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| Ambrose Bierce | My Favorite Murder — Ambrose Bierce |
My Favorite Murder “HAVING murdered my mother under circumstances of singular atrocity, I was arrested and put upon my trial, which lasted seven years. In charging the jury, the judge of the Court of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ambrose Bierce | Can Such Things Be? — Ambrose Bierce |
Can Such Things Be? “There came to them out of the fog--seemingly from a great distance--the sound of a laugh, a low, deliberate, soulless laugh which had no more of joy than that of a hyena night-prow…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ambrose Bierce | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories — Ambrose Bierce |
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories “A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ambrose Bierce | An Heiress from Redhorse — Ambrose Bierce |
An Heiress from Redhorse “Mr. Raynor observes no game laws; like Death (which he would inflict if slander were fatal) he has all seasons for his own. But I like him, for we knew one another at Redhorse when…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ambrose Bierce | The Man and the Snake — Ambrose Bierce |
The Man and the Snake “. What he saw, in the shadow under his bed, were two small points of light, apparently about an inch apart. They might have been reflections of the gas jet above him, in metal nail…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ambrose Bierce | Killed At Resaca — Ambrose Bierce |
Killed At Resaca “Several Confederate officers and men came out to meet them, and with uncovered heads assisted them to take up their sacred burden. As it was borne toward us we heard beyond the hos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ambrose Bierce | George Thurston: Three Incidents in the Life of a Man — Ambrose Bierce |
George Thurston: Three Incidents in the Life of a Man “When one is tranquilly looking death in the eye and refusing him any concession one naturally has a good opinion of one's self. I don't know if it was this feeling that in Thurston…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ambrose Bierce | A Horseman in the Sky — Ambrose Bierce |
A Horseman in the Sky “For an instant Druse had a strange, half-defined feeling that he had slept to the end of the war and was looking upon a noble work of art reared upon that commanding eminence to co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ambrose Bierce | One of the Missing — Ambrose Bierce |
One of the Missing “When Jerome Searing recovered consciousness he did not at once understand what had occurred. It was, indeed, some time before he opened his eyes. For a while he believed that he ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ambrose Bierce | One Summer Night — Ambrose Bierce |
One Summer Night “The work of excavation was not difficult: the earth with which the grave had been loosely filled a few hours before offered little resistance and was soon thrown out. Removal of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ambrose Bierce | The Difficulty of Crossing a Field — Ambrose Bierce |
The Difficulty of Crossing a Field “'He is gone, he is gone! O God! what an awful thing!' and many other such exclamations, which I do not distinctly recollect. I got from them the impression that they related to som…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ambrose Bierce | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge — Ambrose Bierce |
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge “He was not conscious of an effort, but a sharp pain in his wrist apprised him that he was trying to free his hands. He gave the struggle his attention, as an idler might observe th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anatole France | Thais — Anatole France |
Thais “Paphnutius, hermit from desert tries to convert libertine beauty…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anatole France | Penguin Island — Anatole France |
Penguin Island “Satire in which penguins become human via evolution…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anatole France | The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard — Anatole France |
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard “I WROTE to my housekeeper, as I promised, that I was safe and sound. But I took good care not to tell her that I had caught cold from going to sleep in the library at night with th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anatole France | The Revolt of the Angels — Anatole France |
The Revolt of the Angels “"God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anatole France | The Human Tragedy — Anatole France |
The Human Tragedy “But the hospital walls were very thick, and daylight entered only by narrow windows high up above the floor. The air was so fetid the lepers could scarcely live in the place at all…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anatole France | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Red Lily, Complete — Anatole France |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Red Lily, Complete “She no longer knew why the idea had come to her to spend a month with Miss Bell. Truly, she never had known. The idea had been like a spring, at first hidden by leaves, and now for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anatole France | The Well Of Saint Clare — Anatole France |
The Well Of Saint Clare “On coming to himself, he smelt the perfume of myrtles and roses, and looking out of window saw a garden that descended in successive declivities to the sea. Signora Loreta, standin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Andrew Lang | The Crimson Fairy Book — Andrew Lang |
The Crimson Fairy Book “His work did not seem hard, for he had only two horses and a cow to see after, and though he had been hired for a year, the year consisted of but three days, so that it was not lon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Andrew Lang | The Blue Fairy Book — Andrew Lang |
The Blue Fairy Book “After the ceremonies of the christening were over, all the company returned to the King's palace, where was prepared a great feast for the fairies. There was placed before every on…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Andrew Lang | The Red Fairy Book — Andrew Lang |
The Red Fairy Book “ONCE upon a time there lived a man whose one wish and prayer was to get rich. Day and night he thought of nothing else, and at last his prayers were granted, and he became very wea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Andrew Lang | A Monk of Fife — Andrew Lang |
A Monk of Fife “It is not of my own will, nor for my own glory, that I, Norman Leslie, sometime of Pitcullo, and in religion called Brother Norman, of the Order of Benedictines, of Dunfermline, in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Andrew Lang | The Yellow Fairy Book — Andrew Lang |
The Yellow Fairy Book “The King in his anguish of mind consented, and the old woman led him to her little house where her daughter was sitting by the fire. She received the King as if she were expecting …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Andrew Lang | The Violet Fairy Book — Andrew Lang |
The Violet Fairy Book “Once on a time there were three princes, who had a step-sister. One day they all set out hunting together. When they had gone some way through a thick wood they came on a great gre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Andrew Lang | Tales of Troy: Ulysses the Sacker of Cities — Andrew Lang |
Tales of Troy: Ulysses the Sacker of Cities “The war might now have ended, but an evil and foolish thought came to Pandarus, a prince of Ida, who fought for the Trojans. He chose to shoot an arrow at Menelaus, contrary to the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Andrew Lang | Oxford — Andrew Lang |
Oxford “The gardens of Wadham College on a bright morning in early spring are a scene in which the memory of old Oxford pleasantly lingers, and is easily revived. The great cedars throw th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Andrew Lang | Old Friends — Andrew Lang |
Old Friends “I have nussed a many lunacies, Betsy, and in a general way am dispoged to humour them rather than set them right up agin the fire when fractious. But this Pecksniff is the tryinges…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Andrew Lang | The Grey Fairy Book — Andrew Lang, Ed. |
The Grey Fairy Book “When the day came he got up at sunrise, and going down into the crypt of a neighbouring chapel, stretched himself out quite still and stiff in an old stone coffin. But the liar, wh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Andrew Lang | Pickle the Spy — Andrew Lang |
Pickle the Spy “He admits that he acted as a mouton, or prison spy, and gives a dreadful account of the horrors of Galbanon, where men lay in the dark and dirt for half a lifetime. Macallester nex…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth von Arnim | The Enchanted April — Elizabeth von Arnim |
The Enchanted April “And indeed Mr. Briggs seemed very much interested. He wanted to hear all about everything she had been doing from the moment she got there. He asked her if she had seen this, that,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth von Arnim | Elizabeth and her German Garden — Elizabeth von Arnim |
Elizabeth and her German Garden “These three, their patient nurse, myself, the gardener, and the gardener's assistant, are the only people who ever go into my garden, but then neither are we ever out of it. The ga…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth von Arnim | The Solitary Summer — Elizabeth von Arnim |
The Solitary Summer “It is a relief to me to write about these things that I so much love, for I do not talk of them lest I should be regarded as a person who rhapsodizes, and there is no nuisance more…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | Uarda — Georg Ebers |
Uarda “The great doors of the pylon were wide open, and afforded a view into the forecourt of the sanctuary, paved with polished squares of stone, and surrounded on three sides with colon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | An Egyptian Princess — Georg Ebers |
An Egyptian Princess “As he said these words he looked eagerly into Tachot's beautiful blue eyes; she bent low, pressing her hand upon her heart, and gazed on him long after Amasis had drawn him away to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | The Sisters — Georg Ebers |
The Sisters “He could now distinguish her light foot-fall--now she was divided from him by a young acacia-shrub which hid her from his gaze-now she set down two water-jars on the ground--now sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | Joshua — Georg Ebers |
Joshua “When the tribes, full of enthusiasm for their God, and ready for the most arduous enterprises, shook off their chains and, exulting in their new liberty, rushed forward to the Prom…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | Cleopatra — Georg Ebers |
Cleopatra “"Cease your flattery," said Cleopatra, smiling mournfully. "They say that the works of the Pharaohs here on the Nile flout Time. The inexorable destroyer is less willing to permit …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | The Emperor — Georg Ebers |
The Emperor “There was a sudden stir behind the screens which enclosed the sculptor and the work in progress. Pollux had been working for a long time with zeal and pleasure, but at last the ste…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | Homo Sum — Georg Ebers |
Homo Sum “"You will seek in vain," replied Petrus, commanding himself with difficulty. "My word is yea or nay, and I repeat once more no, we harbor neither her nor him. As for Dorothea and m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | Serapis — Georg Ebers |
Serapis “He hastily put the phial to his mouth, and part of the liquid had passed his lips before Olympius understood the situation and seized his arm. The effect of the deadly fluid was in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | Arachne — Georg Ebers |
Arachne “Perhaps the words might have been warmer, but for his annoyance at the insolent boldness with which she had removed the coverings from his works. He restrained himself from openly …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | The Bride of the Nile — Georg Ebers |
The Bride of the Nile “"And how false," she mused, "is the saying that the body is the mirror of the soul! If it were so, Philippus would have the face of Orion, and Orion that of Philippus." But could O…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | A Thorny Path — Georg Ebers |
A Thorny Path “"Follow him! Catch him! Stop him!--living or dead, bring him back! A price is on his head--a splendid price to any one who will take him!" cried the Egyptian, foaming with rage and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | In the Fire Of The Forge — Georg Ebers |
In the Fire Of The Forge “Her heart shrank from the thought that, merely from vain pleasure in having a throng of admirers, she had given this scoundrel more than one glance of encouragement. The riding whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | Barbara Blomberg — Georg Ebers |
Barbara Blomberg “But Emperor Charles was not the man to allow matters which aroused his wrath and strong disapproval to pass unpunished. Wolf suspected that the time was not far distant when yonder…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | The Burgomaster's Wife — Georg Ebers |
The Burgomaster's Wife “The three men, so united in feeling, grasped each other's hands firmly for a moment. A silent vow bound them in this hour, and when Herr von Nordwyk and Van Hout turned in opposite…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | In The Blue Pike — Georg Ebers |
