Quiet Stories

By The Sound Preserve

Stories to quiet your mind and lull you to sleep.

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The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.

Quiet Stories episodes:

June 09, 2021 23. A Moonlight Fable and The Diamond Maker
In this episode we’ll be reading two short stories by H.G. Wells – A Moonlight Fable and The Diamond Maker. These stories come from the collection, The Door in the Wall and Other Stories. We read the title story from this collection in episode 17, released on April 21, 2021.
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36min
June 02, 2021 22. Love of Life
In this episode we’ll be reading Love of Life by Jack London, originally published in 1907. The American author is best known for his short stories and novels depicting the Klondike gold rush in northwestern Canada. This story is no exception and describes scenes of survival in the harsh northern landscape.
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1h 3min
May 26, 2021 21. My Double and How He Undid Me
In this episode we’ll be reading My Double and How He Undid Me by Edward Everett Hale. This story was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1859 and brought the American author immediate attention and praise. The son of Nathan Hale, the so-called inventor of the newspaper editorial, Edward Hale possessed strong literary skills from a young age and entered Harvard College when he was only 13 years old.
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54min
May 19, 2021 20. The Schoolmaster’s Progress
In this episode we’ll be reading The Schoolmaster’s Progress by the American author, Caroline Kirkland. This story was first published in her collection from 1845 titled Western Clearings. Kirkland is known for her depictions of frontier life and was a highly regarded author by her contemporaries such as Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Dickens.
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44min
May 05, 2021 19. Stories of Old Greece and Rome Part II
In this episode we’ll continue reading Stories of Old Greece and Rome by Emile Kip Baker. These stories use the Roman names for gods and goddesses. Some of the deities featured in these chapters along with their Greek names are Jupiter (Zeus), Juno (Hera), Neptune (Poseidon), Pluto (Hades), Minerva (Athena), and Apollo (Helios).
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39min
April 28, 2021 18. The Singing Lesson and An Ideal Family
In this episode we’ll be reading two short stories by Katherine Mansfield – The Singing Lesson and An Ideal Family. Regular listeners may recall we read another short story by Mansfield, The Garden Party, in episode 8. These stories are from the same collection, originally published in 1922.
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37min
April 21, 2021 17. The Door in the Wall
In this episode we’ll be reading the short story, The Door in the Wall by H.G. Wells. The English author is best known for his works of science fiction but was prolific in many styles including social commentary, satire, and history. This story explores the theme of fantasy versus reality that is prevalent in much of Wells’ work.
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49min
April 14, 2021 16. Dalyrimple Goes Wrong
In this episode we’ll be reading the short story, Dalyrimple Goes Wrong by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This is third story we’ve read by Fitzgerald and the second we’ve read from Flappers and Philosophers, the author’s first collection of short stories, originally published in 1920.
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45min
April 07, 2021 15. The Young King
In this episode we’ll be reading The Young King by Oscar Wilde. This is our second episode featuring the fairy tales of Oscar Wilde; our first was episode 7 which was released on February 10, 2021. This story comes from a collection of four fairy tales titled A House of Pomegranates, first published in 1891.
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39min
March 31, 2021 14. Stories of Old Greece and Rome Part I
This week, by listener request, we’ll be reading the first few chapters from Stories of Old Greece and Rome by Emile Kip Baker, published in 1913. If you would like to request a story you can email the podcast at [email protected]. In this collection of myths, Baker took the stories found in Homer’s poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, and made them more accessible by writing them in a prose format and updating the language.
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34min

FAQs about Quiet Stories:

How many episodes does Quiet Stories have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.