THE JUNIPER-TREE By Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
A rich couple longed for a child. The wife prayed under a juniper tree, and eventually gave birth to a boy as white as snow and red as blood
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THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR by Edgar Allan Poe
THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR by Edgar Allan Poe Of course I shall not pretend to consider it any matter for wonder, that the extraordinary case of M. Valdemar
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Never Bet the Devil Your Head by Edgar Allan Poe
NEVER BET THE DEVIL YOUR HEAD A Tale With a Moral. by Edgar Allan Poe “Con tal que las costumbres de un autor,” says Don Thomas de las Torres,
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Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The story begins in Salem village, where young Goodman Brown bids farewell to his wife, Faith, to embark on a mysterious night journey.
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THE MINISTER’S BLACK VEIL A PARABLE by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Another clergyman in New England, Mr. Joseph Moody, of York, Maine, who died about eighty years since, made himself remarkable by the same eccentricity that is here related
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The Witch by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
In a remote church hut during a fierce snowstorm, Savely Gykin, the sexton, suspects his young, attractive wife Raissa of being a witch who can control the weather to lure men to their dwelling.
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THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH by Edgar Allen Poe The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence
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Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe
Dicebant mihi sodales, si sepulchrum amicae visitarem, curas meas aliquar tulum fore levatas.—Ebn Zaiat.
Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon as the rainbow,
Continue readingThe Judge’s House by Bram Stoker
The Judge’s House by Bram Stoker When the time for his examination drew near Malcolm Malcolmson made up his mind
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The Phantom ‘Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling
The Phantom ‘Rickshaw THE PHANTOM ‘RICKSHAW May no ill dreams disturb my rest, Nor Powers of Darkness me molest. —Evening
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