The Servant by S. T. Semyonov I Gerasim returned to Moscow just at a time when it was hardest to find work, a short while before Christmas, when a man sticks even to a poor job in the expectation of a present. For three weeks the peasant lad had been going about in vain seeking […]
A Story of Seven Devils by Frank R. Stockton
A Story of Seven Devils ?by Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) The negro church which stood in the pine woods near the little village of Oxford Cross Roads, in one of the lower counties of Virginia, was presided over by an elderly individual, known to the community in general as Uncle Pete; but on Sundays the […]
Clay by James Joyce
Clay ?by ?James Joyce The matron had given her leave to go out as soon as the women’s tea was over and Maria looked forward to her evening out. The kitchen was spick and span: the cook said you could see yourself in the big copper boilers. The fire was nice and bright and on […]
The Magic Mirror by Edith Howes
The Magic Mirror by Edith Howes There was once a wise old king in a far-off land who said to himself, “I have a daughter as well as a son; why should she not have a kingdom too? I will see to it at once.” He called the chief map-maker to him, and said: “Make […]
The Purple Dress by O. Henry
The Purple Dress by O. Henry ? We are to consider the shade known as purple. It is a color justly in repute among the sons and daughters of man. Emperors claim it for their especial dye. Good fellows everywhere seek to bring their noses to the genial hue that follows the commingling of the […]
Little Red Riding Hood by Watty Piper
Little Red Riding Hood by Watty Piper There was once a sweet little maid who lived with her father and mother in a pretty little cottage at the edge of the village. At the further end of the wood was another pretty cottage and in it lived her grandmother. Everybody loved this little girl, her […]
The Gloria Scott by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Gloria Scott by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle “I have some papers here,” said my friend Sherlock Holmes, as we sat one winter’s night on either side of the fire, “which I really think, Watson, that it would be worth your while to glance over. These are the documents in the extraordinary case of the […]
An Ideal Family by Katherine Mansfield
? An Ideal Family ?by Katherine Mansfield That evening for the first time in his life, as he pressed through the swing door and descended the three broad steps to the pavement, old Mr. Neave felt he was too old for the spring. Spring?warm, eager, restless?was there, waiting for him in the golden light, ready […]
The Sphinx Without A Secret by Oscar Wilde
The Sphinx Without A Secret ?by Oscar Wilde ?? One afternoon I was sitting outside the Caf? de la Paix, watching the splendour and shabbiness of Parisian life, and wondering over my vermouth at the strange panorama of pride and poverty that was passing before me, when I heard some one call my name.? I […]
The Story of Keesh by Jack London
The Story of Keesh by Jack London Keesh lived long ago on the rim of the polar sea, was head man of his village through many and prosperous years, and died full of honors with his name on the lips of men.? So long ago did he live that only the old men remember his […]