"The Canterville Ghost"

Sun, 09/29/2019 - 12:00 "The Canterville Ghost" Just Listen Podcast "The Canterville Ghost" is a short story by Oscar Wilde.  It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in The Court and Society Review in February and March of…

"The Duchess and the Jeweller"

Wed, 10/02/2019 - 12:00 "The Duchess and the Jeweller" Just Listen Podcast In March 1941, Virginia Woolf wrote a letter to her husband Leonard. It would be the last letter to her beloved. On the 28th of that month, she filled the pockets of her…

"Michael"

Sun, 10/13/2019 - 12:00 "Michael" Just Listen Podcast "Michael" is a pastoral poem, written by William Wordsworth in 1800 and first published in the 1800 edition of Lyrical Ballads. The poem is one of Wordsworth's best known poems and the…

Scary Stories

Tue, 10/08/2019 - 12:00 Scary Stories Just Listen Podcast "A Ghost" by Guy de Maupassant  Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant  was a French writer, remembered as a master of the short story form. “A Ghost” relates the tale of a…

Tennyson Poetry

Sun, 11/10/2019 - 12:00 Tennyson Poetry Just Listen Podcast Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson was a British poet. He was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets…

"The Invalid's Story"

Sun, 11/17/2019 - 12:00 "The Invalid's Story" Just Listen Podcast “The Invalid’s Story” is a raucous story by Mark Twain about a case of mistaken identities and is a testament to how olfactory images can truly color a piece of literature. The story is considered…

"Elegy in a Country Churchyard"

Sun, 12/01/2019 - 12:00 "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" Just Listen Podcast "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"  is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. The poem's origins are unknown,…

"The Lagoon"

Wed, 12/11/2019 - 12:00 "The Lagoon" Just Listen Podcast "The Lagoon" is a short story by Joseph Conrad, a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until…

"The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection"

Sun, 12/22/2019 - 12:00 "The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection" Just Listen Podcast Virginia Woolf was born into intellectual and social aristocracy.  Her father, Leslie Stephen, was an editor and historian.  Her mother was a known and admired…

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"The Interlopers"

Sun, 01/05/2020 - 12:00 "The Interlopers" Just Listen Podcast Hector Hugh Monroe, also known as Saki, is famous for his tongue-in-cheek commentaries on the upper classes and the quick, startling way in which many of his stories end. To compare today’s story, “The…

from The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Sun, 01/19/2020 - 12:00 from The Diary of Samuel Pepys Just Listen Podcast Samuel Pepys was the son of a tailor and the fifth of eleven children, but child mortality was high in the 17th century, often 50% or more, and he was soon the oldest survivor. As an adult…

"The First Seven Years"

Sun, 02/02/2020 - 12:00 "The First Seven Years" Just Listen Podcast During World War II, millions of Jews were murdered by the Nazis under the direction of German dictator Adolph Hitler.  Many Jewish refugees immigrated to the United States, a pattern that…

Winesburg, Ohio : "Hands"

Sun, 03/01/2020 - 12:00 Winesburg, Ohio : "Hands" Just Listen Podcast Winesburg, Ohio is a 1919 short story cycle by the American author Sherwood Anderson. The book consists of twenty-two stories, with the first story, "The Book of the…

Winesburg, Ohio: "Loneliness"

Sun, 03/15/2020 - 12:00 Winesburg, Ohio: "Loneliness" Just Listen Podcast A short story cycle (sometimes referred to as a story sequence or composite novel) is a collection of short stories in which the narratives are specifically composed and arranged…