1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
Episodes
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (CHAPS 18-19)
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marguerite discovers Percy's true identity and realizes she has betrayed him by showing the contents of his note to Chauvalin. Open these links and su...
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (CHAPS 16-17)
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marguerite and Lord Percy leave the ball and take a one hour carriage ride along the river to their home in Richmond. Upon reaching their estate, she ...
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (CHAPS 13-15)
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marguerite Blakeney sells out the Scarlet Pimpernel's location to Chauvalin in order to try to save her brother. Get all of our shows at one website: ...
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (CHAPS 11-12)
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At Lord Grenville's ball, Marguerite desperately tries to get information about the whereabouts of the man they call The Scarlet Pimpernel so she can ...
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (CHAP 10)
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the opera. Marguerite is approached by the evil Chauvalin in her private box., and told that her brother Armand is in serious danger if she does no...
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (CHAPS 8-9)
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marguerite, standing outside the Fisherman's Rest as her loyal brother Armand sails for France, is approached by a French spy named Chauvalin , who wa...
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (CHAPS 6-7)
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 6: At "The Fisherman's Rest Tavern Margeurite tells Sir Percy she has been insulted by one of the recently arrived refugees from Paris. Her yo...
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (CHAPS 4-5)
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The party of recently rescued French nobility arrive at Jellybands "Fisherman's Rest", The French Comptess relates a story to Sir Antony, who is one o...
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (CHAPS 2=3)
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 2: Dover: the Fisherman's Rest: In his hostel/tavern on the southeast coast of England, Jellyband discusses the turmoil in France and effects ...
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (INTRO & CHAP 1) by BARONESS ORCZY
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first romance/adventure novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy,, published in 1905. It was written ...
A REDEEMING SACRIFICE by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A young man who is known to be a heart breaker and a shiftless drunk finds the perfect girl and finds himself making a hard decision. Get all of our s...
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT by MARJERY WILLIAMS
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A popular children's story about the relationship between a little stuffed rabbit and a young boy . Written by Marjery Williams Bianco. SUPPORT OUR SH...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 37-38)(CONCLUSION)
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Green Gables suffers a great loss and soon after Anne rediscovers a good friend. Catch ALL our author interviews in one place here at 1001 History's B...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 35-36)
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The days are full of studying at Queens as Anne and her friends prepare for exams. Rwo very hard to get scholarships are up for grabs. Get all of our ...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 33-34)
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne is invited to perform a recital at an important function and suffers a rare attack of stagefright, Later, she has to adjust to living at Queens S...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 31-32)
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne and many of her classmates are studying hard for the coming test which will determine their entrance to Queen's. Finally- the results arrive. Cat...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 29-30)
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne and Diana visit Diana's grandmother in the big city and attend an exhibition. Get all of our shows at one website: https://.1001storiespodcast.co...
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13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 27-28)
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne tries to die her hair black with disastrous results, and afterwards winds up being rescued by an unlikely friend. Get all of our shows at one web...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 25-26)
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew buys Anne a special gift for Christmas Get all of our shows at one website: www.1001storiespodcast.com REVIEWS NEEDED . My email works as well...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 23-24)
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne accepts a dare that places her on top of Diana Barry's house. Catch ALL our author interviews in one place here at 1001 History's Best Storytelle...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAP 21-22)
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A new minister and his wife come to town and Marilla decides to host them for a tea. Its up to Anne bake the cake. Get all of our shows at one website...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 19-20)
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne and Diana attend an evening concert and later manage to greatly upset an Aunt staying at Diana's house. Catch ALL our author interviews in one pl...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 17-18)
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne finds life difficult since she has been banned from seeing her best friend Diana, but she does return to school to find that she was missed. An u...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 15-16)
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne is adjusting well in school and making friends, but a male teacher is singling her out for punishment. Later, she invites Diana over for a tea pa...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 13-14)
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne has hopes of attending a church picnic but they are dashed when her mothers amethyst brooch, which Anne had been admiring, disappears from her mo...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 11-12)
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne relates her experience in church and Sunday school to Marilla and later meets a new friend named Diana who lives nearby. Get all of our shows at ...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 9-10)
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne holds out alone in her room for a full day until Matthew suggests that she apologize to their neighbor for her outburst- which she does. Get all ...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAP 7-8)
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marilla tells Anne she can stay with them and teaches her how to pray, for she had never been taught. Get all of our shows at one website: www.1001sto...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 5-6)
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Murilla takes Anne to Mrs. Spencer's house to see what caused the mixup and ostensibly to return Anne to the orphanage, but along the way, as Anne pou...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAPS 3-4)
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marilla is shocked to see her brother bring hone a girl orphan when she had been offered a buy. She tells young Anne that she is going back to the orp...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAP 2)
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Cuthbert arrives at the train depot to pick up an orphan boy and finds a lonely 11 year old girl named Anne waiting. All the way home, as she ...
