Hosted by Sally Barron · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 47 episodes
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Narrated Archives explores the extensive public domain library to offer listeners both enduring classics and forgotten tales. The content spans genres including adventure, mystery, horror, love, and the human spirit, all waiting to be rediscovered. With each episode a brief biography of the author(s) introduces the episode.
Sally Barron hosts Narrated Archives, a fiction show with 47 episodes published.
This episode holds a story that has become a universal cautionary tale about vanity, class, and the crushing weight of a single mistake. Published in 1884, 'The Necklace' is perhaps the most famous work by the master of
Today, we are cracking open a specific piece of literary history. We’re looking at two tales that were hand-picked over a century ago for the classroom in the 1921 collection, Modern Short Stories: A Book for High School
Today, in this bonus episode we’re exploring the work of C.A. Mercer. In this story, we follow a man returning to his childhood home after twenty years away. He expects to find the sprawling, majestic domain of his youth
Today, we unseal a file from Perceval Gibbon, a man who saw the world from the deck of a merchant ship and the frontlines of war. Gibbon was a master of the 'ironic twist,' and today’s story is a masterclass in the high
Today, we’re exploring True Crime of the early 20th Century. In 1927, a man named Edward Henry Smith sat in a New York apartment, surrounded by the files of the world’s most baffling disappearances. He wasn't just a repo
In this episode you’ll hear a short story by Manuel Komroff: “The Little Master of the Sky”. This is one of Komroff's most celebrated early works, first appearing in the prestigious literary magazine The Dial in 1921, es
In this episode we hear "The Spider's Eye" (1884), a short story by Lucretia P. Hale that explores themes of perception and social consciousness. Originally published in the anthology Stories by American Authors, Volume
In this episode we’ll explore Clayton Edwards’ recounting of two remarkably courageous women, Molly Pitcher and Edith Cavell, from his 1920 book A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines . Both of these stories sit at the inters
In this episode, we present three distinct tales that showcase Bostonian author, Francis A Durivage's range as a storyteller: "The Obliging Young Man" - A witty look at the pitfalls of being too helpful, where good inten
Today, we explore three stories that, with a sense of humor, delve into the complexities of reputation, political and journalistic and the mathematical quirks of time. These tales from the early 20th century showcase aut
We’re stepping into the experimental world of the 1920s with a haunting piece of short fiction titled “The Old Lady”, by Evelyn Scott. Originally published in the May 1925 issue of The Dial —the premier magazine of the A
Today, we’re stepping out of the high-brow literary salons and into the world of Clarence Louis Cullen, a man who wrote about the hustle, the gamble, and the gritty humor of the American underdog. In this episode, we hav
In this episode we’re unearthing the legacy of a woman whose mind was once called the 'most original and challenging' of the entire women’s movement. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a philosopher, a sociologist, and a write
In this episode of Narrated Archives , we explore the sophisticated yet surprisingly tender world of the Gilded Age through three of Richard Harding Davis's most evocative stories: "A Walk Up the Avenue," "Van Bibber and
In this episode we’re celebrating the pure, nonsensical joy of Carl Sanburg’s Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons. Know for his monumental 6 volume biography of Abraham Lincoln, Sandburg also wrote poetry and childre
In this episode we’re unearthing a chillingly prescient piece of Victorian science fiction by Robert Barr that feels all too modern. In 1892, Robert Barr—a writer who influenced the likes of Agatha Christie—penned a pion
In this episode of Narrated Archives we step into the brief, blazing life of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage. In the four stories presented, Stephen Crane captures the intersection of quiet human longin
In this episode are 2 stories froma collection all written by H. D Umbstaetter, entitled “The Red Hot Dollar and Other Stories from The Black Cat”. Also included is the Introduction to the collection written by Jack Lond
This week we’re listening to a sample from Harris Newmark’s memoir, “Sixty Years in Southern California". We’ll be listening to the first 2 chapters in which Newmark recounts his upbringing and how he ended up traveling
In this episode we’re meeting the 19th century humorist, journalist and author known for his witty satirical columns and depictions of western life. Mush and Melody has Mr. Nye attempting to provide a grand solution for
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Narrated Archives is hosted by Sally Barron. The show is categorised under fiction (arts) and has published 47 episodes.
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