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| Alphonse Daudet | The Siege of Berlin and Other Stories — Alphonse Daudet |
The Siege of Berlin and Other Stories “Father Stenne was so fond of his boy! He was so happy in the afternoon, after school, when the little fellow came for him and they made together the circuit of the paths, stopping …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alphonse Daudet | The Nabob — Alphonse Daudet |
The Nabob “"Bah! the Parisians do not look at things so closely. For them, every rich foreigner is a nabob, no matter whence he comes. Furthermore, this nabob has all the physical qualities f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alphonse Daudet | Tartarin of Tarascon — Alphonse Daudet |
Tartarin of Tarascon “In the first place you must know that everybody is shooting mad in these parts, from the greatest to the least. The chase is the local craze, and so it has ever been since the myth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alphonse Daudet | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, entire — Alphonse Daudet |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, entire “The complete text by Alphonse Daudet.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Warden — Anthony Trollope |
The Warden “The Rev. Septimus Harding was, a few years since, a beneficed clergyman residing in the cathedral town of ---; let us call it Barchester. Were we to name Wells or Salisbury, Exeter…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Barchester Towers — Anthony Trollope |
Barchester Towers “The stepping-off point for Trollope begins here.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Framley Parsonage — Anthony Trollope |
Framley Parsonage “It will be necessary that I should say a word or two of some of the people named in the few preceding pages, and also of the localities in which they lived. Of Lady Lufton herself …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Ayala's Angel — Anthony Trollope |
Ayala's Angel “It was suggested to Lucy before she had been long in Kingsbury Crescent that she should take some exercise. For the first week she had hardly been out of the house; but this was at…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Last Chronicle of Barset — Anthony Trollope |
The Last Chronicle of Barset “I must ask the reader to make acquaintance with Major Grantly of Cosby Lodge, before he is introduced to the family of Mr Crawley, at their parsonage at Hogglestock. It has been sa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Dr Thorne — Anthony Trollope |
Dr Thorne “Dr Thorne belonged to a family in one sense as good, and at any rate as old, as that of Mr Gresham; and much older, he was apt to boast, than that of the De Courcys. This trait in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Phineas Finn — Anthony Trollope |
Phineas Finn “That terrible apparition of the red Lord Chiltern had disturbed Phineas in the moment of his happiness as he sat listening to the kind flatteries of Lady Laura; and though Lord Chi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Phineas Redux — Anthony Trollope |
Phineas Redux “Phineas, on the other hand, made two or three great speeches every evening, and astonished even Mr Ruddles by his oratory. He had accepted Mr Ruddles's proposition with but lukewar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Dr. Wortle's School — Anthony Trollope |
Dr. Wortle's School “The Doctor had found it difficult to carry out the scheme described in the last chapter. They indeed who know anything of such matters will be inclined to call it Utopian, and to s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Eustace Diamonds — Anthony Trollope |
The Eustace Diamonds “The general belief which often seizes upon the world in regard to some special falsehood is very surprising. Everybody on a sudden adopts an idea that some particular man is over h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Can You Forgive Her? — Anthony Trollope |
Can You Forgive Her? “Kate Vavasor remained only three days in London before she started for Yarmouth; and during those three days she was not much with her cousin. "I'm my aunt's, body and soul, for th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Lady Anna — Anthony Trollope |
Lady Anna “Not a word had been heard in Keswick of the proposed return of the old lord -- for the Earl was now an old man -- past his sixtieth year, and in truth with as many signs of age as …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Prime Minister — Anthony Trollope |
The Prime Minister “'For myself,' said Lopez, 'I can conceive no vainer object of ambition than a seat in the British Parliament. What does any man gain by it? The few are successful work very hard fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Rachel Ray — Anthony Trollope |
Rachel Ray “Oh, Dolly, do not speak with that terrible voice, as though the world were coming to an end,'' she said, in answer to the first note of objurgation that was uttered; but the notes …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | La Mere Bauche — Anthony Trollope |
La Mere Bauche “And thus she walked her path through the world, a stern, hard, solemn old woman, not without gusts of passionate explosion; but honest withal, and not without some inward benevolen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | John Bull on the Guadalquivir — Anthony Trollope |