In The Blue Pike “Whence did they come? They seemed to have increased by thousands since the early morning, when the room was empty. The outside air appeared delightful to breathe. He longed to fill…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | A Question — Georg Ebers |
A Question “"To try your luck with Xanthe? I tell you, it's trouble wasted, for she's dressing her hair to receive our guest from Messina; and, if she were standing where those cabbage-leaves …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | The Elixir — Georg Ebers |
The Elixir “This house in the Katherinenstrasse continued to be called "The Three Kings," although, soon after the death of old Caspar Ueberhell, the sign was removed, and the shop closed. And…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | The Greylock — Georg Ebers |
The Greylock “The knight was no antiquary, but as he looked about him his curiosity was excited: "What can have happened here?" he said, and his squire wondered also, and followed his master. Th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | The Nuts — Georg Ebers |
The Nuts “Christmas was approaching, and the next day, Christmas-eve, the tree was to be lighted. On the twenty-third of December, a little while before the hour for story-telling, Hermy cam…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | The Story of My Life — Georg Ebers |
The Story of My Life “The rattle of wheels and the blast of the postilion's horn closed the first period of my childhood. When I was four years old we went to my mother's home to attend my grandparents'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Georg Ebers | A Word, Only A Word — Georg Ebers |
A Word, Only A Word “"A word, only a word!" cried a fresh, boyish voice, then two hands were loudly clapped and a gay laugh echoed through the forest. Hitherto silence had reigned under the boughs of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Bostonians — Henry James |
The Bostonians “She felt that her friend's strange, uneasy eyes searched very far; a little more and they would go to the very bottom. Well, they might go if they would; she didn't, after all, car…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | In the Cage — Henry James |
In the Cage “It had occurred to her early that in her position--that of a young person spending, in framed and wired confinement, the life of a guinea-pig or a magpie--she should know a great m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Altar of the Dead — Henry James |
The Altar of the Dead “HE had a mortal dislike, poor Stransom, to lean anniversaries, and loved them still less when they made a pretence of a figure. Celebrations and suppressions were equally painful t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Lesson of the Master — Henry James |
The Lesson of the Master “. Paul Overt was a faithless smoker; he would puff a cigarette for reasons with which tobacco had nothing to do. This was particularly the case on the occasion of which I speak; hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Aspern Papers — Henry James |
The Aspern Papers “had taken Mrs. Prest into my confidence; in truth without her I should have made but little advance, for the fruitful idea in the whole business dropped from her friendly lips. It …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Beast in the Jungle — Henry James |
The Beast in the Jungle “The great rooms caused so much poetry and history to press upon him that he needed some straying apart to feel in a proper relation with them, though this impulse was not, as happe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Daisy Miller: A Study — Henry James |
Daisy Miller: A Study “What I should say is, simply, that when certain persons spoke of him they affirmed that the reason of his spending so much time at Geneva was that he was extremely devoted to a lad…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Pupil — Henry James |
The Pupil “The poor young man hesitated and procrastinated: it cost him such an effort to broach the subject of terms, to speak of money to a person who spoke only of feelings and, as it were…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Portrait of a Lady — Henry James |
The Portrait of a Lady “Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circumstances in which, whether you…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Washington Square — Henry James |
Washington Square “As a side note, the neighbhorhood where they shot the most recent film version of this book is approximately four blocks from the setting of HBO's "The Corner." Juxtapose...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Turn Of the Screw — Henry James |
The Turn Of the Screw “James has his own category, but if you read only one book by him, read this one -- twice.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Death of the Lion — Henry James |
The Death of the Lion “At the same time I was aware of my exposure to suspicion as a product of the old lowering system. This made me feel I was doubly bound to have ideas, and had doubtless been at the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Jolly Corner — Henry James |
The Jolly Corner “What had next brought him back, clearly--though after how long?--was Mrs. Muldoon's voice, coming to him from quite near, from so near that he seemed presently to see her as kneeli…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Real Thing and Other Tales — Henry James |
The Real Thing and Other Tales “I could fancy the "sort of thing" they put on the presentation-copies of their photographs, and I was sure they wrote a beautiful hand. It was odd how quickly I was sure of everyth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Ambassadors — Henry James |
The Ambassadors “Strether called, his second morning in Paris, on the bankers of the Rue Scribe to whom his letter of credit was addressed, and he made this visit attended by Waymarsh, in whose com…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Wings of the Dove — Henry James |
The Wings of the Dove “She waited, Kate Croy, for her father to come in, but he kept her unconscionably, and there were moments at which she showed herself, in the glass over the mantel, a face positivel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Coxon Fund — Henry James |
The Coxon Fund “One of the consequences, for the Mulvilles, of the sacrifices they made for Frank Saltram was that they had to give up their carriage. Adelaide drove gently into London in a one-ho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Madonna of the Future — Henry James |
The Madonna of the Future “We had been talking about the masters who had achieved but a single masterpiece--the artists and poets who but once in their lives had known the divine afflatus and touched the hig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | An International Episode — Henry James |
An International Episode “the trees along the curbstone emitted strange exotic odors. The young men wandered through the adjoining square--that queer place without palings, and with marble walks arranged in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Author of Beltraffio — Henry James |
The Author of Beltraffio “I bade her good-night and then, without intention, by a kind of fatality, a perversity that had already made me address her overmuch on that question of her husband's powers, I all…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | A Little Tour In France — Henry James |
A Little Tour In France “The Chateau de Blois is one of the most beautiful and elaborate of all the old royal residences of this part of France, and I suppose it should have all the honors of my descriptio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Awkward Age — Henry James |
The Awkward Age “If there was something serious in Nanda and something blank in their companion, there was, superficially at least, nothing in Mr Mitchett but his usual flush of gaiety. "Did she re…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Beldonald Holbein — Henry James |
The Beldonald Holbein “"But has she any idea herself, poor thing?" was the way I had put it to Mrs. Munden on our next meeting after the incident at my studio; with the effect, however, only of leaving m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Chaperon — Henry James |
The Chaperon “An old lady, in a high drawing-room, had had her chair moved close to the fire, where she sat knitting and warming her knees. She was dressed in deep mourning; her face had a faded…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Confidence — Henry James |
Confidence “Her features had a firmness which suggested tranquillity, and yet her expression was light and quick, a combination-- or a contradiction--which gave an original stamp to her beauty…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Diary of a Man of Fifty — Henry James |
The Diary of a Man of Fifty “I walked back to the hotel, wondering how I could learn something about the Contessa Salvi-Scarabelli. In the doorway I found the innkeeper, and near him stood a young man whom I i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Europeans — Henry James |
The Europeans “Charlotte and Mr. Brand had not returned when they reached the house; but the Baroness had come to tea, and Robert Acton also, who now regularly asked for a place at this generous …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Figure in the Carpet — Henry James |
The Figure in the Carpet “RETURNING to town I feverishly collected them all; I picked out each in its order and held it up to the light. This gave me a maddening month, in the course of which several things…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Sir Dominick Ferrand — Henry James |
Sir Dominick Ferrand “Peter Baron, in his dressing-gown and slippers, with his hands in his pockets, crept softly about the room, repeating, below his breath and with inflections that for his own sake h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Glasses — Henry James |
Glasses “It befell at this period, just before Christmas, that on my having gone under pressure of the season into a great shop to buy a toy or two, my eyes fleeing from superfluity, lighte…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Patagonia — Henry James |
The Patagonia “The Patagonia was slow, but spacious and comfortable, and there was a motherly decency in her long nursing rock and her rustling old- fashioned gait, the multitudinous swish, in he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Pension Beaurepas — Henry James |
The Pension Beaurepas “Mr. Ruck distinguished me, as the French say. He honoured me with his esteem, and, as the days elapsed, with a large portion of his confidence. Sometimes he bored me a little, for …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Pandora — Henry James |
Pandora “It affected him indeed as all right that he should be Count Otto Vogelstein; this appeared even rather a flippant mode of disposing of the fact. By way of rejoinder he asked her if…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Point of View — Henry James |
The Point of View “If I felt far away from you in the middle of that deplorable Atlantic, chere Madame, how do I feel now, in the heart of this extraordinary city? We have arrived,--we have arrived, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Roderick Hudson — Henry James |
Roderick Hudson “The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before. He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellect…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Sacred Fount — Henry James |
The Sacred Fount “I HAVE said that I did many things on this wonderful day, but perhaps the simplest way to describe the rest of them is as a sustained attempt to avert that disaster. I succeeded, b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Spoils of Poynton — Henry James |
The Spoils of Poynton “"I'll give up the house if they'll let me take what I require!" -- that, on the morrow, was what Mrs Gereth's stifled night had qualified her to say with a tragic face at breakfast…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Some Short Stories — Henry James |
Some Short Stories “Hmm, great title. Includes The Brooksmith and The Real Thing.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The American — Henry James |
The American “He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him. Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored facad…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Papers — Henry James |
The Papers “'The Last Cab' would, as our young woman reflected, have been a heading so after her friend's own heart, and so consonant with his genius, that it took all her discretion not to as…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Marriages — Henry James |
The Marriages “When she knocked at his door late in the evening he was regularly not in his room. It was known in the house how much he was worried; he was horribly nervous about his ordeal. It w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Tragic Muse — Henry James |
The Tragic Muse “Lady Agnes's idea had been that her son should go straight from the Palais de l'Industrie to the Hôtel de Hollande, with or without his mother and his sisters, as his humour should…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | FLICKERBRIDGE — Henry James |
FLICKERBRIDGE “The graft in New York had taken, and Addie was a vivid, an unmistakable flower. At Flickerbridge, or wherever, on the other hand, strange to say, the parent stem had had a fortune …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | THE STORY OF IT — Henry James |
THE STORY OF IT “At this she again met his eyes. "Oh to tell it would be to express it, and that's just what I can't do. What I meant to say just now," she added, "was that the French, to my sense,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Great Good Place — Henry James |
