Forgotten Classics

Forgotten Classics

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Forgotten Classics episodes

  • Episode 238: Mrs. Appleyard's Year, Nov.-Dec. Finale
    In which football, Thanksgiving, and shopping end up the year.
    Episode 238, Mrs. Appleyard's Year, November-December
    (download or listen via this link)

    Book Information
    • Story rating: G for charm, humor, and 1941 life
    • This story is in the public domain as far as I can ascertain. If I am incorrect in my findings, please contact me (my email is in the sidebar).
      • Podcast Highlight
      Documents That Changed the World
      47 min
    • Episode 237: No Forwarding Address
      In which we have a martini, read a scroll, and practice magic.
      Episode 237, No Forwarding Address
      (download or listen via this link)

      Book Information
      • Story rating: G for tall tales in taverns
      • No Forwarding Address by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt is under copyright. This
        • story is shared under the Fair Use Act as an illustration of this duo's writing. Views to the contrary, please contact me (my email is
        in the sidebar).
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        • Journey Into
        • Seeing Ear Theater

          • 30 min
        • Episode 236: Lighter Than You Think
          In which we learn that what this country needs is a good cigar-shaped spaceship.
          Episode 236, Lighter Than You Think
          (download or listen via this link)

          Book Information
          • Story rating: G for inventions, horse racing,
          • Lighter Than You Think by Nelson Slade Bond is in the public domain.
            • Podcast Highlight
            • Born Yesterday
              • Muscle Shoals - The Movie
                39 min
              • Episode 235: The Ultimate Melody
                In which we have a pint at the White Hart while hearing a scientific tall tale.
                Episode 235, The Ultimate Melody
                (download or listen via this link)

                Book Information
                • Story rating: G for pop music, British pubs, tall tales, and science
                • The Ultimate Melody by Arthur C. Clarke is under copyright. This
                  • story is shared under the Fair Use Act as an illustration of Arthur C. Clarke's writing. Views to the contrary, please contact me (my email is
                  in the sidebar).
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                  • Synthetic Voices
                    • Muscle Shoals - The Movie
                      40 min
                    • Episode 234: Young Goodman Brown
                      In which we are transported to 17th century Salem village
                      for an encounter with Puritans, witch-meetings and pink ribbons.
                      Episode 234, Young Goodman Brown
                      (download or listen via this link)

                      Book Information
                      • Story rating: PG for pink ribbons, devilish temptation, witches covens, and marital suspicion
                      • This story is in the public domain.
                        • Podcast Highlight
                        • Edgar Allan Poecast
                          • 51 min
                        • Episode 233: Rappaccini's Daughter, Part II
                          In which the whole truth about Beatrice ... and about Giovanni ... is discovered.
                          Episode 233, Rappaccini's Daughter, part II
                          (download or listen via this link)

                          Book Information
                          • Story rating: PG for poisonous flowers, love, and scholarly antagonism
                          • This story is in the public domain.
                            • Halloween Listening
                            • The Lottery
                            • Night Drive
                            • Beautiful People
                            • The Beckoning Fair One (part two, part three)
                            • The Uninvited
                            • The Unforeseen
                                • 46 min
                              • Episode 232: Rappaccini's Daughter, part I
                                In which a young man from Padua spies a beautiful maiden in her garden.
                                But is there something deadly there too?
                                Episode 232, Rappaccini's Daughter, part I
                                (download or listen via this link)

                                Book Information
                                • Story rating: PG for poisonous flowers, love, and scholarly antagonism
                                • This story is in the public domain.
                                  • 54 min

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