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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Signup to Generate a PitchGreat 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.
Great Stories Well Told is hosted by Barbara Kline. The show has published 27 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "God Sees the Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy" (28 October 2026, 31 minutes), "The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham" (21 October 2026, 25 minutes), and "Vasilissa The Fair a Russian Folktale" (15 October 2026, 31 minutes).
Great Stories Well Told publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 31 minutes across 27 episodes.
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Barbara Kline hosts Great Stories Well Told, an arts podcast with 27 episodes published.
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Episode #8
Send us Fan Mail What happens when an innocent man is condemned for a crime he did not commit? And what becomes of a life shaped by injustice, suffering, and the passage of time? In this deeply moving story by Leo...
Episode #7
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to "The Verger" by W. Somerset Maugham, a classic short story about an ordinary man and an extraordinary turn of events. Albert Edward Foreman has served as verger at St. Peter's Church for...
Episode #6
Send us Fan Mail It is entirely my responsibility that this is late. I underestimated the amount of editing that I needed to do to the episode. And I admit to wanting everything in my stories to be just right. My...
Episode #5
Send us Fan Mail A quiet afternoon. A comfortable room. An open French window overlooking a beautiful lawn. When Framton Nuttel visits a country home seeking rest and relief from his nerves, he encounters a young woman...
Episode #4
Send us Fan Mail The Last Leaf — O. Henry In a small Greenwich Village neighborhood, two young artists, Sue and Johnsy, share a little apartment and their hopes of becoming painters. But when Johnsy falls seriously ill...
Episode #3
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Part 2 of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This story was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1892. In Part 1, we met Helen Stoner who is afraid that she...
Episode #2
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 3 of Great Stories Well Told When a frightened young woman arrives at Baker Street, she brings Sherlock Holmes one of the strangest cases he has ever encountered. Her sister died under...
Episode #1
Send us Fan Mail Welcome 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 short fiction —...
Episode #7
Send us Fan Mail For generations, readers have wondered what really happened to Rip Van Winkle in the Catskill (or Kaatskill) Mountains. When the easygoing villager follows a mysterious stranger carrying a heavy keg, he...
Episode #6
Send us Fan Mail A man insists that he is sane. Yet as he recounts a series of carefully planned events, his own words begin to reveal a mind consumed by obsession. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" has captivated...
Episode #5
Send us Fan Mail An old soldier returns from India carrying an unusual souvenir - a small monkey's paw said to grant three wishes. At first the tale seems impossible, even amusing. But as one family discovers, some...
Episode #4
Send us Fan Mail Beauty and the Beast is one of the world's most beloved fairy tales, but long before it became a movie, it was told in the literary salons of France. 'Beauty and the Beast,' by Mme Leprince de Beaumont...
Episode #3
Send us Fan Mail Today's story is "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" Part 2 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published on May 1, 1920 in The Saturday Evening Post . In 1920, well to...
Episode #2
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Great Stories Well Told, we turn from Kate Chopin's quiet examination of personal freedom to F. Scott Fitzgerald's sharp and often humorous portrait of youth in the Jazz Age. When shy...
Episode #1
Send us Fan Mail Welcome 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, identity, freedom, and...
Episode #12
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This story contains scenes of violence, as some classic stories do. Listener discretion is advised</p><p>In this episode of Great Stories Well Told, we present "Why the Sea is Salt", a...
Episode #11
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p> </p><p>A statue covered in gold. A small bird with nowhere to go.</p><p><br/> In Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince, a quiet story unfolds — one of compassion, sacrifice, and the unexpected beauty...
Episode #10
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this episode of Great Stories Well Told, we present The Magic Shop by H. G. Wells.<br/>A father and his young son visit a curious little shop on a London street, filled with tricks, toys...
Episode #9
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In Frank R. Stockton’s "The Lady, or the Tiger?", a young man stands before a decision that will determine his fate — </p><p>Two doors. One choice. No second chances.</p><p>but the greatest...
Episode #8
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) is the star of this episode. I hope that you enjoy it.<br/><br/></p><p>As a deadly plague spreads across the land, Prince Prospero...
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