- 790
- Episodes
- 203
- Transcribed
- 1,734
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
A huge collection of beautifully narrated and carefully chosen short stories from golden age authors (1850-1930) who knew how to deliver stories that reach the heart and soul of the reader and listener. Here you'll find short masterpieces from the likes of Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, Kathleen Norris, Jack London, Henry Lawson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, O. Henry, and many others. Great reviews and high ratings here and a host who chooses stories that entertain and enlighten.
- Publisher
- Jon Hagadorn
- Category
- arts · fiction
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Apr 2016
- Latest episode
- 13 Sept 2026
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203 of 790 episodes have a transcript.
13 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
MESSAGE FOUND IN A BOTTLE by EDGAR ALLAN POE
13 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
THE RESURRECTION OF FATHER BROWN by G.K. CHESTERTON
6 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
THE THEORY AND THE HOUND by O. HENRY
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MESSAGE FOUND IN A BOTTLE by EDGAR ALLAN POE
Published 13 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] "'Incomprehensible men! "'Wrapped up in meditations of a kind which I cannot divine, "'they pass me by unnoticed. "'Concealment is utter folly on my part, for the people will not see. "'It was but just now that I passed directly before the eyes of the mate. "'It was no long while ago that I ventured into the captain's own private cabin, "'and took thence the materials with which I write, and have written. "'I shall from time to time continue this journal.' It is true that I may not find an opportunity of transmitting it to the world, but I will not fail to make the endeavor. At the last moment, I will enclose the message in a bottle and cast it within the sea. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 1,110 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 624 ratings
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- 80
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 100
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