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Episodes

Great Beginnings 25

Good beginnings, in film, in poetry, in fiction, are solid and memorable gold. Do you have favorites? Here are some of mine.

Aug 22, 2025•18 min

Stefan Zweig, The Invisible Collection 8:10:25

Stefan Zweig's intriguing classic story "The Invisible Colleciton"

Aug 10, 2025•36 min

Maupassant, Graveyard Sisterhood, Decoration, 8-3-25

On the occasion of his 175th birthday, two stories by the French Master Guy de Maupassant

Aug 03, 2025•34 min

Thomas Beer, Tact

A story about an amiable and resourceful small-town family by Thomas Beer, entitled simply "Tact."

Jul 27, 2025•49 min

Grazia Deledda, The Open Door

Nobel Prize-winning Italian author Grazia Deledda's "The Open Door"

Jul 20, 2025•25 min

Ernest Thompson Seton, The Biography of a Grizzly, Part 2

The second and concluding part of Ernest Thompson Seton's The Biography of a Grizzlhy

Jul 13, 2025•48 min

Ernest Thompson Seton, The Biography of a Grizzly*, 1:2

The first of two episodes: Ernest Thompson Seton, The Biography of a Grizzly

Jul 10, 2025•46 min

Kathleen Norris, Shandon Waters

Kathleen Norris's plainly told and moving story of a young widow and mother on the fringes of a tight-knit community.

Jun 29, 2025•29 min

Jacques Futrelle, The Problem of Cell 13, Part 2

He made a preposterous bet, but don't sell Professor Van Dusen short: the conclusion of "The Problem of Cell 13" by Jacques Futrelle.

Jun 22, 2025•45 min

Jacques Futrelle, The Problem of Cell !3, Part 1

A ruthless practitioner of logic, Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen accepts the challenge of escaping from a high security prison. Can his logic work its way around this concrete and iron cage?

Jun 15, 2025•42 min

Jerome K. Jerome, Elizabeth von Arnim

Two short spring pieces tonight, by Jerome K. Jerome (Three Men in a Boat) and Elizabeth von Armin (The Enchanted April)

Jun 08, 2025•30 min

Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood

Once upon a time, before there were the Brothers Grimm, there was Charles Perrault, and he gave us (among others) the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. Here is the story from his collection of Mother Goose Tales, first published in 1697. His children were charmed. I hope you will enjoy it, too.

Jun 01, 2025•26 min

P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Kid Clementina

P. G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster tells of "Jeeves and the Kid Clementina"

May 25, 2025•41 min

Stacy Aumonier, Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty

Stacy Aumonier's anticipation of Alfred Hitchcock: "Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty"

May 18, 2025•43 min

O. Henry, Shearing the Wolf

In an age of scams, you might enjoy learning about the old “green goods” caper: O. Henry, “Shearing the Wolf.”

May 11, 2025•16 min

Agatha Christie, The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

All the evidence points to one person, but Hercule Poirot keeps asking questions and solves “The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan.”

May 04, 2025•33 min

Werner Bergengruen- The Sand Doctor

Werner Bergengruen takes an amused and skeptical look at misleading national identities in his story “The Sand Doctor.”

Apr 27, 2025•27 min

Kate Chopin, Love on the Bon-Dieu

A tender story by Kate Chopin: "Love on the Bon-Dieu"

Apr 20, 2025•29 min

Stacy Aumonier, A Source of Irritation

Sudden and high adventure in the most stolid and regular of lives: "A Source of Irritation" by Stacy Aumonier

Apr 13, 2025•36 min

Leonard Merrick, The Doll in the Silk Dress

A romance set in the theater in Belle Époque Paris: Leonard Merrick’s “The Doll in the Pink Silks Dress”A romance set in the theater in Belle Époque Paris: Leonard Merrick’s “The Doll in the Pink Silks Dress”

Apr 06, 2025•35 min