American Stories - VOA Learning English

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Classic short stories that introduce American literature to intermediate English learners.

Episodes

Rappaccini’s Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Part One - February 20, 2025

American Stories Four Poems by Robert Frost - May 15, 2023

Two Stories about Letter X, How It Got into the Alphabet - April 07, 2023

How the Animals Lost their Tails - April 07, 2023

American Stories: Chicken Little - March 09, 2023

'The Murders in the Rue Morgue,' by Edgar Allen Poe, Part Five - October 12, 2017

'The Murders in the Rue Morgue,' by Edgar Allen Poe, Part Four - October 06, 2017

'The Murders in the Rue Morgue,' by Edgar Allen Poe, Part Three - September 28, 2017

'The Murders in the Rue Morgue,' by Edgar Allen Poe, Part Two - September 21, 2017

'The Murders in the Rue Morgue,' by Edgar Allen Poe, Part One - September 18, 2017

'The Law of Life,' by Jack London, Part Two - June 29, 2017

'The Law of Life,' by Jack London, Part One - June 22, 2017

'Love of Life,' by Jack London, Part Four - June 15, 2017

'Love of Life,' by Jack London, Part Three - June 08, 2017

'Love of Life,' by Jack London, Part Two - June 01, 2017

'Love of Life,' by Jack London, Part One - May 25, 2017

'The Blue Hotel,' by Stephen Crane, Part Four - May 16, 2017

'The Blue Hotel,' by Stephen Crane, Part Three - May 09, 2017

'The Blue Hotel,' by Stephen Crane, Part Two - May 02, 2017

'The Blue Hotel,' by Stephen Crane, Part One - April 26, 2017