The Classic Tales Podcast
Designed to make classic literature less intimidating, The Classic Tales Podcast has been showcasing the greatest literary authors for years. Narrating with gusto, BJ Harrison performs each word of the classic texts, elevating them with character voices, sharp accents and bridled emotion. Adventure, Mystery, Horror, Humor and more - The Classic Tales Podcast has something for everybody. It really is The Cure for the Common Commute. Winner - Outstanding Podcast Host: Arts and Entertainment , Society of Voice Arts and Sciences- 2022 Winner of w3 Silver Award by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts-2022 Winner of w3 Gold Award by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts-2021 Winner of Independent Audiobook Award for "Scaramouche", by Raphael Sabatini - 2021

What will the heralded war hero Dalyrimple do with himself, once all the hand shaking and parades are over? F. Scott Fitzgerald, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.

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We have some really fun titles that are entering the public domain this year, and I’ve also discovered some overlooked gems I hope you’ll enjoy. Here’s to a fantastic 2022, everyone! 

Today’s story is in the collection of short stories “Flappers and Philosophers”. Be sure to mind the fence, everyone!

And now, Dalyrimple Goes Wrong, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Who will help the tailor of Gloucester to finish the Mayor’s elegant coat? For the Mayor is to be married wearing it tomorrow - on Christmas Day in the morning.  Beatrix Potter, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.

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If you’d like more Charles Dickens this holiday season, the version of A Christmas Carol that I recorded in 2018 is now available as a standalone audiobook at classictalesaudiobooks.com. Pick it up and make it a tradition to enjoy every year!

I just wanted to say thank you for spending another Christmas with The Classic Tales. This is our fifteenth Christmas, and it’s been so fun to research and discover new Yuletide stories every year. Thanks for joining me on this adventure.

Beatrix Potter was born to a middle-upper class family. She was privately educated by governesses at home, which was usual for the time. She was an incredibly gifted artist, and specialized in mycology, which is the study of fungi. Her beautiful illustrations of various fungi are still consulted by botanists today.

Though she wasn’t allowed to attend university because of her sex, she submitted a paper challenging the theory of symbiosis to the Linnean Society in 1897.

A few years later she self-published her first book, because no publisher was interested in it. She published a few copies for her family and friends. Two years later, in 1902, Frederick, Warne and Company reconsidered publishing her “bunny book”, as they called it, and The Tale of Peter Rabbit was an immediate success.  

Beatrix Potter loved vacationing in the English lake district near Windermere, and purchased several farms to preserve the landscape of the area. Upon her death, she left nearly all of her property to the National Trust, including over

And now, The Tailor of Gloucester, by Beatrix Potter.

 

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Category:Literature -- posted at: 12:30am MDT

Will Mrs. Peerybingle forever be estranged from her honest, simple husband? Charles Dickens, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.

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If you’d like more Charles Dickens this holiday season, the version of A Christmas Carol that I recorded in 2018 is now available as a standalone audiobook at classictalesaudiobooks.com. Pick it up and make it a tradition to enjoy every year!

And now, A Cricket on the Hearth, Part 3 of 3, by Charles Dickens.

 

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Penurious Caleb Plummer has created an imaginary world of wonder for his blind daughter. But how will he disguise the bilious speeches of the cantankerous Tackleton? Charles Dickens, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.

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And now, A Cricket on the Hearth, Part 2 of 3, by Charles Dickens.

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Category:Literature -- posted at: 1:29am MDT

Can a cricket on the hearth of a tiny Carrier’s cottage foresee the future? Charles Dickens, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.

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Well, it’s Christmastime. And you know what Christmas means – Charles Dickens. Dickens wrote several Christmas stories. The most famous, of course, being A Christmas Carol. A Cricket on the Hearth is another one, but it’s not super Christmasy. We have a bunch of fun characters, and Dickens’ charming prose winding around it all. I hope you like it.

And now, A Cricket on the Hearth, Part 1 of 3, by Charles Dickens.

 

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Direct download: CT_761_ACricketontheHearth2021_Part1of3.mp3
Category:Literature -- posted at: 12:30am MDT