The Great Good Place “Dane picked out of his dim past a dozen halting similes. The sacred silent convent was one; another was the bright country-house. He did the place no outrage to liken it to an hote…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Golden Bowl — Henry James |
The Golden Bowl “He handled it with tenderness, with ceremony, making a place for it on a small satin mat. "My Golden Bowl," he observed--and it sounded on his lips as if it said everything. He lef…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Golden Bowl, Volume I — Henry James |
The Golden Bowl, Volume I “"You don't torment me as much as you would like," she presently went on, "because you think of nothing that I haven't a thousand times thought of, and because I think of everything…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Golden Bowl, Volume II — Henry James |
The Golden Bowl, Volume II “She had never, never treated them in any such way--not even just now, when she had plied her art upon the Matcham band; her present manner was an intenser exclusion, and the air wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Reverberator — Henry James |
The Reverberator “None the less Charles Waterlow, who thought he had charming parts, held that the best way hadn't been taken to make a man of him, and the zeal with which the painter appeared to ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | A Bundle of Letters — Henry James |
A Bundle of Letters “The fair New Yorker is, sometimes, very amusing; she asks me if every one in Boston talks like me--if every one is as "intellectual" as your poor correspondent. She is for ever thr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Pupil — Henry James |
The Pupil “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Broken Wings — Henry James |
Broken Wings “It was said with promptness, even precipitation; yet the understanding, shortly after, appeared to have left between them a certain awkwardness, and it was almost as if to change t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Covering End — Henry James |
Covering End “Ah, the difference it made! This difference, for Mrs Gracedew, suddenly shimmered in all the place, and her companion's fixed eyes caught in her face the reflection of it. "Excuse …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Great Condition — Henry James |
The Great Condition “He did at last fix a day, none the less, and went down; but there, on the spot, his imagination was, to his surprise, freshly excited by the very fact that there were no apparent s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | John Delavoy — Henry James |
John Delavoy “"Not a line -- not a syllable. Don't you remember how you warned me against spoiling it? It's of the thing we read together, liked together, went over and over together; it's of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | A Landscape Painter — Henry James |
A Landscape Painter “June 11th. Another day afoot and also afloat. I resolved this morning to leave this abominable little tavern. I can't stand my feather-bed another night. I determined to find some …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Liar — Henry James |
The Liar “"No doubt he was in the vein," Sir David went on. "It's a natural peculiarity -- as you might limp or stutter or be left-handed. I believe it comes and goes, like intermittent feve…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | A London Life — Henry James |
A London Life “She was dining out that night with both Selina and Lionel -- a conjunction that was rather rare. She was by no means always invited with them, and Selina constantly went without he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Maud-Evelyn — Henry James |
Maud-Evelyn “I can see Lavinia for instance in her ugly new mourning immediately after her mother's death. There had been long anxieties connected with this event, and she was already faded, al…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Abasement of the Northmores — Henry James |
The Abasement of the Northmores “During the first six months she wondered what she could herself do, and had much of the time the sense of walking by some swift stream on which an object dear to her was floating o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Bench of Desolation — Henry James |
The Bench of Desolation “On a certain October Saturday he had got off as usual, early; but the afternoon light, his pilgrimage drawing to its aim, could still show him, at long range, the rare case of an e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Europe — Henry James |
Europe “"To budge from Florence? Simply. She had it out there with the poor Hathaways, who felt responsible for her safety, pledged to restore her to her mother's, to her sisters' hands, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Four Meetings — Henry James |
Four Meetings “My relative, as it proved, was not sufficiently restored to leave the place by the afternoon train; so that as the autumn dusk began to fall I found myself at liberty to call at th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Guest's Confession — Henry James |
Guest's Confession “He looked pitifully ill, and yet somehow more intensely himself than ever. He drew a letter from under his pillow. "This came to-day," he said. "Stevens writes me that Guest yester…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Papers — Henry James |
The Papers “It was only after he had gone that, whether aware or not, the other lowered, on either side, the absorbing page and knew that their eyes had met. A remarkable thing, for Maud Bland…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Real Right Thing — Henry James |
The Real Right Thing “The extraordinary thing thus became that it made him not only sad not to feel Doyne's presence, but in a high degree uneasy. It was stranger, somehow, that he shouldn't be there th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Tree of Knowledge — Henry James |
The Tree of Knowledge “And on this Lance had to explain -- how the upshot of his studies in Paris had inexorably proved a mere deep doubt of his means. These studies had waked him up, and a new light was…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Watch and Ward — Henry James |
Watch and Ward “She had risen to meet him, and held out her hand with girlish frankness. She was dressed in a light silk dress; she seemed altogether a young woman. "I have been growing hard in al…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Crapy Cornelia — Henry James |
Crapy Cornelia “However that might be, his curiosity was occupied rather with the conceivable hinge of poor Cornelia's: it was perhaps thinkable that even Mrs Worthingham's New York, once it shoul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Ghostly Rental — Henry James |
The Ghostly Rental “For several days, I thought repeatedly of this little adventure, but I took some satisfaction in keeping it to myself. If the house was not haunted, it was useless to expose my ima…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Given Case — Henry James |
The Given Case “"You're already there -- I say, come!" the young man had it on his tongue's end to reply. But he stopped himself in time, and felt extraordinarily delicate and discreet. "I don't s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Lord Beaupre — Henry James |
Lord Beaupre “He himself wanted to cultivate tranquillity, and he felt that he did so the next day in not going again to Chester Street. He went instead to the British Museum, where he sat quite…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Middle Years — Henry James |
The Middle Years “Doctor Hugh, at this, hesitated, and Dencombe, in spite of a desire to pass for unconscious, risked a covert glance at him. What his eyes met this time, as happened, was, on the pa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Mora Montravers — Henry James |
Mora Montravers “Mrs Traffle's posture was now, more and more, certainly, this recumbent sightless stillness; which she appeared to have resorted to at first -- after the launching, that is, of her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Paste — Henry James |
Paste “"Nothing. Thank you very much." With which she bent her eyes on the article wrapped, and now only exposed, in her superannuated satchel--a string of large pearls, such a shining ci…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Private Life — Henry James |
The Private Life “"Oh, you don't know how he's armed!" she exclaimed, with such an odd quaver that I could account for it only by her being nervous. This idea was confirmed by her moving just afterw…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | A Round of Visits — Henry James |
A Round of Visits “Within the apartment to which he had been admitted, moreover, the fine intelligence we have imputed to him was in the course of three minutes confirmed; since it took him no longer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Third Person — Henry James |
The Third Person “Miss Amy took her evening nap before dinner, an hour at which Miss Susan could never sleep -- it was so odd; whereby Miss Susan took hers after that meal, just at the hour when Mis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Velvet Glove — Henry James |
The Velvet Glove “That was knowing Paris, of a wondrous bland April night; that was hanging over it from vague consecrated lamp-studded heights and taking in, spread below and afar, the great scroll…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Visits — Henry James |
The Visits “I passed through the rooms again, and then out of the house. The gardens were ingenious, but they made me think (I have always that conceited habit) how much cleverer I should have…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Wheel of Time — Henry James |
The Wheel of Time “The youngest person present, before the ladies came in, was the young man who had sat next to Vera and whom, being on the same side of the long table, he had not had under his eye.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Birthplace — Henry James |
The Birthplace “The patience was needed for the particular feature of the ordeal that, by the time the lively season was with them again, had disengaged itself as the sharpest -- the immense assum…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie — Henry James |
Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie “The Prince at all events presented himself in London with a promptitude that contributed to make the warning gratuitous. Nothing could have exceeded, by this time, Lady Champer's a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Mrs Medwin — Henry James |
Mrs Medwin “Mamie wondered if that was the way he talked to her visitor, but felt obliged to own to his acuteness. It was an exact description of Lady Wantridge, and she was conscious of tucki…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Special Type — Henry James |
The Special Type “She left the others, at all events, completely together, and so, as the plot, with this, might be said definitely to thicken, it came to me in all sorts of ways that the curtain ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Tone of Time — Henry James |
The Tone of Time “I saw her ask herself for an instant if she mightn't successfully make her startled state pass as the mere glow of pleasure -- her natural greeting to her acquisition. She was path…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Two Faces — Henry James |
The Two Faces “Sutton laughed. "Pray, what's yours?" As this was a question, however, that she took her time to answer or not to answer -- only appearing interested for a moment in a combination …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Owen Wingrave — Henry James |
Owen Wingrave “It was the fact that the occupants of Paramore did indeed take their trouble hard that struck Spencer Coyle after he had been an hour or two in that fine old house. This very short…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | A LONDON LIFE — By FRANK J. MORLOCK |
A LONDON LIFE “Lionel Never heard of him? He's gone to India with a broken heart and many fond memories of Selina. He's my dearest friend. I have so many touching friends. They've all been touchi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Altar of the Dead — Henry James |
The Altar of the Dead “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Death of the Lion — Henry James |
The Death of the Lion “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Figure in the Carpet — Henry James |
The Figure in the Carpet “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA — Henry James |
THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA “Note: Dramatized By Frank J. Morlock Based on a novel by Henry James…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Gabrielle de Bergerac — Henry James |
Gabrielle de Bergerac “There was every good reason why her dawning consciousness of M. de Treuil's attentions--although these were little more than projected as yet--should have produced a serious tremor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Story of a Year — Henry James |
The Story of a Year “After the proper interval, Mr. Bruce called to pay his respects to Mrs. Littlefield. He found Miss Crowe also in the drawing-room. Lizzie and he met like old friends. Mrs. Littlefi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Italian Hours — Henry James |
Italian Hours “There are times and places that come back yet again, but that, when the brooding tourist puts out his hand to them, meet it a little slowly, or even seem to recede a step, as if in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA — Henry James |
THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA “He sank upon the old yellow sofa, the sofa of his lifetime and of so many years before, and buried his head on the shabby, tattered arm. A succession of sobs broke from his lips --…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | What Maisie Knew — Henry James |
What Maisie Knew “There was visibly, however, an influence that made Ida consider; she glanced at the gentleman she had left, who, having strolled with his hands in his pockets to some distance, sto…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Portrait of a Lady, V. 1 — Henry James |
The Portrait of a Lady, V. 1 “"I don't wish to know. But it seems to me," said Isabel, "that one day when we talked of him you mentioned odd things in him." Ralph smokingly considered. "I hope that what I said …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | The Portrait of a Lady, V. 2 — Henry James |
The Portrait of a Lady, V. 2 “One day about a month after Ralph Touchett's arrival in Rome Isabel came back from a walk with Pansy. It was not only a part of her general determination to be just that she was at…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Madame de Mauves — Henry James |
Madame de Mauves “She had begun to speak slowly, with reserve and effort; but she went on quickly and as if talk were at last a relief. "My marriage introduced me to people and things which seemed t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | Louisa Pallant — Henry James |
Louisa Pallant “This piece of strategy left me staring and made me, I must confess, quite furious. My only consolation was that Archie, when I told him, looked as blank as myself, and that the tri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Henry James | A Passionate Pilgrim — Henry James |
A Passionate Pilgrim “He led the conversation to the country we had left; rather as if a leash had been attached to the collar of some lumpish and half-domesticated animal the tendency of whose movement…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Horses | Black Beauty — Horses |
Black Beauty “While I was young I lived upon my mother's milk, as I could not eat grass. In the daytime I ran by her side, and at night I lay down close by her. When it was hot we used to stand …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Horses | Garrison's Finish, A Romance of the Race-Course — Horses |
Garrison's Finish, A Romance of the Race-Course “Then he awoke too late, as they all awake; awoke to find that his vigor had been sapped by early suppers and late breakfasts; his finances depleted by slow horses and fast women; h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Knut Hamsun | Pan — Knut Hamsun |
Pan “I fancy I can read a little in the souls of those about me--but perhaps it is not so. Oh, when my good days come, I feel as if I could see far into others' souls, though I am no gr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Knut Hamsun | The Road Leads On — Knut Hamsun |
The Road Leads On “They had met during their younger days, he and the widow of Theodore paa Bua. The original fusion of their passion had taken place during a golden opportunity out in the berry fiel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Knut Hamsun | Shallow Soil — Knut Hamsun |
Shallow Soil “"He does not write for the masses, no," answered the Attorney. "He writes for the chosen few. But his friends know that he has many beautiful things unpublished. Good God, what a m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Knut Hamsun | Wanderers — Knut Hamsun |
Wanderers “It has always been a pleasure to me to watch the flowers and insects in their struggle to keep alive. When the sun was hot they would come to life again, and give themselves up for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Literature of Terrorism | The Man Who Was Thursday — Literature of Terrorism |
The Man Who Was Thursday “"Excuse me if I enjoy myself rather obviously!" he said to Gregory, smiling. "I don't often have the luck to have a dream like this. It is new to me for a nightmare to lead to a lo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Literature of Terrorism | The Secret Agent — Literature of Terrorism |
The Secret Agent “To alert the world and draw attention the cause, he must destroy: the observatory.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Literature of Terrorism | Fathers and Sons — Literature of Terrorism |
Fathers and Sons “His name was Nikolai Petrovich Kirsanov. He owned, about twelve miles from the posting station, a fine property of two hundred serfs or, as he called it--since he had arranged the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Literature of Terrorism | Under Western Eyes — Literature of Terrorism |
Under Western Eyes “The task is not in truth the writing in the narrative form a _precis_ of a strange human document, but the rendering--I perceive it now clearly--of the moral conditions ruling over…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Literature of Terrorism | THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA — Henry James |
THE PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA “He sank upon the old yellow sofa, the sofa of his lifetime and of so many years before, and buried his head on the shabby, tattered arm. A succession of sobs broke from his lips --…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Literature of Terrorism | THE POSSESSED (The Devils) — Literature of Terrorism |
THE POSSESSED (The Devils) “I have been studying Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch of late, and through special circumstances I know a great many facts about him now, at the time I write. I should compare him, perhaps,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Margaret Deland | The Voice — Margaret Deland |
The Voice “I remember Dr. Alexander said it was 'gibberish'; he heard some of it when he was in London. It may have been 'gibberish,' but nobody can doubt Irving's sincerity in thinking it wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Margaret Deland | The Way to Peace — Margaret Deland |
The Way to Peace “THE uprooting of their life took a surprisingly short time. In all those dark months of argument Lewis Hall had been quietly making plans for this final step, and such preparation …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Margaret Deland | The Iron Woman — Margaret Deland |
The Iron Woman “"Found something beautiful? I'd like to hear of his finding something useful!" The ice cracked a little more. "As for your mother's honesty, Blair, if you had waited a minute, I'd …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Martin Anderson Nexo | Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 3 — Martin Anderson Nexo |
Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 3 “PART III.--THE GREAT STRUGGLE…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Martin Anderson Nexo | Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 4 — Martin Anderson Nexo |
Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 4 “PART IV.--DAYBREAK.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Martin Anderson Nexo | Pelle the Conqueror, Complete — Martin Anderson Nexo |
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete “The complete (and rather large text), translated from the Danish by Bernard Miall and Jessie Muir.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Martin Anderson Nexo | Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 1 — Martin Anderson Nexo |
Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 1 “PART I--BOYHOOD.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Martin Anderson Nexo | Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 2 — Martin Anderson Nexo |
Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 2 “PART II.--APPRENTICESHIP…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | Waifs and Strays Part 1 — O Henry |
Waifs and Strays Part 1 “Includes "the Detective Detector."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | Cabbages and Kings — O Henry |
Cabbages and Kings “Spilled milk draws few tears from an Anchurian administration. Many are its lacteal sources; and the clocks' hands point forever to milking time. Even the rich cream skimmed from t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | The Four Million — O Henry |
The Four Million “On his bench in Madison Square Soapy moved uneasily. When wild geese honk high of nights, and when women without sealskin coats grow kind to their husbands, and when Soapy moves un…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | Sixes and Sevens — O Henry |
Sixes and Sevens “On the bottom shelf behind the counter was a pound of fresh butter that the dairyman had left ten minutes before. With a bread knife Miss Martha made a deep slash in each of the st…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million — O Henry |
The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million “John walked slowly toward his flat. Slowly, because in the lexicon of his daily life there was no such word as "perhaps." There are no surprises awaiting a man who has been married…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | THE PRISONER OF ZEMBLA — O. Henry |
THE PRISONER OF ZEMBLA “About this time the Princess Ostla, who began to feel better at the sight of her lover, slipped a piece of gum into her mouth and closed her teeth upon it, and even smiled a little…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | Rolling Stones — O Henry |
Rolling Stones “This sudden apparition, spewed from the silent house, reached the bottom of the steps as Doctor James came opposite. Her brain transferring its energies from sound to sight, she ce…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | SOUND AND FURY — O Henry |
SOUND AND FURY “MR. PENNE (dictates)--Chapter thirty-four. Heading--"What Kate Found in the Garden." "That fragrant summer morning brought gracious tasks to all. The bees were at the honeysuckle b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | TICTOCQ, THE GREAT FRENCH DETECTIVE, IN AUSTIN — O. Henry |
TICTOCQ, THE GREAT FRENCH DETECTIVE, IN AUSTIN “"I then began to think. I reasoned. No man, said I, would carry a Populist's socks in his pocket without wrapping them up. He would not want to do so in the hotel. He would want a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | The Cop and the Anthem — O Henry |
The Cop and the Anthem “At a corner of Sixth Avenue electric lights and cunningly displayed wares behind plate-glass made a shop window conspicuous. Soapy took a cobble-stone and dashed it through the gla…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | THE GIFT OF THE MAGI — O Henry |
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI “Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the glass. her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its color within twenty seconds. Rapidly she pulled down h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | Heart of the West — O Henry |
Heart of the West “"We were in the main dining-room, and there was a fine-dressed crowd there, all talking loud and enjoyable about the two St. Louis topics, the water supply and the colour line. The…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | A MUNICIPAL REPORT — O Henry |
A MUNICIPAL REPORT “East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State. They are the Southerners of the W…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | Options — O Henry |
Options “"'Listen,' says Patrick Shane, with the sweat coming out on his brow. ' I'm confidant with you, as you have, somehow, enlisted my regards. Did you ever,' he says, 'feel the avoirdu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | PSYCHE AND THE PSKYSCRAPER — O Henry |
PSYCHE AND THE PSKYSCRAPER “If you are a philosopher you can do this thing: you can go to the top of a high building, look down upon your fellow-men 300 feet below, and despise them as insects. Like the irres…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | The Ransom of Red Chief — O Henry |
The Ransom of Red Chief “It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you. We were down South, in Alabama--Bill Driscoll and myself-when this kidnapping idea struck us. It was, as Bill afterward expre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | Roads of Destiny — O Henry |
Roads of Destiny “Perhaps, if he had known that Adele had stood at the gate on that unlucky night, where she had followed, lingering, to await the return of her brother and lover, wondering why they…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | Strictly Business — O Henry |
Strictly Business “"Honest, now," said the bartender, kicking the valise to one side. "You don't think I'd fall to that, do you? Anybody can see he ain't no jay. One of McAdoo's come-on squad, I gues…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | Whirligigs — O Henry |
Whirligigs “Half a dozen people supping at a table in one of the upper-Broadway all-night restaurants were making too much noise. Three times the manager walked past them with a politely warni…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| O Henry | The Phonograph and the Graft — O Henry |
The Phonograph and the Graft “"'Boys, I'm to hold a soiree this evening with a gang of leading citizens, and I want your assistance. You bring the musical corn sheller and give the affair the outside appearance…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Owen Wister | The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories — Owen Wister |
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories “"That's all you know, then. I sold that box clean empty through the Palouse country last week, 'cept the bottom drawer, and an outfit on Meacham's hill took that. Shows all you kno…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Owen Wister | Padre Ignacio — Owen Wister |
