Literature

My Kinsman, Major Molineux by Nathaniel Hawthorne After the kings of Great Britain had assumed the right of appointing the colonial governors, the measures of…

Hodja and the Baklava (A Turkish Tale) One day long ago, a foreign scholar traveled through Anatolia, and in each village and town he visited,…

Let me call myself, for the present, William Wilson. The fair page now lying before me need not be sullied with my real appellation. This…

The Man Who Made Trees Bloom (A Japanese Tale) Long ago an old man and his wife lived simply but happily. They loved each other,…

The Pipes of Pan (A Greek Legend) Long ago, in the mountains of Arcadia, a god known as Pan haunted the slopes and watched over…

One day when she was younger and better-looking, and when her voice was stronger, Nikolay Petrovitch Kolpakov, her adorer, was sitting in the outer room…

Stay for me there! I will not fail. To meet thee in that hollow vale. (Exequy on the death of his wife, by Henry King,…

The long goods train has been standing for hours in the little station. The engine is as silent as though its fire had gone out;…

I was sick, sick unto death, with that long agony, and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt…

Kraterov, the titular councillor, as thin and slender as the Admiralty spire, stepped forward and, addressing Zhmyhov, said: “Your Excellency! Moved and touched to the…

I cannot just now remember when or where I first made the acquaintance of that truly fine-looking fellow, Brevet Brigadier General John A. B. C.…

Just My Luck (Based on an Aesop’s Fable) Long ago, and far away, a young girl named Madeleine lived in a tiny town. All the…