(MUSIC) Our story today is called The Cask of Amontillado. It was written by Edgar Allan Poe. Here is Larry West with the story. (MUSIC) Storyteller: Fortunato and I both were members of very old and important Italian families. We used to play toget

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Announcer: Now the VOA Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. It was written by Ambrose Bierce. The occurrence, or event, in our story takes place during the war of the eighteen-sixtie

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Now the VOA Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called Paul's Case. It was written by Willa Cather. Paul's Case will be told in 2 parts. Here is Kay Gallant with part one of the story. Paul hated school. He did not do his ho

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The snow kept coming down, quietly, ghostlike, covering the land deeper and deeper. It seemed as if it would go on forever. It was the first snowfall of the year. Billy looked through the kitchen window. He felt like diving into the snow and burying

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Today we complete the story Paul's Case. It was written by Willa Cather. Here is Kay Gallant with the story. Paul was a student with a lot of problems. He hated school. He didn't like living with his family on Cordelia Street in the industrial city

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Our story today is called The Cask of Amontillado. It was written by Edgar Allan Poe. Here is Larry West with the story. Fortunato and I both were members of very old and important Italian families. We used to play together when we were children. Fo

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Our story today is called the Wide Net. It was written by Eudora Welty. Here is Larry West with the story. William Wallace Jameson's wife Hazel was going to have a baby, but this was October, and the baby wouldn't be borne until April. Hayzel acted

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I arrived in America one sunny morning. But I did not feel I was here yet. Flying on an airplane from Lagos, Nigeria to New York City, to Los Angeles, California did not carry my mind with me right away. I had to catch up with my body. The United St

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Once there was a Czechoslovakian violin player who lived in Sweden. His name was Rudolf. Some of his friends said he could not play the violin very well. He was too restless and travelled around too much. Rudolf did travel. That is true. He travelle

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The western American city of San Francisco, California suffered a huge earthquake on April eighteenth, nineteen-oh-six. More than three thousand people are known to have died. The true number of dead will never be known. Two hundred fifty thousand p

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No friends or family went with Mr. Rochester and I to the church. I had not told my Reed cousins about my wedding, because I knew they would not care. However, I had written to my uncle, John Eyre, In Madeira. Mr. Rochester was in such a hurry that I

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PART FOUR - LIFE AT MOOR HOUSE CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE St. John's Secret But perhaps you are lonely. he said. I'm not lonely yet, and I'm sure I'll be very busy with my work. Well, I think you should work hard. [-----1-----]. A year ago, I was unhappy als

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PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD CHAPTER EIGHT Life with Mr. Rochester Now that Mr. Rochester had returned, Thornfield hall was very busy. Many people came to visit him and talk about business. Adele was too excited to study. That evening we

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PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD CHAPTER SEVEN Mr. Rochester The house where I was to work was called Thornfield. It was a large house in the country. After a day's journey, I arrived at the house. Mrs. Fairfax, who came out to meet me, was a

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PART TWO - THE SCHOOLGIRL CHAPTER SIX Life at Lowood Continues Gradually the sickness left Lowood. I soon discovered that often, there were good sides to all the sad troubles in life. Because so many girls had died, other people learned of the terrib

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PART TWO - THE SCHOOLGIRL CHAPTER SIX Life at Lowood Continues As spring came and the days grew warmer, life at Lowood no longer seemed so hard. We enjoyed walking and playing outside, under a bule sky. But the warm weather also brought sickness to o

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Hello! No, don't run back into the house, Jane, on such a lovely night. Come and walk with me. [-----1-----]. Jane, he began, you like living at Thornfield, don't you? You like little Adele and Mrs. Fairfax, and I know they love you. I do like it her

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PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD CHAPTER THIRTEEN Mr. Mason is Attacked I woke up in the middle of the night to hear someone shouting. I jumped out of bed. It came from the top floor! What was happening? Then I heard the sounds of two people

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PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD CHAPTER TWELVE The Gypsy I can prove that you're cold, and afraid, and a fool, she said. Listen. You're cold, because you're alone. You're afraid, because you lack love. And you're a fool, because love is stan

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PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD CHAPTER EIGHT Life with Mr. Rochester I'm sorry if I'm rude, Miss Eyre. But I'm twenty years older, and more experienced, than you. Don't you think I can tell you when to speak? Well, no, sir, not just because

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