Sometimes it's nice just to hear a story. Like the "golden age of radio," Awesome Stories features dramatizations of classics, narrated chapters of our own stories, radio interviews and radio plays. This collection benefits ESL, adult literacy and those who just want to close their eyes and listen to a good story!
Helen visited the Perkins Institute for the Blind in May of 1888.
Have a listen as Charles Dickens begins his famous story with these words: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
As the action begins, in Dickens' famous tale, the Dover mail coach is making its way on a Friday night.
Jerry Cruncher, the messenger, is bothered by the direction he's received from Jarvis Lorry: "Jerry, say that my answer was, RECALLED TO LIFE.
After Jarvis Lorry reaches Dover, he awaits the arrival of another traveler from London - Miss Manette.
Orson Welles and Martin Gabel star in this Mercury Theatre on the Air production of Charles Dicken's novel, A Tale of Two Cities.
During the summer of 1886, Helen and her parents visited a famous Baltimore physician.
This video show how to find interesting information not readily apparent.
Jonathan Harker has realized .
Bram Stoker based his novel, Dracula, on the legend of a real person, Vlad Tepes.
Mina Murray and her friend - Lucy Westenra - have traveled to the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire, England.
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister on the 10th of May, 1940.
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