Padre Ignacio “But this was 1855. Only the barkentine brought to Padre Ignacio the signs from the world that he once had known and loved so dearly. As for the new world making a rude noise to the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Owen Wister | PHILOSOPHY 4: A STORY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY — Owen Wister |
PHILOSOPHY 4: A STORY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY “Bertie's and Billy's parents owned town and country houses in New York. The parents of Oscar had come over in the steerage. Money filled the pockets of Bertie and Billy; therefore …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Owen Wister | Mother — Owen Wister |
Mother “. It was for this reason that we all yearned in our middle-aged way for the tale of love which we expected from young Richard. He, on his part, repeated the hope that by the time h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Owen Wister | Lin McLean — Owen Wister |
Lin McLean “"Oh, leave me wear it just a minute! Do you collect arrow-heads? I think they're bully. There's the finest one you ever seen." He brought out the relic, tightly wrapped in paper, s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Owen Wister | Lady Baltimore — Owen Wister |
Lady Baltimore “But you have noticed--have you not?--how, whenever a few people gather together and style themselves something, and choose a president, and eight or nine vice-presidents, and a sec…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Owen Wister | A Straight Deal — Owen Wister |
A Straight Deal “Do not suppose because I am reminding you of these things and shall remind you of some more, that I am trying to make you hate France. I am only trying to persuade you to stop hati…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Owen Wister | The Virginian — Owen Wister |
The Virginian “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Owen Wister | Lady Baltimore — Owen Wister |
Lady Baltimore “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | A Hero of Our Time — Russian Authors |
A Hero of Our Time “Story of General Ermolov, by author M.Y. Lermontov.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Taras Bulba and Other Tales — Russian Authors |
Taras Bulba and Other Tales “All three horsemen rode in silence. Old Taras's thoughts were far away: before him passed his youth, his years--the swift-flying years, over which the Cossack always weeps, wishing…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Dead Souls — Russian Authors |
Dead Souls “Meanwhile, Chichikov, seated in his britchka and bowling along the turnpike, was feeling greatly pleased with himself. From the preceding chapter the reader will have gathered the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Through Russia — Russian Authors |
Through Russia “Over my head hung chestnut trees decked with gold; at my feet lay a mass of chestnut leaves which resembled the amputated palms of human hands; on the opposite bank, where there wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | A MAY EVENING — Russian Authors |
A MAY EVENING “"Oh, no; I am not tired of you," she answers, with a smile. "I love you, you dark-browed Cossack! I love you for your hazel eyes; and when they look into mine, my soul answers back…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Chelkash and Other Stories — Russian Authors |
Chelkash and Other Stories “When the dock laborers, knocking off work, had scattered about the dock in noisy groups, buying various edibles from the women hawking food, and were settling themselves to dinner …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Creatures That Once Were Men — Russian Authors |
Creatures That Once Were Men “"Whom have we here?" he would ask the ragged and tattered object approaching him, who had probably been chucked out of the town for drunkenness, or perhaps for some other reason no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Lazarus — Leonid Andreyev |
Lazarus “And when the scarlet, flattened globe would lower, Lazarus would set out for the desert and walk straight toward the sun, as though striving to reach it. He always walked straight …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | To the Russian Soldier — Leonid Andreyev |
To the Russian Soldier “And all this thou hast betrayed, Soldier! -- the quiet fields, and the young, buoyant liberty. Behind thy back grain was ripening in the fields -- Russia's sacred treasury; now the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Mother — Maxim Gorky |
Mother “The room was close, and for some reason smelled strongly of shoe blacking. Two gendarmes and the village police commissioner, Ryskin, their heavy tread resounding on the floor, rem…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Shot — Alexander Pushkin |
The Shot “"You thought it strange," he continued, "that I did not demand satisfaction from that drunken idiot R----. You will admit, however, that having the choice of weapons, his life was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | A May Evening — Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol |
A May Evening “"Look there! Far, far away are glimmering little stars: one, two, three, four, five. Is it not true that those are angels, opening the windows of their bright little homes, and loo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Personal Recollections of Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov — Maxim Gorky |
Personal Recollections of Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov “He stopped, threw back his shoulders and stared scrutinizingly into the face of Anton Pavlovitch. He was dressed in a brand new uniform and his breast buttons shone as self-conscio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | A White Heart — Aleksei Remizov |
A White Heart “It was hard for the grandmother in the white world; that was the word she used--"hard." The grandmother was not a native here; her own country was at the other end of the world; so…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Heart of a Beggar — Maxim Gorky |
The Heart of a Beggar “Yes, it was still more -- it was the hope, the pride, indeed, of this vagabond, it was his ideal of gentleness and of beauty! Ah, the fine curly hair, the deep, deep eyes, the rosy…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Philip Vasilyevich's Story — Maxim Gorky |
Philip Vasilyevich's Story “In the opposite corner sat a telegraphist, with his cap moved up to the back of his head. He leaned his chest heavily on the table and scrutinized sternly the bottle of vodka which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Twenty-six Men and a Girl — Maxim Gorky |
Twenty-six Men and a Girl “The whole day, from ten in the early morning until ten at night, some of us sat round that table, working up in our hands the yielding paste, rolling it to and fro so that it shoul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Overcoat — Nikolai Gogol |
The Overcoat “It is not necessary to say much about this tailor; but, as it is the custom to have the character of each personage in a novel clearly defined, there is no help for it, so here is …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Billionaire — Maxim Gorky |
The Billionaire “I saw there comfortably reclining in an armchair a long, wizened old man, who held his brown, sinewy hands folded across a body of quite ordinary dimensions. The flabby skin of his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Confronting Life — Maxim Gorky |
Confronting Life “CONFRONTING Life, two people stood--both discontent. And to the question, "What do you expect of me?" one made answer with weary voice: "I am distracted by the cruelty of thy contr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Marie — Alexander Pushkin |
Marie “"Ah! what folly; you have had some words with Alexis. What then? A harsh word can not be hung up by the neck. He gives you impertinence, give him the same; if he give you a slap, r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Foma Gordeev/Gordyeeff — Maxim Gorky |
Foma Gordeev/Gordyeeff “Note: Title in English=The Man Who Was Afraid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Oblomov — Ivan Goncharev |
Oblomov “Oblomov's features blushed with delight at the vision. So clear, so vivid, so poetical was it all that for a moment he lay with his face buried in the sofa cushions. Suddenly there…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian — Russian Authors |
Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian “Of all her servants, the most remarkable personage was the porter, Gerasim, a man full twelve inches over the normal height, of heroic build, and deaf and dumb from his birth. The …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Crushed Flower and Other Stories — Leonid Andreyev |
The Crushed Flower and Other Stories “But that same evening, and perhaps it was another evening, he noticed his father crying. It happened in the following way: He was passing his father's study, and the door was half …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | JUDAS ISCARIOT AND OTHERS — Leonid Andreyev |
JUDAS ISCARIOT AND OTHERS “Judas on his part pretended to believe in the extraordinary ignorance of the chief priest, and spoke in detail of the preaching of Jesus, of His miracles, of His hatred for the Pha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | THE MAN WHO FOUND THE TRUTH — Leonid Andreyev |
THE MAN WHO FOUND THE TRUTH “"Come unto me," I exclaimed; "come unto me; you who have gone away from that life. Here, in this quiet abode, under the sacred protection of the iron grate, at my heart overflowing…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | THE OCEAN — Leonid Andreyev |
THE OCEAN “"Life, sir. Here your noble and sad eyes look in the same direction my eyes look--into this terrible, dark distance. Tell me, then, what is stirring there? What is resting and wait…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Essays On Russian Novelists — William Lyon Phelps |
Essays On Russian Novelists “Dostoevski had a tremendous capacity for enthusiasm. As a boy, he was terribly shaken by the death of Pushkin, and he never lost his admiration for the founder of Russian literatur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Seven Who Were Hanged — Leonid Andreyev |
The Seven Who Were Hanged “Sergey did not know that the colonel, having locked himself all the previous night in his little study, had deliberated upon this ritual with all his power. "We must not aggravate,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Inspector-General — Nicolay Gogol |
The Inspector-General “KHLESTAKOV. The devil knows, but it isn't roast beef. It's roast iron, not roast beef. [Eats.] Scoundrels! Crooks! The stuff they give you to eat! It makes your jaws ache to chew o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Precipice — Ivan Goncharov |
The Precipice “The less Raisky appeared to notice Vera, the more friendly Vera was to him, although, in spite of her aunt's wishes she neither kissed him nor addressed him as "thou." But as soon …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Gentleman from San Francisco — Ivan Bunin |
The Gentleman from San Francisco “ocean, which heaved about the sides of the ship, was dreadful, but no one thought of it. All had faith in the controlling power, of the captain, a red-headed giant, heavy and very …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | Tales of the Wilderness — Boris Pilniak |
Tales of the Wilderness “But on that evening, Agrenev accompanied Olya to her home, and both were absorbed by the same thought--the aunt! Was she sitting by the window without a lamp waiting for her niece,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Russian Authors | The Created Legend — Feodor Sologub |
The Created Legend “Yakov Poltinin had for some time entertained the secret ambition of accomplishing something on a grand scale, something that would cause a lot of talk. It is true the murder of the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alexander Kuprin | To Chekhov's Memory — Alexander Kuprin |
To Chekhov's Memory “"Write, write as much as possible"--he would say to young novelists. "It does not matter if it does not come off. Later on it will come off. The chief thing is, do not waste your y…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alexander Kuprin | A CLUMP OF LILACS — Alexander Kuprin |
A CLUMP OF LILACS “"Oh, Lord, why? What childish questions you do ask! Because he's known this district for twenty years; he knows it better than his own bedroom. He's the most fearful pedant in the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alexander Kuprin | Easter Day — Alexander Kuprin |
Easter Day “The other first-class passenger also came down for tea. Voznitsin threw a passing glance at her. She was neither young nor beautiful, but she had a tall, well-preserved, rather sto…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alexander Kuprin | Hamlet — Alexander Kuprin |
Hamlet “He was still confident in his great talent, still full of a frank self-adoration and the illimitable pride of an artist, but, although he hardly dared to allow himself to be consci…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alexander Kuprin | The Idiot — Alexander Kuprin |
The Idiot “The woman turned round and saw me, and from a corner a barefooted boy, wearing a loose-belted blouse, jumped up and ran quickly towards me. I looked closely at him, and saw at once…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alexander Kuprin | The Last Word — Alexander Kuprin |
The Last Word “He has killed the best minutes of my life - minutes of love, the dear sweet nights of youth. How often, when I have wandered arm in arm with the most beauteous creation of Nature, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alexander Kuprin | Mechanical Justice — Alexander Kuprin |
