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Narrated Archives

Narrated Archives

By: Sally Barron
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Narrated Archives explores the extensive public domain library to offer listeners both enduring classics and forgotten tales. The content spans genres including adventure, mystery, horror, love, and the human spirit, all waiting to be rediscovered.

With each episode a brief biography of the author(s) introduces the episode.

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Episodes
  • Four Observations of Stephen Crane
    Mar 17 2026

    In this episode of Narrated Archives we step into the brief, blazing life of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage. In the four stories presented, Stephen Crane captures the intersection of quiet human longing and the harsh often indifferent realities of society.

    • “An Eloquence of Grief” - written around 1896, captures a routine New York City police court.
    • “The Auction” - a public auction features the possessions of a former sailor named Ferguson and his wife. Crane explores the collision of financial tragedy and social humiliation.
    • "A Great Mistake" - a brief, atmospheric scene that centers on the silent, intense longing and hunger of a small child gazing at an elaborate fruit stand.
    • “A Fishing Village" - a descriptive piece, originally published in the August 1899 issue of The Philistine, that captures the rugged isolation, quiet endurance and daily rhythms of a coastal community with his characteristic impressionistic detail.

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    Send requests for authors or short stories to: sbnarration@sallybarronvoiceovers.com

    Here's my website: www.narratedarchives.com

    Audiobooks narrated by Sally Barron can be found at:

    • audible
    • Spotify
    • Google Play
    • Nook
    • Kobo
    • Libro.fm
    • storytel
    • Hoopla (free from with your public library card)

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    32 mins
  • Stories from The Black Cat
    Mar 10 2026

    In this episode are 2 stories froma collection all written by H. D Umbstaetter, entitled “The Red Hot Dollar and Other Stories from The Black Cat”. Also included is the Introduction to the collection written by Jack London

    • “One Chance in a Million” tells of an entrepreneur so secretive that he almost loses his live
    • “In Hell’s Cañon” a prospector is determined to locate a "lost lead".

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    Support the show

    Thanks for listening!

    Rate & Review on Apple Podcasts Spotify or your favorite podcast provider.

    Send requests for authors or short stories to: sbnarration@sallybarronvoiceovers.com

    Here's my website: www.narratedarchives.com

    Audiobooks narrated by Sally Barron can be found at:

    • audible
    • Spotify
    • Google Play
    • Nook
    • Kobo
    • Libro.fm
    • storytel
    • Hoopla (free from with your public library card)

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    31 mins
  • Sixty Years in Southern California
    Mar 3 2026

    This week we’re listening to a sample from Harris Newmark’s memoir, “Sixty Years in Southern California".

    We’ll be listening to the first 2 chapters in which Newmark recounts his upbringing and how he ended up traveling to California from Prussia covering the years 1834-1853







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    Support the show

    Thanks for listening!

    Rate & Review on Apple Podcasts Spotify or your favorite podcast provider.

    Send requests for authors or short stories to: sbnarration@sallybarronvoiceovers.com

    Here's my website: www.narratedarchives.com

    Audiobooks narrated by Sally Barron can be found at:

    • audible
    • Spotify
    • Google Play
    • Nook
    • Kobo
    • Libro.fm
    • storytel
    • Hoopla (free from with your public library card)

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    35 mins
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