Classically Speaking

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Classic Short Literature for the ear. Actual human (non-Ai) readings of classic short works by authors such as Charles Dickens, Willa Cather, Mark Twain, Susan Glaspell, Henry James, O. Henry, Sarah Orne Jewett, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and more.

About Curt Simmons

Stage and Voice Actor, Audiobook Producer and Actor, AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award winner, Storyteller, Husband, Father, Grandfather, American citizen. Like a flame, I burn and dance and constantly change.

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