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (CHAP 1) by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Written in 1908 by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables is a story about an 11 year old orphan girl who is adopted by an older c...
WHITE MAGIC by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A young lady is surprised to find that her older sister is about to marry a young man that she really doesn't care for, They both know the young man a...
THE GREAT GATSBY (CHAP 9-CONCLUSION)
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
First- my apologies- a fan just told me that Chap 9 was not up. (Thanks). So here it is. Nick oversees Gatsby's funeral and finds that very few come t...
TALES OF KING ARTHUR AND THE ROUND TABLE (1ST 4 TALES)
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tales of love ,honor, and duty in Olde England. These are the first four tales adapted from Part 1 of the Book of Romance by Andrew Lang (1918).. (Als...
THE GREAT GATSBY (CHAP 8)
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wilson, grieving for his lost wife, wanders towards West Egg to exact revenge. Catch ALL our author interviews in one place here at 1001 History's Bes...
THE GREAT GATSBY (CHAP 7)
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A hot summer day with nothing to do prompts the gang of five, Nick, his girlfriend, Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby to head for the city in two cars. Once in t...
THE GREAT GATSBY (CHAP 6)
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nick finds out much more about Jay Gatsby. Tom brings Daisy to one of Gatsby's parties to check out Gatsby and his guests. Catch ALL our author interv...
THE GREAT GATSBY (CHAP 5)
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nick arranges an afternoon tea for Daisy at his cottage-the surprise guest, Daisy's old flame-Jay Gatsby. Catch ALL our author interviews in one place...
THE GREAT GATSBY (CHAP 4)
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nick learns a lot about Gatsby from his girlfriend who grew up with Daisy, and agrees to ask Daisy over to his bungalow for tea so Gatsby can meet her...
THE GREAT GATSBY (CHAPS 2-3)
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 2- Nick spends a Sunday afternoon in the company of Tom Buchanan as he travels into the city to visit his girlfriend that he keeps on the side...
THE GREAT GATSBY (CHAP 1)
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We begin the story with Nick Carraway relating the story of moving to a rental cottage in the fictional town of West Egg Long Island NY and meeting hi...
THE ROMANCE OF A CHRISTMAS CARD (CHAPS 6-8) by KATE WIGGIN
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The story begins to arrive full circle as two former residents of Beulah are drawn back to home by Christmas cards. Catch ALL our author interviews in...
THE ROMANCE OF A CHRISTMAS CARD (CHAPS 3-5) by KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The town of Beulah, New Hampshire is getting ready for another Christmas as Letty busies herself raising the twins that her brother left with her to r...
THE ROMANCE OF A CHRISTMAS CARD (CHAPS 1-2) by KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A great holiday read that makes it hard for the reader not to feel festive and appreciative for all the gifts in their life. Catch 1001 Sherlock Holme...
THE NIGHT MOTH WITH A CROOKED FEELER by CLARA DILLINGHAM PARSONS
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Love comes in all shapes and sizes. One of our 1001 Classic Short Story favorites! Catch ALL our author interviews in one place here at 1001 History's...
A HAWAIIAN LOVE STORY
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The love story of Lolo and Kahikilani from the ancient annals of Hawaii. Catch ALL our author interviews in one place here at 1001 History's Best Stor...
CHAMPAGNE by ANTON CHEKHOV
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A young married man working at a menial job at a remote train station drops a bottle of champagne while he and his wife try to celebrate a lonely New ...
A LITTLE GREY GLOVE by GEORGE EGERTON
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A wealthy single man goes to a country inn that offers privacy and great fly fishing and ends up falling in love hook, line, and sinker for a mysterio...
AN ANDALUSIAN DUEL and CAPT. VENERAS PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two tales of love (sort of) from Old World Spain from the book "First Love and other fascinating stories of Spanish Life". NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Ta...
ANGELA (AN INVERTED VIEW) by WILKINS SWENK GILBERT
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An old man confined to a sofa on his porch in a small apartment on a canal in Venice falls in love with a young girl across the way whom he can only s...
A RESPECTABLE WOMAN and A WIZARD FROM GETTYSBURG by KATE CHOPIN
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A Respectable Woman- When her husband invites an old college friend to stay with them for a few weeks, the wife unexpectedly finds that she doesn't li...