John Bull on the Guadalquivir “Dress any Englishman in such a garb and he will at once give you the idea of a hog in armour. In the first place he will lack the proper spirit to carry it off, and in the next pla…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The O'Conors of Castle Conor — Anthony Trollope |
The O'Conors of Castle Conor “We had an excellent run, in which I may make bold to say that I did not acquit myself badly. I stuck very close to the hounds, as did the whole of the O'Conor brood; and when the f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Duke's Children — Anthony Trollope |
The Duke's Children “But Silverbridge, though he had been willing to sacrifice his morning to his father,--for it was, I fear, in that way that he looked at it,--did not see any reason for performing a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Courtship of Susan Bell — Anthony Trollope |
The Courtship of Susan Bell “It was at the end of the second month when Aaron took another step in advance--a perilous step. Sometimes on evenings he still went on with his drawing for an hour or so; but durin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Miss Sarah Jack, of Spanish Town, Jamaica — Anthony Trollope |
Miss Sarah Jack, of Spanish Town, Jamaica “Miss Jack was a person in whom I think we may say that the good predominated over the bad. She was often morose, crabbed, and self- opinionated. but then she knew her own imperfect…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Aaron Trow — Anthony Trollope |
Aaron Trow “And then a day came in which an attempt was made by a large body of convicts, under his leadership, to get the better of the officers of the prison. It is hardly necessary to say t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Chateau of Prince Polignac — Anthony Trollope |
The Chateau of Prince Polignac “But few towns, merely as towns, can be better worth visiting. In the first place, the volcanic formation of the ground on which it stands is not only singular in the extreme, so as…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Relics of General Chasse — A Tale of Antwerp |
The Relics of General Chasse “At last I entered the bedchamber of the general, and there I overtook my friend. He was inspecting, with much attention, an article of the great man's wardrobe which he held in his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | An Unprotected Female At The Pyramids — Anthony Trollope |
An Unprotected Female At The Pyramids “Now Mrs. Damer was soft-hearted, and also somewhat old-fashioned. She did not conceive any violent affection for Miss Dawkins, but she told her daughter that "the single lady by he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | George Walker At Suez — Anthony Trollope |
George Walker At Suez “I am free to confess that I am not a great man, and that, at any rate in the earlier part of my career, I had a hankering after the homage which is paid to greatness. I would fain …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Mistletoe Bough — Anthony Trollope |
The Mistletoe Bough “And then, two days after that, there had come a letter that was not at all joyful. "Dearest Mamma,--It is not to be. It is not written in the book. We have both agreed that it will…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne — Anthony Trollope |
The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne “But our present story will have more to do with his daughter than with him. A pretty girl, I have said, was Patience Woolsworthy; and one, too, in many ways remarkable. She had tak…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Returning Home — Anthony Trollope |
Returning Home “In the first month of her hurry and flurry Mrs. Arkwright was a happy woman. She would see her mother again and her sisters. It was now four years since she had left them on the qu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Mrs. General Talboys — Anthony Trollope |
Mrs. General Talboys “"It is the air which we breathe that fills our lungs and gives us life and light. It is that which refreshes us if pure, or sinks us into stagnation if it be foul. Let me for awhil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The House of Heine Brothers, in Munich — Anthony Trollope |
The House of Heine Brothers, in Munich “Such a one was Isa Heine at the time of which I am writing. We English, in our passion for daily excitement, might call her phlegmatic, but we should call her so unjustly. Life to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | A Ride Across Palestine — Anthony Trollope |
A Ride Across Palestine “He was, at any rate, up to his time, for when I came down on the following morning I found him in the narrow street, the first on horseback. Joseph, the Frenchman, was strapping on…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Man Who Kept His Money In A Box — Anthony Trollope |
The Man Who Kept His Money In A Box “As I was not myself possessed of anything of that sort, and had no intention of going to any foreign court, I could not argue the matter with her. But I assisted her in getting tog…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Three Clerks — Anthony Trollope |
The Three Clerks “"Well now, Gertrude, do you mean to say you think it right that Katie should sit by and hear a man talk as Captain Cuttwater talked last night? Do you mean to say that the scene wh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Small House at Allington — Anthony Trollope |