Mechanical Justice “"And it will be quite sufficient to throw into the urn anything round, of whatever size, and the machine will go on to infinity, if you will, or, if not to infinity, to 780 or 800,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alexander Kuprin | THE PICTURE — Alexander Kuprin |
THE PICTURE “Then, in another week, something else happened. Prince Andrey came in one day, dull and absent-minded. He spoke of one thing and another, but always as if he had some persistent id…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alexander Kuprin | Yama (The Pit) — Alexander Kuprin |
Yama (The Pit) “They come freely and simply, as to a restaurant or a depot; they sit, smoke, drink, convulsively pretend to be merry; they dance, executing abominable movements of the body imitati…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Party and Other Stories — Chekov |
The Party and Other Stories “The Party, Terror, A Woman's Kingdom, A Problem, The Kiss, "Anna on the Neck," The Teacher of Literature, Not Wanted, Typhus, A Misfortune, A Trifle from Life…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Duel and Other Stories — Chekov |
The Duel and Other Stories “The Duel, Excellent People, Mire, Neighbours, At Home, Expensive Lessons, The Princess, The Chemist's Wife…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Darling and Other Stories — Chekov |
The Darling and Other Stories “The Darling, Ariadne, Polinka, Anyuta, The Two Volodyas, The Trousseau, The Helpmate, Talent, An Artist's Story, Three Years…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Lady With A Dog and Other Stories — Chekov |
The Lady With A Dog and Other Stories “The Lady with a Dog, A Doctor's Visit, An Upheaval, Ionitch, The Head of the Family, The Black Monk, Volodya, An Anonymous Story, The Husband…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Chorus Girl and Other Stories — Chekov |
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories “The Chorus Girl, Verotchka, My Life, At a Country House, A Father, On the Road, Rothschild's Fiddle, Ivan Matveyitch, Zinotchka, Bad Weather, A Gentleman, Friend A Trivial Incident…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | Love and Other Stories — Chekov |
Love and Other Stories “Love, Lights, A Story Without an End, Mari d'Elle, A Living Chattel, The Doctor, Too Early!, The Cossack, Aborigines, An Inquiry, Martyrs, The Lion and the Sun, A Daughter of Albio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories — Chekov |
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories “The Cook's Wedding, Sleepy, Children, The Runaway, Grisha, Oysters, Home A Classical Student, Vanka, An Incident, A Day in the Country, Boys, Shrove Tuesday, The Old House In Passi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Bishop and Other Stories — Chekov |
The Bishop and Other Stories “The Bishop, The Letter, Easter Eve, A Nightmare, The Murder, Uprooted, The Steppe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Schoolmaster and Other Stories — Chekov |
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories “The Schoolmaster, Enemies, The Examining Magistrate, Betrothed, From the Diary of a Violent-Tempered Man, In the Dark, A Play, A Mystery, Strong Impressions, Drunk, The Marshal's W…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Horse Stealers and Other Stories — Chekov |
The Horse Stealers and Other Stories “The Horse-Stealers, Ward No. 6, The Petchenyeg, A Dead Body, A Happy Ending, The Looking-Glass, Old Age, Darkness, The Beggar, A Story Without a Title, In Trouble, Frost, A Slander…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Schoolmistress and Other Stores — Chekov |
The Schoolmistress and Other Stores “I'll skip the list here. This one includes "The Bet."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Wife and Other Stories — Chekov |
The Wife and Other Stories “After Rafael Sabatini's Mistress Wilding, this book is the number one miscontrued download at this site -- I guess folks want a xxx marriage...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Witch and Other Stories — Chekov |
The Witch and Other Stories “THE WITCH, PEASANT WIVES, THE POST, THE NEW VILLA, DREAMS, THE PIPE, AGAFYA, AT CHRISTMAS TIME, GUSEV, THE STUDENT, IN THE RAVINE, THE HUNTSMAN, HAPPINESS, A MALEFACTOR, PEASANTS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Swan Song — Anton Chekov |
The Swan Song “SVIETLOVIDOFF. When I first went on the stage, in the first glow of passionate youth, I remember a woman loved me for my acting. She was beautiful, graceful as a poplar, young, inn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | THE BLACK MONK — Chekov |
THE BLACK MONK “"In ancient times a happy man grew at last frightened of his happiness -- it was so great! -- and to propitiate the gods he brought as a sacrifice his favourite ring. Do you know, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Grasshopper — Chekov |
The Grasshopper “Hunching up his shoulders and stretching his fingers wide apart, Korostelev played some chords and began singing in a tenor voice, "Show me the abode where the Russian peasant woul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | MIRE — Chekov |
MIRE “"Insolence, cynicism . . . it's unclean! If you've such a longing for insolence and cynicism, you might have picked a sow out of the mire and have devoured her alive. It would have…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | Sleepy-Eye — Chekov |
Sleepy-Eye “The lamp flickers. The green spot and the shadows move about, they pass into the half-open, motionless eyes of Varka, and in her half-awakened brain blend in misty images. She sees…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | A Naughty Boy — Chekov |
A Naughty Boy “Next day Lapkin brought Kolia a box of paints from town and a ball; his sister gave him all her old pillboxes. They next had to present him with a set of studs with little dogs' he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | The Petcheneg — Chekov |
The Petcheneg “They finished their supper. Jmukin rose from the table, and walked up and down the room for a long time, talking interminably. He loved to think of and discuss deep and serious sub…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Chekov | Letters of Anton Chekhov — Chekov |
Letters of Anton Chekhov “... Even your praise of "On the Road" has not softened my anger as an author, and I hasten to avenge myself for "Mire." Be on your guard, and catch hold of the back of a chair that…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | The Idiot — Dostoevsky |
The Idiot “The man who renounces everything about himself is indeed...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | A Gentle Spirit — Dostoevsky |
A Gentle Spirit “Haven't read it yet, was just intrigued to find Fyodor doing anything with "gentle" in the title.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | The Brothers Karamazov — Dostoevsky |
The Brothers Karamazov “Alyosha, Ivan, Dmitri. Throw in an inquisition, and you've got it all.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | The Gambler — Dostoevsky |
The Gambler “This is the one that Dostoevsky had to dictate in record time to avoid a return to prison for debt. Worth a look.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | Notes from the Underground — Dostoevsky |
Notes from the Underground “I am a sick man. ... I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I believe my liver is diseased. However, I know nothing at all about my disease, and do not know for certain wha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | Crime and Punishment — Dostoevsky |
Crime and Punishment “Mistrustfully and with an affectation of being alarmed and almost affronted, he scanned Raskolnikov's low and narrow "cabin." With the same amazement he stared at Raskolnikov, who …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | The Insulted and Injured — Dostoevsky |
The Insulted and Injured “I have mentioned already that he was a widower. He had married in his early youth, and married for money. From his parents in Moscow, who were completely ruined, he received hardly…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | The Crocodile: An Extraordinary Incident — Dostoevsky |
The Crocodile: An Extraordinary Incident “On entering the Arcade he was at once full of admiration for the splendours of the building and, when we reached the shop in which the monster lately arrived in Petersburg was bein…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | The Double — Dostoevsky |
The Double “At once all the extraordinary incidents of the previous day and the wild, incredible night, with all its almost impossible adventures, presented themselves to his imagination and m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | The Little Orphan — Dostoevsky |
The Little Orphan “THE kopeck has fallen from his hands, and rings on the steps of the stairs. He was not able to tighten his little fingers enough to hold the coin. The child went out running, and w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | The Dream Of a Ridiculous Man — Dostoevsky |
The Dream Of a Ridiculous Man “I have mentioned that I dropped asleep unawares and even seemed to be still reflecting on the same subjects. I suddenly dreamt that I picked up the revolver and aimed it straight a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | Bobok — Dostoevsky |
Bobok “To begin with the smell. There were fifteen hearses, with palls varying in expensiveness; there were actually two catafalques. One was a general's and one some lady's. There were m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | The Peasant Marey — Dostoevsky |
The Peasant Marey “"Off with you, then, and I'll keep an eye on you as you go. Can't let the wolf get you!" he added, still giving me a maternal smile. "Well, Christ be with you, off you go." He made…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | A Raw Youth — Dostoevsky |
A Raw Youth “In the room, which was really too small, there were seven men; counting the ladies, ten persons. Dergatchev was five-and-twenty, and was married. His wife had a sister and another …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | A RAW YOUTH — Dostoevsky |
A RAW YOUTH “Note: A dramatization of the Dostoevski novel by FRANK J. MORLOCK…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dostoevsky | THE POSSESSED (The Devils) — Dostoevsky |
THE POSSESSED (The Devils) “I have been studying Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch of late, and through special circumstances I know a great many facts about him now, at the time I write. I should compare him, perhaps,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | A Hunter's Sketches — Ivan Turgenev |
A Hunter's Sketches “Kind of amazing, when you think of how many short story collections Constance Garrett translated into English. Right place, right time.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | Smoke — Ivan Turgenev |
Smoke “The fresh night air enfolded Litvinov's flushed face caressingly, the fragrant breeze breathed on his parched lips. "What is it," he thought as he went along the dark avenue, "that…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | The Torrents of Spring — Ivan Turgenev |
The Torrents of Spring “IT was the summer of 1840. Sanin was in his twenty-second year, and he was in Frankfort on his way home from Italy to Russia. He was a man of small property, but independent, almos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | Virgin Soil — Ivan Turgenev |
Virgin Soil “Gets compared to Henry James' The Princess Casamassima; whether that's fair to Turgenev or not I leave to you.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | Faust — Ivan Turgenev |
Faust “From the same to the same/ VILLAGE OF M....OE, June 16, 1850./ WELL, my dear fellow, I have been at her house, I have seen her. First of all, I must communicate to thee a remarkabl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | A House of Gentlefolk — Ivan Turgenev |
A House of Gentlefolk “Lisa blushed and thought what a queer man. Lavretsky stopped for an instant in the hall. Lisa went into the drawing-room, where Panshin's voice and laugh could be heard; he had bee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | Visions — A Phantasy |
Visions “IT had the appearance of a woman with delicate, not Russian, features. Grayish-white, nearly transparent, with scarcely perceptible shading, it reminded me of an alabaster vase, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | Desperate — Ivan Turgenev |
Desperate “"'Really, uncle, if you knew my life--really, if not grief-- harsh fate! For that reason, I swear, I swear, I will reform--I will prove. Uncle, I never lied--ask any one. I am an h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | THE BRIGADIER — Ivan Turgenev |
THE BRIGADIER “We went out of the kitchen-garden . . . but there involuntarily I stopped short. Between us and the lodge stood a huge bull. With his head down to the ground, and a malignant gleam…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | A DESPERATE CHARACTER — Ivan Turgenev |
A DESPERATE CHARACTER “Some dozen or so beggars, with sacks over their shoulders, were walking two by two, singing and leaping about, while in front of them danced Misha, stamping time with his feet, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | Diary of a Superfluous Man — Ivan Turgenev |
Diary of a Superfluous Man “A sleepy, unkempt doctor, smelling strongly of spirits, was brought. My father died under his lancet, and the next day, utterly stupefied by grief, I stood with a candle in my hand…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | The District Doctor — Ivan Turgenev |
The District Doctor “But, you know, that cannot be neglected: your practice suffers from it. But, in the first place, the sick girl was, really, in a desperate condition; and, in the second place, I mu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | PYETUSHKOV — Ivan Turgenev |
