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Stories for Valentine's Day

The Cook's Wedding by Anton Chekov

Anton Chekov's story of a young boy mystified by the marriage of his mother's cook.

• 11 mins

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Love by Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant's poignant meditation on the nature of true love during a hunting trip.

• 12 mins

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Pyramus and Thisbe by Ovid

Ovid's story of Pyramus and Thisbe, finally united against the wishes of their families.

• 8 mins

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The Kiss by Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin's story of a woman scheming to marry a wealthy man and maintain a young lover

• 7 mins

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In a Far-Off World by Olive Schreiner

Olive Schreiner's fantasy story about two lovers dwelling on a faraway star.

• 5 mins

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Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf's story taking us into the minds of strolling couples enjoying Kew Gardens

• 17 mins

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Eleonora by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe's story of a widowed man finding new love.

• 15 mins

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Happiness by Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant's story of love overcoming all the odds set on the island of Corsica.

• 16 mins

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About Love by Anton Chekov

Anton Chekov's haunting tale of missed opportunities and unconsummated love.

• 21 mins

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A Wedding Gift by Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant's story of a bachelor falling for a girl, but being haunted by his past

• 12 mins

Stories for Christmas

The Signalman by Charles Dickens

Spooky story about suspicious happenings in a railway tunnel.

• 33 mins

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A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield

A woman bumps into an ex-lover and wonders if she has made a mistake.

• 19 mins

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The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

Children's story in which a bad tempered giant learns not to be selfish.

• 11 mins

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The Mezzotint by M R James

A museum curator notices an engraving changes each time he looks at it.

• 29 mins

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At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov

An illiterate couple worry when their daughter doesn't reply to their letters.

• 13 mins

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The Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm

Christmas story about a poor cobbler who gets some magical help to do his work.

• 5 mins

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Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy

A lonely man receives divine inspiration in a dream and spends Christmas helping others.

• 11 mins

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The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

Children's story about a living statue's quest to help others.

• 23 mins

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The Sealed Room by Arthur Conan Doyle

Solicitor Frank Alder meets a disturbed young man with a very strange inheritance.

• 33 mins

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Christmas Storms and Sunshine by Elizabeth Gaskell

Christmas story in which warring neighbours make peace.

• 26 mins

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The Gift of the Magi by O Henry

Christmas story in which a poor, young married couple sacrifice everything to buy gifts.

• 15 mins

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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

Darkly intense story in which a man is haunted by his misdeeds.

• 15 mins

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The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire by Arthur Conan Doyle

Holmes and Watson assist a man who suspects a vampire is wreaking havoc in his household.

• 39 mins

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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

A woman receives some bad news and has an unexpected response.

• 7 mins

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The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen

Sad Christmas story about a poor little girl who sells matches to pay for Christmas.

• 8 mins

Funny Stories

The Fall of Lord Barrymore by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Two famous young bucks struggle for supremacy in fashionable London.

• 28 mins

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Aunt Hetty on Matrimony by Fanny Fern

The opinionated Aunt Hetty holds forth on that perennial dilemma – to marry or not?

• 4 mins

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Mrs Badgery by Wilkie Collins

A man moves in to his new home, only to find the previous occupant hasn’t moved out.

• 24 mins

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Lost Hearts by MR James

A young orphan is sent to live with his uncle who is involved in some unusual alchemy...

• 26 mins

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The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs

Three wishes are granted to the owner of ‘the monkeys paw’ with terrifying consequences.

• 26 mins