attention of a young actor named Hargraves, who soon decides to use Major Talbot as the inspiration for a stage character he has created. All goes well until th...

A crew of men on a cattle drive share stories over the campfire prior to bedding down for the night. From Adam,s "Cattle Brands". NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

A short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne about an incident in young Benjamin Franklin's life that helped to mold his character and prepare him for the future. This morality tale is very powerful especially in light of the turmoil America is facing today. NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the...

James Baldwin had a great talent for taking old stories and tales and retelling them in an entertaining way. In this episode we bring you 1) Androclus The Lion- a story of a societal cast out who befriends a lion, 2) Bruce and The Spider- A Scottish king learns an important life's lesson from a spider, 3) Damon & Pythias- true friendship is a rare and valuable thing indeed, 4) Horatio At The Bridg...

A classic Jack London short story in which a Hawaiian women is persuaded by a fiery preacher to bare her soul of all she knows about the town and its personal histories. SUPPORT OUR SHOW MONTHLY AT PATREON Become an Assistant Producer at 1001 Stories Network ( a great resume enhancement) and support us at Patreon today! Here;s the link: https://www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork\ YOUR REVIEWS AT A...

From our new collection at 1001 Greatest Love Stories- Three men meet at a San Francisco bar to reminisce about their experiences in the Yukon years before- and one of them recalls a woman that he met "1000 miles from anywhere" living with a tribe of Indians in the sub-arctic. She was a white woman- and her story was incredible. She had known she was "night-born"- born to seek adventure and the ro...

Holmes and Watson team up with inspector LeStrade to solve a series of what initially looks like petty crimes...but quickly turns into murder. NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here : ​​ https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr .  Get a...

Hercule Poirot solves the case of a million dollar bond robbery with some very clever thinking... Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan , was an English writer. She is known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives H ercule Pourot and Miss Marple. The Guiness Book of World Records lists her as the best sell...

Holmes and Watson solve the case of a mysterious tenant who is frightening an older landlady who comes to Holmes for help. In the process of finding out who the tenant is, Holmes joins forces with Scotland Yard and The Pinkerton Detective Agency, Support our show and checkout www.simplisafe.com/1001! Only 14.99/mo- no long contracts-no tools required. This is a great product- highly reviewed (40,0...

Banjo Paterson was an Australian bush poet, author, and journalist whose works focused on the rural and outback areas, especially the district around Binalong, New South Wales, where he spent much of his childhood. He wrote "the Man From Snowy River", which was transformed into a movie, in 1890, and Australias national theme Waltzing Matilda in 1805. He wrote many humorous stories, one of which te...

Two old friends meet on a train and one, a plate glass salesman from Pittsburgn, after criticizing the over-romanticized book he was reading, tells the story of how he met his new wife. It turns into a story very similar the one told in the book. RSS feed for 1001 Greatest Love Stories https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ADL9816103705 Support our show and checkout www.simplisafe.com/1001! Only 14.99/mo- no...

In this special non-fiction episode we remember the work of journalist Ernie Pyle, a WWII war correspondent who was beloved by his countrymen for his columns which told of the lives of everyday soldiers and sailors and often spoke of life back home. Ernie, who witnessed the bombing of London, the liberation of Paris, the fighting in North Africa, Italy, and the Pacific Islands- was killed by a Jap...

Jack London traveled the rails as a hoboe in the late 1890's and recorded his adventures in a collection of stories called "Road"- which is where this story comes from. Here he describes the life, which was extremely hard, especially in the winter, and gives us an inside look at the dangers that existed for migrants. RSS feed for 1001 Greatest Love Stories https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ADL9816103705...

A 14 year old boy born to the river in India known as the Hugli wants to follow in his father's footsteps as a boat pilot- but his father wants him to find a safer job. The river is one of the most dangerous in the world to navigate-and when the boy (Jim) agrees to pilot a Chinese ship loaded with coffins downriver, he knows his fate will be decided on way or the other. RSS feed for 1001 Greatest...

In this H.P.Lovecraft novella a New York City detective tries to uncover the secrets of a dangerous cult and finds himself caught up in a dark world of unspeakable terror. Support our show and checkout www.simplisafe.com/1001! Only 14.99/mo- no long contracts-no tools required. This is a great product- highly reviewed (40,000 Amazon reviews)- we recommend it. NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories o...

In this H.P.Lovecraft novella a New York City detective tries to uncover the secrets of a dangerous cult and finds himself caught up in a dark world of unspeakable terror. Support our show and checkout www.simplisafe.com/1001! Only 14.99/mo- no long contracts-no tools required. This is a great product- highly reviewed (40,000 Amazon reviews)- we recommend it. NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories o...

In this short story by Bret Harte, first published in the August 1868 issue of Overland Monthly, a baby boy is born an orphan in a gold mining camp in California and raides by a grizzled bunch of miners. This story helped to puch Bret Harte to international prominence as a writer, and contains a veritable cornucopia of descriptive words- a great tool for learning and expanding your literary horizo...