LitReading - Classic Short Stories
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Episodes: 106
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Litreading delivers classic short stories—carefully selected, beautifully narrated, and updated every week. From Poe to Twain, O. Henry to Wharton, each episode presents a complete tale in a clean, immersive performance lasting anywhere from a few minutes to an hour. These timeless stories are read with clarity, warmth, and just enough character to bring them fully to life.
Litreading is part of Short Storyverses (shortstoryverses.com), a growing collection of podcasts devoted to exceptional storytelling. Explore New Tales Told—our companion series of original stories inspired by the tone and spirit of the classics; Season’s Readings to brighten your holidays any time of year; FRIGHTLY! for tales of terror; and Readastorus for for younger listeners. Search for all of these titles wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Committee Committee – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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The Rips – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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My Watch – An Original Short Story by Mark Twain
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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The Arrangement - An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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The Doll's House – A Classic Short Story by Katherine Mansfield
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Civic Duty - An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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To Build a Fire – a Classic Short Story by Jack London
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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In My Dreams – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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The Necklace – A Classic Short Story by Guy De Maupassant
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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The Right Call – An Original Short Story by Don McDonald
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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The Bet – A Classic Short Story by Anton Chekov
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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The Eternal Code — A Special Presentation of an Original Short Story
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Litreading – Classic Short Stories Live On
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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An Angel in Disguise by T.S. Arthur
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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The Law of Life – a Classic Short Story by Jack London
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Old Well-Well by Zane Grey
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Hills Like White Elephants – A Classic Short Story by Earnest Hemingway
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Clovis on Parental Responsibility by Saki
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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The Skylight Room – A Classic Short Story by O. Henry
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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The Most Dangerous Game–a Classic Thriller by Richard Connell
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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The Willow Walk–a Classic Thriller by Sinclair Lewis
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Doctor Chevalier's Lie–a Classic Short Story by Kate Chopin
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Hands—a Classic Short Story by Sherwood Anderson
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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An Alpine Divorce—a Classic Short Story by Robert Barr
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Good Souls—a Classic Short Story by Dorothy Parker
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Handful of Clay—a Classic Short Story by Henry van Dyke
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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The Idyl of Red Gulch—a Classic Short Story by Bret Harte
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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The Last Leaf—a Classic Short Story by O. Henry
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Araby—a Classic Short Story by James Joyce
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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A Case of Premeditation–a Classic Short Story by R. Austin Freeman
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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The Clock That Went Backward—a Classic Short Story by Edward Page Mitchell
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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The Model Millionaire–a Classic Short Story by Oscar Wilde
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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The Rocking Horse Winner–a Classic Short Story by D.H. Lawrence
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Four Men In A Cave-a Classic Short Story by Stephen Crane
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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The Girl and the Photograph–a Classic Short Story by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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A Country Cottage-a Classic Short Story by Anton Chekhov
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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The Mark on the Wall - a Classic Short Story by Virginia Woolf
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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The Romance of a Busy Broker - a Classic Short Story by O. Henry
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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The McWilliamses And The Burglar Alarm - a Classic Short Story by Mark Twain
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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The Widow's Cruise–a Classic Short Story by Frank Stockton
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Desiree's Baby–a Classic Short Story by Kate Chopin
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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The Log - a Classic Short Story by Guy de Maupassant
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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The Story-Teller–a Classic Short Story by Saki
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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The Three Day Blow–a Classic Short Story by Ernest Hemingway
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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The End of Something–a Classic Short Story by Ernest Hemingway
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans–A Classic Short Story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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That's Marriage–A Classic Short Story by Edna Ferber
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Hermann the Irascible–A Classic Short Story by Saki
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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The Yellow Wallpaper–A Classic Short Story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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A Slice of Life–A Classic Short Story by P. G. Wodehouse
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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An Idle Fellow–A Classic Short Story by Kate Chopin
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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The Aged Mother–A Classic Short Story by Matsuo Basho
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Coco–A Classic Short Story by Guy de Maupassant
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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The White Heron–A Classic Short Story by Sarah Orne Jewett
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Before the Law–A Classic Short Story by Franz Kafka
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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The Prophet - Part One–A Classic Novel by Khalil Gibran
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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The Prophet - Part Two–A Classic Novel by Khalil Gibran
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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The Church With an Overshot Wheel–A Classic Short Story by O. Henry
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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August Heat–A Classic Short Story by W. F. Harvey
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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The Story of an Hour–A Classic Short Story by Kate Chopin
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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The Eyes Have It–a Classic Short Story by Philip K. Dick
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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The Looking Glass–a Classic Short Story by Anton Chekov
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Love in the Night–a Classic Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Indian Camp–a Classic Short Story by Ernest Hemingway
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Tobermory–a Classic Short Story by Saki
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Gipsy–a Classic Short Story by Booth Tarkington
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Mr. Know-All–a Classic Short Story by W. Somerset Maugham
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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The Whirligig of Life–a Classic Short Story by O. Henry
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Second Best–a Classic Short Story by D.H. Lawrence
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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The Fable of the Preacher Who Flew His Kite, But Not Because He Wished to Do So–a Classic Short Story by George Ade
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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After Twenty Years–a Classic Short Story by O. Henry
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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The Aged, Aged Man–a Classic Poem by Lewis Carroll
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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The Fly–a Classic Short Story by Katherine Mansfield
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Misery–a Classic Short Story by Anton Chekhov
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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A Telephonic Conversation–a Classic Essay by Mark Twain
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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The Other Two–a Classic Short Story by Edith Wharton
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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The Good and the Bad Little Boy–a Classic Short Story by Mark Twain
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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The Cactus–a Classic Short Story by O. Henry
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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The Man in the Brown Coat–a Classic Short Story by Sherwood Anderson
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby–a Classic Short Story by Kathleen Norris
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Solid Objects–a Classic Short Story by Virginia Wolff
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Three Questions–a Classic Short Story by Leo Tolstoy
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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In a Grove–a Classic Short Story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button–a Classic Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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The Great American Pie Company–a Classic Short Story by Ellis Parker Butler
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge–a Classic Short Story by Ambrose Bierce
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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The Million Pound Bank Note–a Classic Short Story by Mark Twain
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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The Way the World Is–a Classic Short Story by Zona Gale
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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The Interlopers–a Classic Short Story by Saki
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Memoirs of a Yellow Dog–a Classic Short Story by O. Henry
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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My Financial Career–a Classic Short Story by Stephen Leacock
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Jimmy Rose–a Classic Short Story by Herman Melville
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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The Enchanted Bluff–a Classic Short Story by Willa Cather
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Nevada Funeral - Scotty Briggs and the Clergyman–a Classic Short Story by Mark Twain
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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A Jury of Her Peers–a Classic Short Story by Susan Glaspell
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Gentle Hand–a Classic Short Story by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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A Pair of Silk Stockings–a Classic Short Story by Kate Chopin
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Nobodys Story–a Classic Short Story by Charles Dickens
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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The Boston Massacre–a Classic Short Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Father Forgets–a Classic Short Story by W. Livingston Larned
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Jabberwocky–a Classic Poem by Lewis Carroll
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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Excerpts from Adam's Diary–a Classic Short Story by Mark Twain
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Eve's Diary–a Classic Short Story by Mark Twain
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Aug 15, 2025 |