PYETUSHKOV “A cold shudder ran over Pyetushkov. At last, towards evening, Vassilissa made her appearance. This was all he was waiting for. Majestically Pyetushkov rose from his seat, folded hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | OLD PORTRAITS — Ivan Turgenev |
OLD PORTRAITS “To a certain extent the neighbours were right: Alexey Sergeitch had lived in his Suhodol for almost seventy years on end, and had had hardly anything whatever to do with the existi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | PUNIN AND BABURIN — Ivan Turgenev |
PUNIN AND BABURIN “There was the light click of hurrying heels, the door opened, and in the doorway appeared a girl of eighteen, in a chintz cotton gown, with a black cloth cape on her shoulders, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | A STRANGE STORY-- — Ivan Turgenev |
A STRANGE STORY-- “"Those who need to know; but, there, of course--there's danger from the police to be guarded against. Because, say what you will, such doings are forbidden anyway, and for the comm…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | Fathers and Sons — Ivan Turgenev |
Fathers and Sons “His name was Nikolai Petrovich Kirsanov. He owned, about twelve miles from the posting station, a fine property of two hundred serfs or, as he called it--since he had arranged the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | On the Eve — Ivan Turgenev |
On the Eve “'What an absorbed . . . and what an indifferent face!' he muttered. 'Elena Nikolaevna,' he continued, raising his voice, 'allow me to tell you a little anecdote. I had a friend, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | Rudin — Ivan Turgenev |
Rudin “At table everything went somehow wrong. Natalya, pale all over, could scarcely sit in her place and did not raise her eyes. Volintsev sat as usual next her, and from time to time b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ivan Turgenev | Knock, Knock, Knock and other stories — Ivan Turgenev |
Knock, Knock, Knock and other stories “He passed his hand over his face and with slow steps crossed the road towards the hut. But I did not want to give in so quickly and went back into the kitchen garden. That someone …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories — Leo Tolstoy |
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories “So, nevertheless, I lived, until the age of thirty, without abandoning for a minute my intention of marrying, and building an elevated conjugal life; and with this in view I watche…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | The Death of Ivan Ilych — Leo Tolstoy |
The Death of Ivan Ilych “"Death is finished," he said to himself. "It is no more!"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | Anna Karenina — Leo Tolstoy |
Anna Karenina “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | War and Peace — Leo Tolstoy |
War and Peace “Trick for readers: stay loose through the peace parts; you'll get through.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | TWENTY-THREE TALES — Leo Tolstoy |
TWENTY-THREE TALES “ONCE upon a time, in a certain province of a certain country, there lived a rich peasant, who had three sons: Simon the Soldier, Taras the Stout, and Ivan the Fool, besides an unma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | Boyhood — Leo Tolstoy |
Boyhood “From the time of our arrival in Moscow, the change in my conception of objects, of persons, and of my connection with them became increasingly perceptible. When at my first meeting…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | Childhood — Leo Tolstoy |
Childhood “Karl Ivanitch was in a bad temper, This was clear from his contracted brows, and from the way in which he flung his frockcoat into a drawer, angrily donned his old dressing-gown ag…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | A Confession — Leo Tolstoy |
A Confession “My life came to a standstill. I could breathe, eat, drink, and sleep, and I could not help doing these things; but there was no life, for there were no wishes the fulfillment of wh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | The Forged Coupon and Other Stories — Leo Tolstoy |
The Forged Coupon and Other Stories “He took the coupon out of his purse to show to his new friend. The yard-porter was an illiterate man, but he said he had had such coupons given him by lodgers to change; that they …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | MASTER AND MAN — Leo Tolstoy |
MASTER AND MAN “Meanwhile Vasili Andreevich, with his feet and the ends of the reins, urged the horse on in the direction in which for some reason he expected the forest and forester's hut to be. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | Resurrection — Leo Tolstoy |
Resurrection “Then two years later this same nephew stayed four days with his aunts before proceeding to join his regiment, and the night before he left he betrayed Katusha, and, after giving he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | Reminiscences of Tolstoy — Leo Tolstoy |
Reminiscences of Tolstoy “Note: edited by Ilya Tolstoy, his son.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | Father Sergius — Leo Tolstoy |
Father Sergius “For some weeks Father Sergius had been living with one persistent thought: whether he was right in accepting the position in which he had not so much placed himself as been placed …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | THE SLAVERY OF OUR TIMES — Leo Tolstoy |
THE SLAVERY OF OUR TIMES “So now with the theory that an economic evolution is progressing, guided by inevitable laws, in consequence of which some people must collect capital, and others must labor all the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | The Devil — Leo Tolstoy |
The Devil “After talking to Samokhin, Eugene returned to the house as depressed as if he had committed a crime. In the first place she had understood him, believed that he wanted to see her, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | Youth — Leo Tolstoy |
Youth “PAPA was seldom at home that spring. Yet, whenever he was so, he seemed extraordinarily cheerful as he either strummed his favourite pieces on the piano or looked roguishly at us a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | Article on The Moscow Census — Leo Tolstoy |
Article on The Moscow Census “But in my opinion, this is what should be done instantly: Firstly, All those who agree with me should go to the directors, and ask for their shares the poorest sections, the poores…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | Thoughts Evoked By The Census Of Moscow — Leo Tolstoy |
Thoughts Evoked By The Census Of Moscow “The old woman burst forth into injurious words, interrupted by a cough. At that moment, an old man, all clad in rags, and as white as snow, came down the hill in the middle of the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | On the Significance of Science and Art — Leo Tolstoy |
On the Significance of Science and Art “But this is unjust. I not only do not repudiate art and science, but, in the name of that which is true art and true science, I say that which I do say; merely in order that mankin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | What to do? — Leo Tolstoy |
What to do? “I think that many will come to the point which I have attained: because if the people of our sphere, of our caste, will only take a serious look at themselves, then young persons, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | Exiled to Siberia — Leo Tolstoy |
Exiled to Siberia “The police commissioner said: "This morning the merchant was found murdered in bed. No one except yourself could have committed the crime. The rooms were locked from the inside, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | HADJI MURAD — Leo Tolstoy |
HADJI MURAD “This Hadji Murad was Shamil's naib, famous for his exploits, who used never to ride out without his banner and some dozens of murids, who caracoled and showed off before him. Now w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | The Cossacks — Leo Tolstoy |
The Cossacks “'He's stingy. I don't like it,' answered the old man. 'He'll leave it all behind when he dies! Then who's he saving up for? He's built two houses, and he's got a second garden from…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy | What Men Live By and Other Tales — Leo Tolstoy |
What Men Live By and Other Tales “And Simon and Matryona understood who it was that had lived with them, and whom they had clothed and fed. And they wept with awe and with joy. And the angel said: "I was alone in t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | Anna Karenina, v1 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
Anna Karenina, v1 “Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house. The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their fami…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | Anna Karenina, v2 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
Anna Karenina, v2 “Her heart turned cold when she beheld Kitty sitting on the low chair nearest the door, her eyes fixed immovably on a corner of the rug. Kitty glanced at her sister, and the cold, r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | Anna Karenina, v3 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
Anna Karenina, v3 “"Impossible, as it seems to me.... For the four thousand square verstas of our district, what with our undersnow waters, and the storms, and the work in the fields, I don't see how…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | Anna Karenina, v4 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
Anna Karenina, v4 “She drew a long face, and half-closing her eyes, quickly transformed her expression, folded her hands, and Vronsky suddenly saw in her beautiful face the very expression with which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | Anna Karenina, v5 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
Anna Karenina, v5 “Levin meanwhile, in his trousers, but without his coat and waistcoat, was walking to and fro in his room at the hotel, continually putting his head out of door and looking up and d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | Anna Karenina, v6 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
Anna Karenina, v6 “Sergei Ivanovich sighed and made no answer. He was annoyed that she had spoken about the mushrooms. He wanted to bring her back to the first words she had uttered about her childho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | Anna Karenina, v7 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
Anna Karenina, v7 “"How glad I am," he said, "that you should know her! You know Dolly has long wished for it. And Lvov's been to see her, and often goes. Though she is my sister," Stepan Arkadyevich…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | Anna Karenina, v8 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
Anna Karenina, v8 “"I shall go on in the same way, losing my temper with Ivan the coachman, falling into angry discussions, expressing my opinions tactlessly; there will be still the same wall betwee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v1 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v1 “As a clever maitre d'hotel serves up as a specially choice delicacy a piece of meat that no one who had seen it in the kitchen would have cared to eat, so Anna Pavlovna served up t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v2 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v2 “On October 11, the day when all was astir at headquarters over the news of Mack's defeat, the camp life of the officers of this squadron was proceeding as usual. Denisov, who had b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v3 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v3 “Old Prince Nicholas Bolkonski received a letter from Prince Vasili in November, 1805, announcing that he and his son would be paying him a visit. "I am starting on a journey of ins…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v4 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v4 “Pierre sat opposite Dolokhov and Nicholas Rostov. As usual, he ate and drank much, and eagerly. But those who knew him intimately noticed that some great change had come over him t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v5 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v5 “This silence was broken by one of the brethren, who led Pierre up to the rug and began reading to him from a manuscript book an explanation of all the figures on it: the sun, the m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v6 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v6 “He mentioned what he had written to an old field marshal, a friend of his father's. The field marshal made an appointment to see him, received him graciously, and promised to infor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v7 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v7 “The horses stepped over the field as over a thick carpet, now and then splashing into puddles as they crossed a road. The misty sky still seemed to descend evenly and imperceptibly…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v8 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v8 “At first she heard only Metivier's voice, then her father's, then both voices began speaking at the same time, the door was flung open, and on the threshold appeared the handsome f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v9 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v9 “In the organism of states such men are necessary, as wolves are necessary in the organism of nature, and they always exist, always appear and hold their own, however incongruous th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v10 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v10 “Eager, frightened, helpless glances were turned on Alpatych when he came out of the Governor's room. Involuntarily listening now to the firing, which had drawn nearer and was incre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v11 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v11 “It was out of the question to be under French rule, it would be the worst thing that could happen. They went away even before the battle of Borodino and still more rapidly after it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v12 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v12 “Provincial life in 1812 went on very much as usual, but with this difference, that it was livelier in the towns in consequence of the arrival of many wealthy families from Moscow, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v13 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v13 “"If only they don't make me responsible for this delay! What a nuisance it is!" thought the officer, and he rode round the whole camp. One man said he had seen Ermolov ride past wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v14 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v14 “Beside him rode an hussar, with a boy in a tattered French uniform and blue cap behind him on the crupper of his horse. The boy held on to the hussar with cold, red hands, and rais…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v15 — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v15 “In 1812 and 1813 Kutuzov was openly accused of blundering. The Emperor was dissatisfied with him. And in a history recently written by order of the Highest Authorities it is said t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v16 (First Epilogue) — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v16 (First Epilogue) “But the smooth sea again suddenly becomes disturbed. The diplomatists think that their disagreements are the cause of this fresh pressure of natural forces; they anticipate war bet…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided | War and Peace, v 17 (Second Epilogue) — Leo Tolstoy: Works Divided |
War and Peace, v 17 (Second Epilogue) “The history of culture explains to us the impulses and conditions of life and thought of a writer or a reformer. We learn that Luther had a hot temper and said such and such things…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Butler | Erewhon Revisited — Samuel Butler |
Erewhon Revisited “It was Panky, not Hanky, who had given him the Musical Bank money. Panky was the greater humbug of the two, for he would humbug even himself--a thing, by the way, not very hard to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Butler | Erewhon — Samuel Butler |
Erewhon “This is what I gathered. That in that country if a man falls into ill health, or catches any disorder, or fails bodily in any way before he is seventy years old, he is tried before…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Butler | The Way of All Flesh — Samuel Butler |
The Way of All Flesh “MR. Pontifex was not the man to trouble himself much about his motives. People were not so introspective then as we are now; they lived more according to a rule of thumb. Dr. Arnol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Butler | A First Year in Canterbury Settlement — Samuel Butler |
A First Year in Canterbury Settlement “On having clambered over the ship's side and found myself on deck, I was somewhat taken aback with the apparently inextricable confusion of everything on board; the slush upon the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Butler | Cambridge Pieces — Samuel Butler |
Cambridge Pieces “Mr. Bridges had long been desirous of becoming a candidate for this distinction, but, until the death of Mr. Leader, no vacancy having occurred among the scholars, he had as yet ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Butler | The Fair Haven — Samuel Butler |
The Fair Haven “This particular design may appear sometimes, but not always, nor often. Thus I think that the particular design which St. Matthew had in view whilst he was writing the history of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Butler | Life and Habit — Samuel Butler |
Life and Habit “If such remarks as the above hold good at all, they do so with the words "personal identity." The least reflection will show that personal identity in any sort of strictness is an …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Samuel Butler | The Note-Books of Samuel Butler — Samuel Butler |
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler “The whole life of some people is a kind of partial death--a long, lingering death-bed, so to speak, of stagnation and nonentity on which death is but the seal, or solemn signing, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sui Sin Far | An Autumn Fan — Sui Sin Far |
An Autumn Fan “How beautiful the day! Above her a deep blue dome, paling as it descends to the sea. Around her curving, sloping hills, covered with a tender green; here and there patches of glowi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sui Sin Far | The Bird of Love — Sui Sin Far |
The Bird of Love “So it happened that when the two new Sung Sungs who had been having their fortunes told by an itinerant fortune teller some distance down the beach, returned to where they had left…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sui Sin Far | Chan Hen Yen, Chinese Student — Sui Sin Far |
Chan Hen Yen, Chinese Student “"Because I must work for my living -- and for yours," answered the boy, "and if I were to return to China I would have to work for the government until I had repaid what I owed for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sui Sin Far | A Chinese Ishmael — Sui Sin Far |
A Chinese Ishmael “"That I did not say," replied Ku Yum, "but this I do say: I am only a slave, but still a Chinese maiden. He is a man who, wishing to curry favor with the white people, wears Americ…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sui Sin Far | A Love Story From the Rice Fields of China — Sui Sin Far |
A Love Story From the Rice Fields of China “"You forget, Sui Sin Far," said she, "that I had been living in Canton and had much talk with an American woman. No, when Chow Han told me that he had much respectful love in his h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Well at the World's End |
The Well at the World's End “Long ago there was a little land, over which ruled a regulus or kinglet, who was called King Peter, though his kingdom was but little.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Uncle Tom's Cabin “Have yet to read Uncle Tom? Now's your chance.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Donal Grant |
Donal Grant “He had not gone far when he found himself on a wide moor. He sat down on a big stone, and began to turn things over in his mind. This is how his thoughts went: "I can never be the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | They and I |
They and I “I am a Republican in theory, but it grieved me that a son of mine could be drawn to such companionship. They contrived to keep it for a week--till the police found it one night, ar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Way of All Flesh |
The Way of All Flesh “An organic tragedy.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales |
Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales “It is well known that the grand seignior amuses himself by going at night, in disguise, through streets of Constantinople; as the caliph Haroun Alraschid used formerly to do in Bag…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Absentee |
The Absentee “Title refers to Irish landlords in England, circa 1800. By Maria Edgeworth.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Bravo of Venice |
The Bravo of Venice “And now rushed the unfortunate wildly through the streets of Venice. He railed at fortune; he laughed and cursed by turns; yet sometimes he suddenly stood still, seemed as ponderin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Gentle Grafter |
The Gentle Grafter “Short story collection by O. Henry. Includes "The Hand that Rules The World."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Of Human Bondage |
Of Human Bondage “HE SAW her then every day. He began going to lunch at the shop, but Mildred stopped him: she said it made the girls talk; so he had to content himself with tea; but he always waite…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bab: A Sub-Deb |
Bab: A Sub-Deb “Yes, I was driven to thoughts of murder. It shows how the first false step leads down and down, to crime and even to death. Oh never, never, gentle reader, take that first False St…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wizard of Oz |
The Wizard of Oz “By request, the first of Frank Baum's series. Should others so desire, I can certainly add another 20 or so texts.--Update, I have them all.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Champdoce Mystery |
The Champdoce Mystery “A Mazarin mystery, by Emile Gaboriau, author of "The Phantom of the Opera." Other works by Gaboriau are in the mystery section.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wind in the Willows |
The Wind in the Willows “THE Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Shepherd of the Hills |
The Shepherd of the Hills “By his dress, the man was from the world beyond the ridges, and his carefully tailored clothing looked strangely out of place in the mountain wilderness. His form stooped a little …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Woman-Haters |
The Woman-Haters “"Aw, come off! Woman-hater! You hate women same as the boy at the poorhouse hated ice cream--'cause there ain't none around. Why, I wouldn't trust you as fur as I could see you!" -…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Rise of Roscoe Paine |
The Rise of Roscoe Paine “"I suppose he didn't think of it. He is a big man in New York and he has been accustomed to having people come at his convenience. It's his way of doing things, I suppose." --by Jo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen “I had nothing like an offensive weapon in my hands but the silver hatchet, which is the badge of the Sultan's gardeners and farmers. I threw it at the robbers, with an intention to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories |
The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories “At this particular picnic, however, there had been bitterness of spirit. Theophile was Manuela's own especial property, and Theophile had proven false. He had not danced a single w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Rolf In The Woods |
Rolf In The Woods “Not one hour, but nearly three, had passed before Rolf sighted the Pipestave Pond, as it was called. He had never been there before, but three short whoops, as arranged, brought an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The House Behind The Cedars |
The House Behind The Cedars “"That, my dear Rowena, is my good friend and client, George Tryon, of North Carolina. If he had been a stranger, I should have said that he took a liberty; but as things stand, we …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Pool in the Desert |
The Pool in the Desert “A dog of no sort of caste stood in the veranda and barked at me offensively. I picked up a stone, and he vanished like the dog of a dream into the house. It was such a small house …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Manon Lescaut |
Manon Lescaut “"Although I was delighted to find him so determined, I called M. de T----, and informed him of the project, and of the only difficulty in the way. He thought it not so easy of exec…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mansion |
The Mansion “But to human persons the sensation of being waited for is not always agreeable. Sometimes, especially with the young, it produces a vague restlessness, a dumb resentment, which is …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Baby Mine |
Baby Mine “Again he pounded the table and again Jimmy winced. "And even then," he continued, "she colours it so with her affected innocence and her plea about just wishing to be a 'good fello…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Scapegoat |
The Scapegoat “It was a strange procession which then passed out of the patio. Four of the prisoners carried the coffin on their shoulders, walking in pairs according to their fetters. They were …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The History of Lady Julia Mandeville — Frances Brooke |
The History of Lady Julia Mandeville “Epistolary novel by the 18th-century author.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Golden Age — Kenneth Kenneth Grahame |
The Golden Age “I suspected Jerry from the first; there was a latent devilry in his slant eyes as he sat there moodily, and knowing what he was capable of I scented trouble in store for Charlotte.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Sheriff's Children — Charles Chesnutt |
The Sheriff's Children “The woman went into the dining-room, and a moment later the sheriff came to the door. He was a tall, muscular man, of a ruddier complexion than is usual among Southerners. A pair o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Malayan Literature — Various Authors |
Malayan Literature “This rampart enclosed seven hills. In the centre of the city extended a pool vast as the sea; from one bank it was impossible to discern an elephant standing up on the other. It co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Moon and Sixpence — William Somerset Maugham |
The Moon and Sixpence “The greatness of Charles Strickland was authentic. It may be that you do not like his art, but at all events you can hardly refuse it the tribute of your interest. He disturbs and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |