Episodes

Great Beginnings 25 22.08.2025 18:29

Good beginnings, in film, in poetry, in fiction, are solid and memorable gold. Do you have favorites? Here are some of mine.

Stefan Zweig, The Invisible Collection 8:10:25 10.08.2025 35:40

Stefan Zweig's intriguing classic story "The Invisible Colleciton"

Maupassant, Graveyard Sisterhood, Decoration, 8-3-25 03.08.2025 34:10

On the occasion of his 175th birthday, two stories by the French Master Guy de Maupassant

Thomas Beer, Tact 27.07.2025 49:04

A story about an amiable and resourceful small-town family by Thomas Beer, entitled simply "Tact."

Grazia Deledda, The Open Door 20.07.2025 25:00

Nobel Prize-winning Italian author Grazia Deledda's "The Open Door"

Ernest Thompson Seton, The Biography of a Grizzly, Part 2 13.07.2025 47:54

The second and concluding part of Ernest Thompson Seton's The Biography of a Grizzlhy

Ernest Thompson Seton, The Biography of a Grizzly*, 1:2 10.07.2025 46:22

The first of two episodes: Ernest Thompson Seton, The Biography of a Grizzly

Kathleen Norris, Shandon Waters 29.06.2025 29:29

Kathleen Norris's plainly told and moving story of a young widow and mother on the fringes of a tight-knit community.

Jacques Futrelle, The Problem of Cell 13, Part 2 22.06.2025 44:45

He made a preposterous bet, but don't sell Professor Van Dusen short: the conclusion of "The Problem of Cell 13" by Jacques Futrelle.

Jacques Futrelle, The Problem of Cell !3, Part 1 15.06.2025 42:15

A ruthless practitioner of logic, Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen accepts the challenge of escaping from a high security prison. Can his logic work its way around this concrete and iron cage?

Jerome K. Jerome, Elizabeth von Arnim 08.06.2025 29:39

Two short spring pieces tonight, by Jerome K. Jerome (Three Men in a Boat) and Elizabeth von Armin (The Enchanted April)

Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood 01.06.2025 26:19

Once upon a time, before there were the Brothers Grimm, there was Charles Perrault, and he gave us (among others) the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. Here is the story from his collection of Mother Goose Tales, first published in 1697. His children were charmed. I hope you will enjoy it, too.

P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Kid Clementina 25.05.2025 41:15

P. G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster tells of "Jeeves and the Kid Clementina"

Stacy Aumonier, Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty 18.05.2025 42:49

Stacy Aumonier's anticipation of Alfred Hitchcock: "Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty"

O. Henry, Shearing the Wolf 11.05.2025 15:34

In an age of scams, you might enjoy learning about the old “green goods” caper: O. Henry, “Shearing the Wolf.”

Agatha Christie, The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan 04.05.2025 32:41

All the evidence points to one person, but Hercule Poirot keeps asking questions and solves “The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan.”

Werner Bergengruen- The Sand Doctor 27.04.2025 26:48

Werner Bergengruen takes an amused and skeptical look at misleading national identities in his story “The Sand Doctor.”

Kate Chopin, Love on the Bon-Dieu 20.04.2025 29:24

A tender story by Kate Chopin: "Love on the Bon-Dieu"

Stacy Aumonier, A Source of Irritation 13.04.2025 35:35

Sudden and high adventure in the most stolid and regular of lives: "A Source of Irritation" by Stacy Aumonier

Leonard Merrick, The Doll in the Silk Dress 06.04.2025 34:46

A romance set in the theater in Belle Époque Paris: Leonard Merrick’s “The Doll in the Pink Silks Dress”A romance set in the theater in Belle Époque Paris: Leonard Merrick’s “The Doll in the Pink Silks Dress”

(Anon.), The Betting Scotchman 30.03.2025 21:56

A trickster's tale: The Betting Scotchman

Anatole France, "Putois" 23.03.2025 33:40

Anatole France's charming tale of the elusive gardener, "Putois"

Thomas Mann, Mario and the Magician - 2 16.03.2025 44:29

The second and concluding part of Thomas Mann's "Mario and the Magician"

Thomas Mann, Mario and the Magician - 1 09.03.2025 48:41

Thomas Mann's thrilling political parable, "Mario and the Magician"

G. K. Chesterton, The Hammer of God 02.03.2025 40:54

G. K. Chesterton' priestly sleuth Father Brown in "The Hammer of God"