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In The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories
This is a collection of 20 short stories by English novelist and playwright Leonard Merrick. The stories concern varied topics, and succeed …
Selected excerpts by Eugénie and Maurice de Guérin
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 17
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Petronella by John Gower
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 16
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Ancient of Days
In The Wild Knight and Other Poems
The Wild Knight and Other Poems invites listeners into the imaginative world of G. K. Chesterton, where the ordinary transforms into the ext…
MASTERS OF ARTS
In Cabbages and Kings
This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which …
Introduction
In The Third Circle
Sixteen short stories by the American novelist Benjamin Frank Norris Jr (1870-1902) who wrote predominantly in the naturalist genre. He liv…
23 - BY COURIER
In The Four Million (Version 2)
The man with the surprise endings: that was O. Henry's trademark. This is the second published collection of short stories by O. Henry origi…
Selected orations by Demosthenes
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 11
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Introductions
In Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 3
Another wonderful compilation of stories edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie! This volume, the 3rd of 12, contains 2 main sections: Classic Tale…
A Meeting
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 05
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Manacled
In The Monster and Other Stories
From the celebrated author of the Red Badge of Courage comes this final collection of stories released in Crane's lifetime. These stories of…
COMUS
In One-Act Play Collection 020
Here, in our 20th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from pure fantasy, historical, farces, and dramas. All sho…
William and the Ancient Souls
In More William
The second of Crompton's series of 39 books about William Brown, our cheeky 11 year-old protagonist. A hero to some, a dastardly villain to …
Author's Note, Chapters I & II
In The Devil's Pool
George Sand (the pen name of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin 1804-1876) is famous for flaunting the conventions of behavior expected of women o…
Chapter V
In The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
Wilde's short story about an attempt to uncover the identity of Mr. W. H., the dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets, was first published in Bl…
Cedric The Indian
In LAAS APARTMENTS
Welcome to the intriguing world of LAAS Apartments, a captivating radio series that explores the lives and stories of its residents. Each ep…
An Ancient Tale by John O'Hagan
In The Book of Irish Poetry, part I
Edited and largely translated into English by Alfred Perceval Graves, this book contains a remarkably large collection of Irish poetry. This…
The Last Asset: Part II
In The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and other Stories
Seven short stories by Edith Wharton, American author of The House of Mirth. "The Hermit and the Wild Woman" (rather differen…
My Képi
In Monday Tales
This is a collection of short stories by Alphonse Daudet. The stories paint an incredibly vivid picture of life in continental Europe before…
01 - Sasha
In Sasha
Kuprin is well-known to Russian readers and has been described as one of the last exponents of Russian critical realism. He first made a car…