For Reading Out Loud

Thanksgiving 2023 19.11.2023 28:27 ↓

In anticipation of Thanksgiving, two very engaging tellers of stories.

Arthur Conan Doiyle, A Scandal in Bohemia 12.11.2023 51:51 ↓

The game’s afoot in one of Sherlock Holmes’s truly unique (and witty) cases. “A Scandal in Bohemia,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

G. K. Chesterton, The Queer Feet 05.11.2023 50:48 ↓

G. K. Chesterton’s priest-detective encounters the master criminal Flambeau in “The Queer Feet.”

Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat 29.10.2023 27:28 ↓

Edgar Allan Poe's classic 1843 story, "The Black Cat"

Robert Louis Stevenson, Markheim 22.10.2023 48:55 ↓

A dark and intriguing tale by Robert Louis Stevenson, “Markheim.”

W. Somerset Maugham, the Verger, Salvatore 18.10.2023 30:32 ↓

Two small masterpieces by W. Somerset Maugham: The Verger and Salvatore

Guy de Maupassant, Moonlight 08.10.2023 13:24 ↓

A classic Guy de Maupassant story, “Moonlight”

Willa Cather, Tom Outland's Story 3 24.09.2023 25:29 ↓

Tonight, the conclusion of Willa Cather’s “Tom Outland’s Story”

Willa Cather, Tom Outland's Story, 2 17.09.2023 44:36 ↓

The second of three parts of Willa Cather’s “Tom Outland’s Story

Willa Cather, Tom Outland's Story 1 10.09.2023 42:30 ↓

Tonight, the start of a three -part tale by Willa Cather, “Tom Outland’s Story.”

Jean Giono, The Man Who Planted Trees 03.09.2023 24:24 ↓

First appearing in French in 1953, this story has become a favorite with readers worldwide. It is in the first place a lovely and moving story, and it has also served as an inspiration for many who went on to form groups dedicated to ecological regeneration.

Somerset Maugham, A String of Beads 27.08.2023 15:23 ↓

Somerset Maugham: A String of Beads

Bret Harte, The Outcasts of Poker Flat 20.08.2023 30:08 ↓

Brett Harte’s most famous story: “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.”

Joseph Roth, The Lady on the Train, Hermann Bahr, The Beautiful Wife 13.08.2023 24:48 ↓

Two short stories, by two Austrian writers, about travels. Gute Reise, bon voyage!

Chekhov, Love; Kusenberg, My Thieves 06.08.2023 31:30 ↓

Two short stories tonight: one classic, one modern; one Russian, one German; one by Chekhov, one by Kusenberg.

Bret harte, The Indiscretion of Elsbeth 30.07.2023 41:53 ↓

A surprisingly light and playful story by Bret Harte: The Indiscretion of Elsbeth.

Edgar Allan Poe, Thge Purloined Letter 23.07.2023 44:44 ↓

Everyone knows about this story. How many have read it? Here is Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Purloined Letter.”

Katherine Mansfield, The Garden Party 17.07.2023 33:11 ↓

Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party,” first published in 1922, and as fresh, engaging, and enigmatic now as when it first appeared in the Westminster Gazette.

Anton Chekhov, The Bet, A Work of Art 10.07.2023 31:54 ↓

A brace of stories by Anton Chekhov: “The Bet” and “A Work of Art.”

Werner Bergengruen, The Sand Doctor 02.07.2023 26:48 ↓

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

O. Henry, One Thousand Dollars, While the Auto Waits 25.06.2023 28:17 ↓

A brace of stories by the ever-engaging O. Henry: “One Thousand Dollars” and “While the Auto Waits.”

Susan Glaspell, At Twilight 18.06.2023 30:51 ↓

Susan Glaspell’s compassionate story of a professor as he reflects on a forty-year career and what it may have meant.

Alphonse Daudet, The Pope's Mule 11.06.2023 25:58 ↓

Alphonse Daudet’s "The Pope's Mule" is the amusing story of an animal that waited patiently for seven years to repay a man who mistreated her.

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle 25.12.2022 44:25 ↓

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Christmas adventure, roast goose and all the trimmings.

The Gift of the Magi 24.12.2022 13:38 ↓

O. Henry's most famous story: The gift of the Magi