For Reading Out Loud

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"

Eden Phillpotts, Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat . . ." 23.02.2025 34:46 ↓

Eden Phillpotts's charming and clever story about a man and a cat and much more

Somerset Maugham, A Friend in Need, The Wash Tub 16.02.2025 29:12 ↓

Two classic stories by the English writer William Somerset Maugham: A Friend in Need, The Wash Tub

P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Song of songs 09.02.2025 57:29 ↓

Comedy with music tonight from P. G. Wodehouse: Jeeves and the Song of Songs

Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger, 4/4 02.02.2025 26:07 ↓

The conclusion of Thomas Mann's early masterpiece Tonio Kröger

Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger, 3/4 26.01.2025 42:24 ↓

Tonio travels toward Denmark, stopping for a curious visit in his hometown.

Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger, 2/4 19.01.2025 39:07 ↓

Tonio Kröger, part two of four. After a loving encounter in Munich, Tonio sets forth on a return journey.

Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger, 1/4 12.01.2025 39:27 ↓

Thomas Mann's great early story Tonio Kröger, the first of four parts.

Damon Runyon, The Three Wise Guys 05.01.2025 35:04 ↓

Damon Runyon's retelling of an Epiphany story: Three Wise Guys

Anatole France, Mlle. de Doucine's New Year's Present 29.12.2024 13:19 ↓

For auld lang syne, with best New Year's wishes, a charming tale by Anatole France.

Anatole France, Our Lady's Juggler, Robert Benchley A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas 22.12.2024 32:37 ↓

Two Christmas stories, one by Anatole France, one by Robert Benchley

P. G. Wodehouse, The Great Sermon Handicap 15.12.2024 35:19 ↓

Classic Jeeves and Bertie Wooster: P. G. Wodehouse's 1922 story "The Great Sermon Handicap"

Lucy Maud Montgomery. White Magic 08.12.2024 35:39 ↓

A story of romance and cynicism, of kindness and a kind of magic. Lucy Maud Montgomery’s “White Magic.”

Jack London, The Night-born 01.12.2024 36:39 ↓

Jack London's Klondike romance, "The Night-born"

Thanksgiving 2023 28.11.2024 28:27 ↓

Two Thanksgiving classics I hope you'll enjoy.

Ludovic Halévy, My Nephew Joseph 24.11.2024 25:26 ↓

Ludovic Halévy's amused look at the world of journalism

Harriet Beecher Stowe, "The Sullivan Lookking-Glass" 13.11.2024 36:09 ↓

A Harriet Beecher Stowe sequel: The Sullivan Looking Glass

Paul Bourget, The Age for Love 10.11.2024 36:43 ↓

Paul Bourget, The Age for Love

Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Ghost in the Mill 31.10.2024 28:56 ↓

When she wasn't working on Uncle Tom's Cabin, she also wrote some pretty good fireside tales: Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Ghost in the Chimney

Lord Dunsany, Two Bottles of Relish 27.10.2024 35:50 ↓

A spooky story for Halloween: Lord Dunsany's "Two Bottles of Relish"

Victor Hugo's A Fight With a Cannon 24.10.2024 28:12 ↓

Victor Hugo's A Fight With a Cannon by For Reading Out Loud

Victor Hugo's A Fight With A Cannon 22.10.2024 28:12 ↓

Clear the decks for Victor Hugo's "A Fight with a Cannon."

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House 16.10.2024 51:20 ↓

Ten years later, Sherlock Holmes returns in The Adventure of the Empty House

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Final Problem 03.10.2024 41:52 ↓

Sherlock Holmes's final problem. Or was it?