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25 November 2009 

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American Stories



Each week, we present a short story written by an American writer and rewritten into VOA Special English. You can hear it by clicking on the Listen links on Saturday. (The program is also on radio: click on Radio Programs for broadcast details.) Below, you can read and hear some of the stories. Other stories in the series are still protected by copyright.



On AMERICAN STORIES: A man and his wife have second thoughts about ending their marriage.

  • Short Story: 'The Boarded Window' by Ambrose Bierce  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'The Birthmark' by Nathaniel Hawthorne  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'A Pair of Silk Stockings' by Kate Chopin  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' by Mark Twain  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'The Devil and Tom Walker' by Washington Irving  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'The Last Leaf' by O. Henry  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'The Diamond Lens' by Fitz-James O'Brien, Part 2  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'The Diamond Lens' by Fitz-James O'Brien, Part 1  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'The Californian's Tale' by Mark Twain  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'Athenaise' by Kate Chopin  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: ‘The Ransom of Red Chief’ by O. Henry  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: ‘The Luck of Roaring Camp’ by Bret Harte  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'Rappaccini's Daughter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Part 2  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'Rappaccini's Daughter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Part 1  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: ‘The Lady, or the Tiger?’  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'Paul's Case,' Part Two  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'Paul's Case,' Part One  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: ‘Doctor Heidegger’s Experiment’  Audio Clip Available
  • Children's Story: 'John Henry'  Audio Clip Available
  • The Cask of Amontillado  Audio Clip Available
  • The Line of Least Resistance  Audio Clip Available
  • Paul Bunyan  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'To Build A Fire' by Jack London  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: ‘Luck’ by Mark Twain  Audio Clip Available
  • The White Heron  Audio Clip Available
  • A Special Christmas Story: The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry  Audio Clip Available
  • Short Story: 'Feathertop' by Nathaniel Hawthorne   Audio Clip Available
  • A Princess of Mars, Part Four
  • A Princess of Mars, Part Three
  • A Princess of Mars, Part Two
  • A Princess of Mars, Part One
  • The Law of Life  Audio Clip Available
  • Feathertop  Audio Clip Available
  • Benito Cereno, Part Three  Audio Clip Available
  • Benito Cereno, Part Two  Audio Clip Available
  • Benito Cereno, Part One  Audio Clip Available
  • Paul Bunyan  Audio Clip Available
  • John Henry  Audio Clip Available
  • A Municipal Report  Audio Clip Available
  • A Horseman in the Sky
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge  Audio Clip Available
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • The Devil and Tom Walker
  • The Diamond Lens, Part 2
  • The Diamond Lens, Part 1
  • The Cask of Amontillado
  • The White Heron  Audio Clip Available
  • The Line of Least Resistance
  • The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County  Audio Clip Available
  • To Build A Fire
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