Literature

1st Statement of Joel Hetman, Jr. I am the most unfortunate of men. Rich, respected, fairly well educated and of sound health with many other…

Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce One sunny autumn afternoon a child strayed away from its rude home in a small field and entered a forest unobserved.…

Men were placed at the water-pumps, the oxygen containers, air-purifiers, and vdistilling machinery, and the vhatchways were thoroughly examined; the gunners took their posts at…

The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm by Mark Twain The conversation drifted smoothly and pleasantly along from weather to crops, from crops to literature, from…

Certain houses, like certain persons, manage somehow to proclaim at once their character for evil. In the case of the latter, no particular feature need…

The Happiest Man in the World (A Tale Told East to West) Once upon a time, there lived a man named Henry who had both…

In 1830, only a few miles away from what is now the great city of Cincinnati, lay an immense and almost unbroken forest. The whole…

Beowulf and Grendel (An English Legend) Long ago, in the land we know as Denmark, King Hrothgar ruled. He was loved and admired by his…

Chapter I In a certain kingdom there lived a rich peasant, who had three sons Simeon (a soldier), Tarras-Briukhan (fat man), and Ivan (a fool)…

Rambling about a country nearly uninhabited, having lost my way, and being overtaken by a shower, I had lighted on this dreary looking tenement, which…

This morning I underwent a medical examination in the government council room. The opinions of the doctors were divided. They argued among themselves and came…

Once upon a time, there was a poor peasant whose most prized possession was a big fat goose. One day, to his wife’s dismay and…