LASTING LOVE by GUY de MAUPASSANT
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A country doctor dining with highbrows shares a story of a woman he had treated whose life had been spent loving a man who did not love her. NEW 1001 ...
MARRIAGE A LA MODE by KATHERINE MANSFIELD
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A spoiled young housewife and mother of two takes on a crowd of new friends and changes her personality- not realizing that she is driving her husband...
ONE AUTUMN NIGHT by MAXIM GORKY
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An 18 year old young man, broke, beaten, and searching for food near a river comes upon a young woman who has been a victim of abuse and is also searc...
THE WEDDING RING by HENRY VAN DYKE
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A happy young couple running a small store in Canada learn a valuable lesson about love. NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing ...
THE LOCKET and THE LADY OF BAYOU ST. JOHN by KATE CHOPIN
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Both are Civil War stories. In "The Locket" a young lady receives news that her beau has been killed in battle and receives the locket she had given h...
A DILL PICKLE by KATHERINE MANSFIELD
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This story is actually a dialogue between a man and a woman who had once been romantically involved and now find themselves meeting by chance in a sma...
AKIN TO LOVE by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A single woman living happily alone on her own farm is approached yet again by the neighbor, who is also single, and who asks her again to marry him. ...
THE LOVE OF LONG AGO and MOTHER AND SON by GUY de MAUPASSANT
05 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TWO Maupassant stories today- the first THE LOVE OF LONG AGO- an old well-to-do lady shares her knowledge of what love is all about with her young att...
SPRINGTIME A LA CARTE and BETWEEN ROUNDS by O.HENRY
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An O.Henry DOUBLE FEATURE! In Springtime A La Carte a young lady struggling to make a living in turn of the century New York City is working to type u...
THE LIFE BOOK OF UNCLE JESSE by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The reminisces of a young lady named Mary of two summers spent with her mother at a summer cottage on the Bay enjoying the company of an older man who...
WHERE LOVE IS THERE IS GOD ALSO by LEO TOLSTOY
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An old cobbler who had lost his wife and only son finds refuge in the bible, and soon he receives a message that he will receive a visitor, whom he be...
GREATER LOVE by BRAM STOKER
07 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two men, the best of friends , fall in love with the same woman. One of the men, the narrator of this story, shares a poignant story of how their frie...
ALOHA OE by JACK LONDON
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Aloha Oe" by Jack London is the story of a young girl who has accompanied her father on a senator's junket to Hawaii, befriends a young man with Hawa...
THE NIGHT-BORN by JACK LONDON
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 b...
THE GARDEN LODGE by WILLA CATHER
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A wealthy couple hosts a world-renowned opera singer at their garden lodge for one month as he practices for his performances at the Metropolitan Oper...
THE BAY COLT LEARNS TO MIND by CLARA DILLINGHAM PIERSON
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A double header from CD Pierson- whose stories serve as great morality tales for young (and old) listeners. The first tells the story of a young farm ...
THE DARLING by ANTON CHEKHOV
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anton Chekhov's "the Darling" tells the story of a Russian woman who drew her life from the people she loved- finding through the years that the most ...
LOVE ON THE BON-DIEU by KATE CHOPIN
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Love on the Bon-Dieu" was originally published as "Love and Easter" on Oct 30th, 1891, and included in the collection 'Bayou Folk" in 1894. The story...
THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE by MARY WILKINS FREEMAN
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A retired old seaman and his wife living near a wealthy oceanfront community find that their greatest pleasure in life is taking ownership of a partic...
AT TWILIGHT by SUSAN GLASPELL
12 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A 73 year-old small college professor comes to the realization that he must retire soon, and finds inspiration from one of his best students. Support ...
A BUSH LEAGUE HERO by EDNA FERBER
22 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is is love of the game or love of the players that brings girls to baseball games? Edna Ferber's classic short story "A Bush League Hero" answers the ...
AMATEUR NIGHT by JACK LONDON
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In "Amateur Night" by Jack London, young lady from the country moves to the big city to find a job with the biggest newspaper, and gets turned down, b...
"ON BORROWED TIME": A STORY ABOUT A GRANDPA THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This well acted and well-written play from John Chapman was a big hit on Broadway in 1938 then became a classic movie in 1939. The story itself is a...
THE WRECK by GUY de MAUPASSANT
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While enjoying the company of an old friend, a middle-aged man recalls his unusual New Year's Eve trapped by a rushing tide aboard a wrecked schooner ...
WELCOME TO 1001 GREATEST LOVE STORIES
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to escape today's hectic life and head for a different time- a time when there was no internet or tv, a time when people actually wrote hand...