A Charmed Life
by Richard Harding Davis She loved him so, that when he went away to a little war in which his country was interested she could
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by Richard Harding Davis She loved him so, that when he went away to a little war in which his country was interested she could
by Jerome K. Jerome “Not the Mr. —, really?” In her deep brown eyes there lurked pleased surprise, struggling with wonder. She looked from myself
by Henry Lawson NEW Year’s Eve! A hot night in midsummer in the drought. It was so dark—with a smothering darkness—that even the low loom
by Dylan Thomas The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas wrote and recorded its original telling for the radio in 1952, in what became one of his
by Elia W. Peattie IT was the night that Mona Meeks, the dressmaker, told him she didn’t love him. He couldn’t believe it at first,
by Louisa May Alcott Characterized as “Dickens’ A Christmas Carol for children.” This short story appeared in The Louisa May Alcott Reader: A Supplementary Reader
by Charles Dickens THERE was once a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought of a number of things. He had a
by Edward Payson Roe A Christmas-Eve Suit was published in Edward Payson Roe’s Taken Alive and Other Stories with an Autobiography (1902). This is a
by William Dean Howells I. The sunset struck its hard red light through the fringe of leafless trees to the westward, and gave their outlines
by Charles Dickens Dickens helped to invigorate 19th century Christmas celebrations with several short stories and his infamous novella A Christmas Carol (1843). He published
by Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Christmas Sermon (1900) is just that. Memorable take-away: “If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it
by W. W. Jacobs Illness? said the night watchman, slowly. Yes, sailormen get ill sometimes, but not ‘aving the time for it that other people
A Classical Student by Anton Chekhov BEFORE setting off for his examination in Greek, Vanya kissed all the holy images. His stomach felt as though
by Henry van Dyke In the dark autumn of 1914 the City sprang up almost in a night, as if by enchantment. It was white
by Mary Hallock Foote Ruth Mary stood on the high river bank, looking along the beach below to see if her small brother Tommy was
by Henry van Dyke “Latin and Greek are dead,” said Hardman, lean, eager, absolute, a fanatic of modernity. “They have been a long while dying,
A Cold Greeting by Ambrose Bierce This is a story told by the late Benson Foley of San Francisco: “In the summer of 1881 I
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by O. Henry One may hope, in spite of the metaphorists, to avoid the breath of the deadly upas tree; one may, by great good
by Andy Adams The ease and apparent willingness with which some men revert to an aimless life can best be accounted for by the savage
by Rudyard Kipling Life liveth but in life, and doth not roamTo other lands if all be well at home:“Solid as ocean foam,” quoth ocean
A Conflict Ended by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman A Conflict Ended first appeared in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine (February, 1886). In Acton there were two
by Bret Harte The largest tent of the Tasajara camp meeting was crowded to its utmost extent. The excitement of that dense mass was at