Short Stories
epub |eng | 2013-11-24 | Author:Emile Zola

CHAPTER IX Felicien was at her feet. Until now he had kept his place in the remote corner of the balcony. But in the intense happiness she gave him in ...
( Category: Short Stories March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-04-13 | Author:H.P. Lovecraft [Lovecraft, H.P.]

There was a second-floor corner room in less unkempt shape than the rest of the house, and into this my host led me; setting down his small lamp and lighting ...
( Category: Anthologies March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-04-02 | Author:Kate Douglas Wiggin [Wiggin, Kate Douglas]

Breakfast was on the table promptly at seven o'clock, and there was very little of it, too; for it was an excellent day for short rations, though Mrs. Ruggles heaved ...
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epub |eng | 2017-02-06 | Author:Ivan Turgenev

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epub |eng | | Author:H.P. Lovecraft [Lovecraft, H.P.]

III. THE MADNESS FROM THE SEA If heaven ever wishes to grant me a boon, it will be a total effacing of the results of a mere chance which fixed ...
( Category: Occult March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Lord Dunsany

THE IDLE CITY .................. THERE WAS ONCE A CITY which was an idle city, wherein men told vain tales. And it was that city’s custom to tax all men that ...
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epub |eng | 2019-03-05 | Author:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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epub |eng | | Author:Fyodor Dostoyevsky

* * * THE HEAVENLY CHRISTMAS TREE ~ I AM A NOVELIST, AND I suppose I have made up this story. I write “I suppose,” though I know for a ...
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epub |eng | 2017-12-09 | Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky [Dostoevsky, Fyodor]

And there was a positive obstacle to my going: I had no money. All I had was nine roubles, I had to give seven of that to my servant, Apollon, ...
( Category: Psychological March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-11-16 | Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald [Fitzgerald, F. Scott]

“There,” admitted Washington, “I grant you that. But try to think of an alternative. I’ve offered to have all or any of you painlessly executed if you wish. I’ve offered ...
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epub |eng | 2012-06-20 | Author:Erckmann-Chatrian

CHAPTER XIII. Sperver had gone, bearing the body of poor Lieverlé in his cloak. I had declined to follow; my sense of duty kept me by this unhappy woman, and ...
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epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Alexander Kuprin [Kuprin, Alexander]

Arto barked unceasingly, and jumped about the shore. He was very much upset to see the boy swimming out so far. "What's the use of showing off one's bravery?" worried ...
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epub |eng | | Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald [Fitzgerald, F. Scott]

VI John stood facing Mr. Braddock Washington in the full sunlight. The elder man was about forty, with a proud, vacuous face, intelligent eyes, and a robust figure. In the ...
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epub |eng | 2017-08-05 | Author:E. F. Benson [Benson, E. F.]

Morning brought a renewal of tranquil and sunny weather, and had it not been for her exhibition, Miss Howard would certainly have returned to lunch at Wentworth with a veritable ...
( Category: Satire March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-23 | Author:Stephen Crane

X Old Judge Denning Hagenthorpe, who lived nearly opposite the Trescotts, had thrown his door wide open to receive the afflicted family. When it was publicly learned that the doctor ...
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