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by Guy de Maupassant   Ever since he entered France with the invading army Walter Schnaffs had considered himself the most unfortunate of men. He

by Henry Lawson COULD it have been the Soul of Man and none higher that gave spoken and written word to the noblest precepts of

Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov I In the hospital yard there stands a small lodge surrounded by a perfect forest of burdocks, nettles, and

by Sherwood Anderson     The story came to me from a woman met on a train. The car was crowded and I took the

by Amelia B. Edwards The facts which I am about to relate happened to myself some sixteen or eighteen years ago, at which time I

by Mark Twain CHAPTER I “You told a LIE?” “You confess it–you actually confess it–you told a lie!” CHAPTER II The family consisted of four

by W. W. Jacobs “It’s a’most the only enj’yment I’ve got left,” said the oldest inhabitant, taking a long, slow draught of beer, “that and

by Rudyard Kipling What is in the Brahmin’s books that is in the Brahmin’s heart.Neither you nor I knew there was so much evil in

by Rabindranath Tagore When Nabendu Sekhar was wedded to Arunlekha, the God of marriage smiled from behind the sacrificial fire. Alas! what is sport for

by William Dean Howells In 1893 Jacob S. Coxey, a respectable citizen of Massillon, started a movement in favor of good roads which took the

by T.S. Arthur He was a poor cripple–with fingers twisted out of all useful shape, and lower limbs paralyzed so that he had to drag

by Rudyard Kipling “An officer and a gentleman.” His full name was Percival William Williams, but he picked up the other name in a nursery-book,

by Kathleen Norris A capped and aproned maid, with a martyred expression, had twice sounded the dinner-bell in the stately halls of Costello, before any

by Charles Dickens Dickens wrote this Christmas vignette for his twopenny magazine, Household Words in 1851. He published reader interest stories and essays on a

by Charlotte M. Yonge 1332 The next story we have to tell is so strange and wild, that it would seem better to befit the

What I Saw of Shiloh by Ambrose Bierce I This is a simple story of a battle; such a tale as may be told by

by Leo Tolstoy “We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in

by L. Frank Baum Published in L. Frank Baum’s first children’s book, Mother Goose in Prose (1897), illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. You might also enjoy

by Henry van Dyke ToMy Son in the FaithMy Brother in the WorkTertius van Dyke FOREWORD This little book contains three plain sermons which were

What Occurred at Franklin by Ambrose Bierce For several days, in snow and rain, General Schofield’s little army had crouched in its hastily constructed defenses

by Edna Ferber Somewhere in your story you must pause to describe your heroine’s costume. It is a ticklish task. The average reader likes his

by Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott’s What the Bell Saw and Said is about six bell spirits gathering on Christmas Eve to assess the

by Hans Christian Andersen This fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen was written in 1840 and describes thirty-two nights, longer than the full cycle of

by H. P. Lovecraft I hate the moon – I am afraid of it – for when it shines on certain scenes familiar and loved