The Woman of the Sæter
by Jerome K. Jerome Wild-reindeer stalking is hardly so exciting a sport as the evening’s verandah talk in Norroway hotels would lead the trustful traveller
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by Jerome K. Jerome Wild-reindeer stalking is hardly so exciting a sport as the evening’s verandah talk in Norroway hotels would lead the trustful traveller
by Edna Ferber Before she tried to be a good woman she had been a very bad woman–so bad that she could trail her wonderful
by L. Frank Baum Published in L. Frank Baum’s American Fairy Tales (1901). These New England farmers work hard, and happen upon a beetle who
by Algernon Blackwood One summer, in my wanderings with a knapsack, I was at luncheon in the room of a wayside inn in the western
by L. Frank Baum Published in L. Frank Baum’s first children’s book, Mother Goose in Prose (1897), illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. There was a man
by O. Henry A favourite dodge to get your story read by the public is to assert that it is true, and then add that
by Jerome K. Jerome “It’s competition,” replied Henry, “that makes the world go round. You never want a thing particularly until you see another fellow
by Guy de Maupassant I had just finished breakfast with my old friend Georges Garin when the servant handed him a letter covered with seals
by Rudyard Kipling Certain people of importance. SCENE.–_Smoking-room of the Deychi Club. Time_, 10.30 P. M. _of a stuffy night in the Rains. Four men
by Rudyard Kipling [1895] ‘Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidst the mighty ocean keep Its own appointed
by Charles Dickens THE WRECK I was apprenticed to the Sea when I was twelve years old, and I have encountered a great deal of
by Melville Davisson Post It was an ancient diary in a faded leather cover. The writing was fine and delicate, and the ink yellow with
by Guy de Maupassant Quartermaster Varajou had obtained a week’s leave to go and visit his sister, Madame Padoie. Varajou, who was in garrison at
by H.H. Munro (SAKI) Sir Lulworth Quayne was making a leisurely progress through the Zoological Society’s Gardens in company with his nephew, recently returned from
by Rudyard Kipling One view called me to another; one hill top to its fellow, half across the county, and since I could answer at
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wallpaper is an important cornerstone of feminist literature. Gilman wrote the story to change public perception about the role
by Melville Davisson Post The girl sat in a great chair before the fire, huddled, staring into the glow of the smoldering logs. Her dark
by Bret Harte I do not think that any of us who enjoyed the acquaintance of the Piper girls or the hospitality of Judge Piper,
by Aesop “Why in the world do you walk sideways like that?” said a Mother Crab to her son. “You should always walk straight forward
by Leo Tolstoy THE young Tsar had just ascended the throne. For five weeks he had worked without ceasing, in the way that Tsars are
by Oscar Wilde The Young King was published in 1891 in Oscar Wilde’s second collection of fairy tales for children, A House of Pomegranates. His
by Katherine Mansfield In her blue dress, with her cheeks lightly flushed, her blue, blue eyes, and her gold curls pinned up as though for
by O. Henry These are the directions for finding the I office of Carteret & Carteret, Mill Supplies and Leather Belting: You follow the Broadway
by Henry Lawson We were coming back from West Australia, steerage — Mitchell, the Oracle, and I. I had gone over saloon, with a few