Joseph Roth, The Lady on the Train, Hermann Bahr, The Beautiful Wife
Joseph Roth, The Lady on the Train, Hermann Bahr, The Beautiful Wife
Two short stories, by two Austrian writers, about travels. Gute Reise, bon voyage!
13 Aug 2023
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24mins
Chekhov, Love; Kusenberg, My Thieves
Chekhov, Love; Kusenberg, My Thieves
Two short stories tonight: one classic, one modern; one Russian, one German; one by Chekhov, one by Kusenberg.
6 Aug 2023
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31mins
Bret harte, The Indiscretion of Elsbeth
Bret harte, The Indiscretion of Elsbeth
A surprisingly light and playful story by Bret Harte: The Indiscretion of Elsbeth.
30 Jul 2023
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41mins
Edgar Allan Poe, Thge Purloined Letter
Edgar Allan Poe, Thge Purloined Letter
Everyone knows about this story. How many have read it? Here is Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Purloined Letter.”
23 Jul 2023
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44mins
Katherine Mansfield, The Garden Party
Katherine Mansfield, The Garden Party
Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party,” first published in 1922, and as fresh, engaging, and enigmatic now as when it ... Read more
17 Jul 2023
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33mins
Anton Chekhov, The Bet, A Work of Art
Anton Chekhov, The Bet, A Work of Art
A brace of stories by Anton Chekhov: “The Bet” and “A Work of Art.”
10 Jul 2023
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31mins
Werner Bergengruen, The Sand Doctor
Werner Bergengruen, The Sand Doctor
Werner Bergengruen takes an amused and skeptical look at misleading national identities in his story “The Sand Doctor.”
2 Jul 2023
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26mins
O. Henry, One Thousand Dollars, While the Auto Waits
O. Henry, One Thousand Dollars, While the Auto Waits
A brace of stories by the ever-engaging O. Henry: “One Thousand Dollars” and “While the Auto Waits.”
25 Jun 2023
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28mins
Susan Glaspell, At Twilight
Susan Glaspell, At Twilight
Susan Glaspell’s compassionate story of a professor as he reflects on a forty-year career and what it may have meant.
18 Jun 2023
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30mins
Alphonse Daudet, The Pope's Mule
Alphonse Daudet, The Pope's Mule
Alphonse Daudet’s "The Pope's Mule" is the amusing story of an animal that waited patiently for seven years to repay a m... Read more
11 Jun 2023
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25mins