An Actor’s End
Shtchiptsov, the “heavy father” and “good-hearted simpleton,” a tall and thick-set old man, not so much distinguished by his talents as an actor as by…
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The Romance of a Busy Broker
The Romance of a Busy Broker by O. Henry Pitcher, a confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell, broker, allowed a look of mild…
The Buffalo of Dreams
The Buffalo of Dreams (A Tale From Southern China) Long ago, in a lush valley in southern China, a young man named Chen Swee lived…
The Woman and Her Bear
The Woman and Her Bear (An Inuit Legend) Long ago in the far north, there lived a village of people known as Inuit. They lived…
A Living Chattle
GROHOLSKY embraced Liza, kept kissing one after another all her little fingers with their bitten pink nails, and laid her on the couch covered with…
The Amethyst Comb
MISS JANE CAREW was at the railroad station waiting for the New York train. She was about to visit her friend, Mrs. Viola Longstreet. With…
The Rhyming Pigs
The Rhyming Pigs (An English Tale) Once, long ago, pigs spoke in rhyme And their sweet pig language was oh so sublime, And hens strutted…
After The Theatre
NADYA ZELENIN had just come back with her mamma from the theatre where she had seen a performance of “Yevgeny Onyegin.” As soon as she…
A Child’s Biography by Mark Twain
A Child’s Biography by Mark Twain John Clemens, Samuel’s father, was a farmer, merchant, and postmaster in a Missouri town, called Florida. His wife, Jane…
One Good Time
Richard Stone was nearly seventy-five years old when he died; his wife was over sixty, and his daughter Narcissa past middle age. Narcissa Stone had…
A Day In The Country
Between eight and nine o’clock in the morning. A dark leaden-colored mass is creeping over the sky towards the sun. Red zigzags of lightning gleam…
Who Will Riddle Me The How And Why
Who Will Riddle Me the How and Why? So questions one of England’s sweetest singers. The “How?” has already been told, after a fashion, in…
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