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Aristipp
Dagegen führen die vier Bände „Aristipp und seine Zeitgenossen“ (1800–1802) in die Blüthezeit der hellenischen Philosophie. D…
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 …
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In Papéis Avulsos
Papéis avulsos é um livro de contos do escritor Machado de Assis, lançado em 1882. Foi o terceiro livro de contos publi…
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…
00 - Preface
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…
07 - Frei Simão
In Contos Fluminenses e Histórias da Meia-Noite
Contos Fluminenses, originalmente publicado em 1870, e Histórias da Meia-Noite, publicado em 1873, são os dois primeiros livro…
Numbers 5:11-31
In James Joyce in Context, Vol. 1: Telemachus
This is a project invented and created by LibriVox volunteers. It collects various works which James Joyce quotes and refers to in his epic…
A Book-Keeper
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…
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…
Chapters IX-XI
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…
Preface
In Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be on…
b. Religion of the Ancient Romans
In The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History
The fourteenth volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story has a different concept than the previous books edited by Eva March Tappan. …
No Story
In Options
O. Henry needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonder…
The Favourite Plot
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 …
Un Parricide
In Boule de suif
Douze nouvelles dans lesquelles Guy de Maupassant pose un regard ironique, voire pessimiste, sur la société française d…
The Pretext: Part IV
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…
Chapter IV - Our Grand Project, part 2
In The Queen of Hearts
The elderly Brothers Owen, Morgan and Griffith live a quiet, retired life in the countryside, which is turned upside-down by Griffith's ward…
Preface
In The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the…
Introductory Note
In Something Childish and Other Stories
This posthumous collection of stories and sketches by the New Zealand modernist author was published the year after her death from tuberculo…
A Lingering Guest Part II
In By Beach and Bog-Land: Some Irish Stories
"By Beach and Bog-Land: Some Irish Stories" is a collection of short stories written by Jane Barlow and published in 1905. The boo…