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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…

May no ill dreams disturb my rest, Nor Powers of Darkness me molest. …Evening Hymn. One of the few advantages that India has over England…

At that time I was nearly eleven, I had been sent in July to spend the holiday in a village near Moscow with a relation…

A queer little tale, about the eccentric behavior of a strange guest in a country hotel… I have not yet met the man in No.…

The Shoemaker and The Devil by Anton Chekhov It was Christmas Eve. Marya had long been snoring on the stove; all the paraffin in the…