For Reading Out Loud
Episodes
Maxim Gorky, One Autumn Night
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An unforgettable story by the Russian writer Maxim Gorky, five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Grazia Deledde, The Three Brothers
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Devious courtings, wryly observed by Grazia Deledda in “The Three Brothers.”
Max Willi fischer, The Odd Fellow
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight, by kind permission of the author, Max Willi Fischer’s recent prize-winning story, “The Odd Fellow.”
The Arrest of Arsène Lupin
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A rogue, not a villain. Enter Arsène: the very first story in the long and fabulous saga of Maurice Leblanc’s Arsène Lupin.
Louis Bromfield, Up Ferguson Way, Part 2
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The conclusion of Louis Bromfield’s “Up Ferguson Way.”
Louis Bromfield, Up Ferguson Way
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight's story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield, epitomizes the craft and vision of his writing. It was first published in 1953.
O. Henry, The Pendulum, A Retrieved Reformation
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two classic tales by the great O. Henry
Kipling, Just So Stories*
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two beloved children’s stories tonight from Rudyard Kipling’s collection of Just So Stories.
Saki, Open Window, Esmé, Sredni Vashtar
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Three of the most famous stories by the supremely witty and sardonic Edwardian writer H. H. Munro, who wrote under the name of Saki.
Thomas Hardy A Tradition of 1804
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our first visit in this series from Thomas Hardy. Set in Hardy’s beloved Wessex, England, an old man tells to his wondering young friends an extraor...
Haniel Long, The Professor of Dreams
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A story to revel in: a break from everything drab and prosaic in our lives. Thank you, Haniel Long.
Katherine Mansfield, Mr. and Mrs. Dove
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Not all love stories are love stories. What happens when a marriage proposal is made and the two people don’t love each other equally?
Jean Giono, The Man Who Planted Trees
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jean Giono’s inspiring story of a man living in quiet obscurity who transformed a landscape.
Mary De Morgan, Elena Sottilotta
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two modern fairy tales. The forms and structures are traditional, but their tellers offer us new twists.
G. K.Chesterton, The Blue Cross
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The first of Father Brown. Humor, wit, whimsy, theology, invention, memorable characters. What more could you want?
Alice Dunbar-Nelson, M'sieu Fortier's Violin
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Off to New Orleans this evening for two stories by the many-talented Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
Lessing, Parable of the Rings
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) was one of the most influential figures of the European Enlightenment. Many of them were revered in their time. L...
Vincent Starrett, The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Long available only in a very limited edition, here is Vincent Starrett’s affectionate and good-humored pastiche, a Sherlockian adventure set in the...
O. Henry, The Man Higher Up
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The immortal O. Henry takes us along for scams and the ethical ideas of two favorite confidence tricksters.
Jack London, Love of Life
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight, one of Jack London’s greatest tales, this one from his time in the Klondike.
Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour," Jessie Fauset, "Mary Elizabeth"
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stories tonight be two literary forerunners, celebrated both for their own creative achievements and for their influence on the next generation of wri...
Maupassant, The Graveyard Sisterhood, The Decoration
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two short stories this evening by one of the celebrated French masters of the genre, Guy de Maupassant.
Lord Dunsany, A Tale of London
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A funny, satirical, thoughtful, and memorable story by the author who invented the genre of fantasy fiction and who was once hugely popular but is now...
Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two fairy tales tonight: “The Happy Prince” and “The Selfish Giant,” by the incomparable Oscar Wilde.
Hans Christian Andersen
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two famous fairy tales tonight by the beloved 19th century Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, “The Tinder-Box” and “The Steadfast Tin Soldie...
The Brothers Grimm
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Four classic fairy tales from the famous collection by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm.
Hauff, The Caliph Stork
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A charming story in an exotic setting tonight. Wilhelm Hauff, in his very short life, was a purveyor of many delights.
Washington, Eisenhower Farewell Addresses
10 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two timely historical documents: George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796) and Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address (1961)
Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
03 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A generous-spirited as well as ingenious Sherlock Holmes tale, “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.” The game’s afoot in more ways than one.
Van Dyke, The Otkher Wise Man
27 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Expanding the story of the Three Wise Men, Henry van Dyke introduces us to the other wise man, whose name was Artaban, and whose quest and story have ...
Christmas 2020: A. France, O. Henry
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two Christmas tales this evening: “Our Lady’s Juggler” by Anatole France, and “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry.
Kimmel, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight’s story features the legendary prankster Hershel of Ostropol. The Hanukkah goblins are making the villagers’ life a misery. But will the g...
Schnitzler, The Dead Are Silent
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Arthur Schnitzler was one of the writers of “Young-Vienna” at the turn of the twentieth century. His stories are still read, his plays still perfo...
Maugham, Daisy 2
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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Maugham, Daisy, Part 1
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Written in the late Victorian Age, tonight’s story begins like a Victorian morality story, but Somerset Maugham will present his own view of his cha...
Green, Shall He Wed Her?
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The language is Victorian, the ambiguity of the story is strikingly modern. This writer is a real discovery.
Stowe, The Sullivan Looking-Glass
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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Anatole France, Putois
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A story tonight by the great Anatole France. I discovered it in 1960. It’s been one of my favorites ever since.
Poe, The Telltale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For Halloween, two of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous short stories: The Telltale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado.
Rudyard Kipling, Rikki Tikki Tavi
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My childhood favorite from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book. “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” is the heroic adventure of a valiant young Indian gray mongoose. He...
Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Edgar Allan Poe’s ghastly story first appeared in Graham’s Magazine in 1842. It embraced the traditions of the Gothic tale and has remained popula...
Bret Hart, Donna Fragasse
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two authors tonight, one well known, one known to only a few. Both knew at the age of thirteen that they wanted to become famous authors.
Stowe, The Ghost in the Mill
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s story “The Ghost in the Mill” is not only a cracking good ghost story; it is also a celebration of the fine old traditio...
O.Henry, The Ethics of Pig
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A yarn from O. Henry’s 1907 collection The Gentle Grafter. A tale of two charming flimflammers, with nicely plotted action, highfalutin dialogue, an...
Stephen Leacock, Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A midsummer outing on the lake. Tonight’s author is the beloved Canadian writer Stephen Leacock, and the story is taken from his book Sunshine Sketc...
Guy de Maupassant, A Wedding Gift
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A confirmed bachelor falls under the spell of a young woman on first sight. A story by Guy de Maupassant, one of the supreme short story authors.
Kate Chopin, The Locket
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When tonight’s author, Kate Chopin (1850-1904), was fifteen years old and living in St. Louis, Missouri, she snatched from the family’s front porc...
Saki: Story Teller, Packletide Tiger, Schartz-Metterklume
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tonight’s author is H. H. Munro. Christopher Morley observed that the glass we raise for him is the fragile, hollow-stemmed goblet meant for the dri...
Jeeves and the Impending Doom
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bertie Wooster finds himself on a losing streak and lands himself at the mercy of his Aunt Agatha, a humorless Member of Parliament, and an angry swan...
Willa Cather, The Garden Lodge
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes early situations and relationships place us under such stress that we develop survival mechanisms and patterns of behavior that help us cope...
Doyle, The Red-headed League
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join me to listen to a Sherlock Holmes story that was one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's own personal favorites. Great fun, and one of his cleverest plot...
The Enchanted April
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
by Elizabeth von Arnim (b. 1866) read by Richard Figge
3 Men In A Boat: Chapter 17
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
by Jerome K Jerome (b. 1859) read by Richard Figge Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog, published in 1889, is a humorous account by Engli...