What’s the Story
This section is all about short stories, which can range from a page or two all the way up to novellas. Listen to a single story or an entire collection or anthology. Search by author, period, region.
An Anonymous Story
An Anonymous StoryBy Anton Chekhov An Anonymous Story is a novella published in 1893 that has also...
A Tedious Story
A Tedious Story from an Old Man’s JournalBy Anton Chekhov Influenced by the death of his...
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Bartleby, the ScrivenerBy Herman Melville In an October 1939 radio broadcast Winston Churchill...
Ward No. 6
Ward No. 6By Anton Chekhov Perhaps one of Chekov’s most famous and profound descriptions of...
His Last Bow
His Last BowBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
The Adventure of the Devil’s FootBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
The Disappearance of Lady Frances CarfaxBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
The Adventure of the Dying Detective
The Adventure of the Dying DetectiveBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington PlansBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
The Adventure of the Red Circle
The Adventure of the Red Circle By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
The Adventure of The Cardboard Box
The Adventure of The Cardboard BoxBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
The Tiger of San Pedro
The Tiger of San PedroBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
The Singular Experience of Mr John Scott Eccles
The Singular Experience of Mr John Scott EcclesBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red DeathBy Edgar Allan Poe First published in 1842, The Mask of the Red Death by...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonBy F. Scott Fitzgerald The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the...
The Overcoat
The OvercoatBy Nicolai Gogol “We all come out from Gogol’s ‘The Overcoat’”. This...
My Life: The Story of a Provincial
My Life: The Story of a ProvincialBy Anton Chekhov “My Life: The Story of a Provincial” (1896) is a...
Rothschild’s Fiddle
Rothschild’s FiddleBy Anton Chekhov Yakov Ivanov is an elderly coffin-maker in a small village...
Gooseberries
GooseberriesBy Anton Chekhov Gooseberries quote:“Apparently a happy man only feels so because...
The Fly
The FlyBy Katherine Mansfield An elderly man is visiting the office of the owner of his former...
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock HolmesBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a...
His Last Bow
His Last BowBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle His Last Bow is the fourth collection of stories featuring the...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by...
Tales of the Jazz Age
Tales of the Jazz AgeBy F. Scott Fitzgerald In 1922 the publication of Tales of the Jazz Age...
The Necklace
The NecklaceBy Guy de Maupassant Madame Mathilda Loisel, the protagonist of The Necklace, aspires to...
Le Horla
Le HorlaBy Guy de Maupassant Le Horla is a short horror story published in 1887 by Guy de...
Boule de Suif
Boule de SuifBy Guy de Maupassant “Boule de Suif” is one of the first short stories by Guy de...
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
The Diamond as Big as the RitzBy F. Scott Fitzgerald In “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” a young man...
The Nose
The NoseBy Nicoloai Gogol In 1722 Peter the Great introduced a system of positions and ranks for the...