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Great Stories Well Told is a storytelling podcast featuring beautifully written works of fiction read aloud by Barbara Kline. From timeless classics to lesser-known literary treasures, each episode offers the pleasure of a carefully crafted story, thoughtfully told.
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S2E1 The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
Send us Fan MailWelcome to the first episode in Season 2 of Great Stories Well Told: “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin.This is a remarkable and quietly powerful short story about marriage,…
S1E12 Why the Sea is Salt
Send us Fan MailThis story contains scenes of violence, as some classic stories do. Listener discretion is advisedIn this episode of Great Stories Well Told, we present "Why the Sea is Salt", a…
S1E11 The Happy Prince
Send us Fan Mail A statue covered in gold. A small bird with nowhere to go. In Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince, a quiet story unfolds — one of compassion, sacrifice, and the unexpected beauty of…
S1E10 The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Great Stories Well Told, we present The Magic Shop by H. G. Wells.A father and his young son visit a curious little shop on a London street, filled with tricks,…
S1E9 The Lady or The Tiger by Frank R. Stockton
Send us Fan MailIn Frank R. Stockton’s "The Lady, or the Tiger?", a young man stands before a decision that will determine his fate — Two doors. One choice. No second chances.but the greatest mystery…
S1E8 The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
Send us Fan Mail"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) is the star of this episode. I hope that you enjoy it.As a deadly plague spreads across the land, Prince Prospero…
S1E7 Princess on The Glass Hill a Tale from the Norse
Send us Fan Mail"Princess on the Glass Hill" is a classic Norwegian folktale first published in Norwegian in in the 1840s. It was first translated into English in 1859 by Sir George Webbe Dasent in…
S1E6 Prometheus and Pandora
Send us Fan MailFrom Greek mythology, this is the powerful story of Prometheus—the titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity. In doing so, he changed the course of human life… and…
S1E5 The Elephant's Child by Rudyard Kipling
Send us Fan Mail“The Elephant’s Child” by Rudyard Kipling. The Just So Stories were first published in 1902. This story is from the 1912 edition.In this classic tale from Rudyard Kipling, a…
S1E4 Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy
Send us Fan MailLeo Tolstoy's short story “Three Questions” was first published in 1885 as part of the collection What Men Live By, and Other Tales. "The Three Questions" is a story about a king…
S1E3 Three Fables by Aesop
Send us Fan MailAesop's Fables, are very old stories that are credited to a 6th-century BCE Greek slave named Aesop. In the beginning these were oral tales; early written versions appeared around…
S1E2 The Skylight Room by O. Henry
Send us Fan Mail"The Skylight Room" from O. Henry's story collection The Four Million was published in 1906. In these stories, O. Henry introduces us to a variety of ordinary people living and…
S1E1 The Cat That Walked By Himself by Rudyard Kipling
Send us Fan MailThe Cat That Walked by Himself”by Rudyard KiplingThis is one of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories, a story of the “High and Far-Off Times"— when the wild creatures of the forest were…
S1 Trailer: Great Stories Well Told
Send us Fan MailWelcome to Great Stories Well Told — a storytelling podcast for listeners who love timeless tales.In this ad-free podcast, I share fairy tales, fables, folk tales, myths, and classic…
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