{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 1130, The Moonlit Road, by Ambrose Bierce VINTAGE","description":"Discover the roots of Akira Kurosawa\u2019s film Rashomon. Ambrose Bierce, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast, where an audiobook format gives you an immersive experience in classic literature. You can get friendlier with the classics you know, and discover new favorites. I\u2019m your host BJ Harrison. I\u2019m glad you could join us.     Well, you\u2019ve heard me talk a lot about The Audiobook Library Card. It\u2019s like Netflix for audiobooks, you can listen all you want, 18 years of recordings, there\u2019s tons of stuff, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I\u2019m so happy to announce that now it\u2019s possible to buy multiple licenses and SHARE THE AUDIOBOOK LIBRARY CARD with your nearest and dearest.   Maybe you\u2019re a family with a few bookworms who commute. Maybe you\u2019re a tutor with students who struggle to read. Maybe you\u2019re a therapist whose clients have trouble sleeping. Whatever the case, now you can extend the wonders of unlimited listening of the Classic Tales Library to your kith, kin, colleagues and compatriots.   And the introductory prices are outrageously low. Like, five licenses for $19.99\/month. Five. And it just gets better from there. Again, it\u2019s the best deal on the internet.   Once you buy a subscription, we\u2019ll set you up to share with the people on your plan. Cancel anytime. It\u2019s a smorgasbord of listening enjoyment for all your friends and relations.   Go to audiobooklibrarycard.com or follow the link in the show notes, and subscribe today.   Today\u2019s story established the format for the short story \u201cIn a Grove\u201d, by Ry\u016bnosuke Akutagawa, the father of the Japanese short story. \u201cIn a Grove\u201d influenced the great Akira Kurosawa to create the film Rashomon. The concept being that two witnesses can give widely different accounts of the same factual event.   It may also serve as  William James's thesis that "it is not so much the truth of events that matters, but how they are perceived, and the difference that they make to the perceiver\u201d. I hope you like it.   And now, \u201cThe Moonlit Road\u201d, by Ambrose Bierce       Follow this link and get Multiple Licenses for The Audiobook Library Card   Follow this link and watch the new video walkthrough using PocketBook.   Follow this link to get The Audiobook Library Card for a special price of $9.99\/month     Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:       Follow this link to subscribe to the Ars\u00e8ne Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook: ","author_name":"The Classic Tales Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.classictalesaudiobooks.com","html":"