The Small House at Allington “Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are requi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Kellys and the O'Kellys — Anthony Trollope |
The Kellys and the O'Kellys “Miss Wyndham, and her cousin, Lady Selina Grey, the only unmarried daughter left on the earl's hands, were together. Lady Selina was not in her premire jeunesse, and, in manner, f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Belton Estate — Anthony Trollope |
The Belton Estate “It is said of those who are small and crooked-backed in their bodies, that their minds are equally cross-grained and their tempers as ungainly as their stature. But no one had ever…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The American Senator — Anthony Trollope |
The American Senator “This was all very civil, but there was something in it that was almost too civil. There came upon Morton a suspicion, which he did not even define to himself, that the invitation w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Hunting Sketches — Anthony Trollope |
Hunting Sketches “And there is much excellent good sense in the mode of riding adopted by such gentlemen. Some men ride for hunting, some for jumping, and some for exercise; some, no doubt, for all …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | He Knew He Was Right — Anthony Trollope |
He Knew He Was Right “'I have said that nobody is to be admitted. Louis has driven me to that. How can I look the servant in the face and tell him that any special gentleman is not to be admitted to see…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | A Siren — Thomas Adolphus Trollope |
A Siren “But not even the low iron gateway was closed when Paolina reached the church. It stood partially open. After having stood a minute or two before the building to look round upon the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Golden Lion of Granpere — Anthony Trollope |
The Golden Lion of Granpere “This also he told himself a dozen times. But, nevertheless, there was a very agony of remorse, a weight of repentance, in that he had not striven to make sure of his prize when he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Way We Live Now — Anthony Trollope |
The Way We Live Now “In all this there had been increased dismay, but there had also been some comfort. It had only been at moments in which he had been subject to her softer influences that Paul had d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Framley Parsonage — Anthony Trollope |
Framley Parsonage “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | The Last Chronicle of Barset — Anthony Trollope |
The Last Chronicle of Barset “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Harry Heathcote of Gangoil — Anthony Trollope |
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil “Full title: HARRY HEATHCOTE OF GANGOIL A Tale of Australian Bush-Life…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | La Vendee — Anthony Trollope |
La Vendee “"What, Santerre!" said Marie, shuddering. "Oh! he is a most horrid monster! It was he that led out our dear sainted King to be murdered; it was he that urged on the furious mob to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | CHRISTMAS AT THOMPSON HALL — Anthony Trollope |
CHRISTMAS AT THOMPSON HALL “Note: Adapted from a story by Anthony Trollope by Frank J. Morlock…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Castle Richmond — Anthony Trollope |
Castle Richmond “Among the different houses in the country at which he had become intimate was that of the Countess of Desmond. The Countess of Desmond did not receive much company at Desmond Court…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Anthony Trollope | Autobiography of Anthony Trollope — Anthony Trollope |
Autobiography of Anthony Trollope “In the preceding pages I have given a short record of the first twenty-six years of my life,--years of suffering, disgrace, and inward remorse. I fear that my mode of telling will …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Benjamin Disraeli | Sybil, or the Two Nations — Benjamim Disraeili |
Sybil, or the Two Nations “Notwithstanding the confidence of Lady St Julians, and her unrivalled information, the health of the king did not improve: but still it was the hay fever, only the hay fever. An ad…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Benjamin Disraeli | Coningsby; or The New Generation — Benjamin Disraeli |
Coningsby; or The New Generation “"This grandfather of mine is a great prince," thought Coningsby, as musing he stood before a portrait in which he recognised the features of the being from whom he had so recently …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Benjamin Disraeli | Vivian Grey — Benjamin Disraeli |
Vivian Grey “His malice was accompanied too by a tact, which could not have been expected from his vulgar mind, and which, at the same time, could not have been produced by the experience of on…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Benjamin Disraeli | Lothair — Benjamin Disraeli |
Lothair “Lothair, though inexperienced and very ingenuous, was not devoid of a certain instinctive perception of men and things, which rendered it difficult for him to be an easy prey. His …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Benjamin Disraeli | Tancred — Benjamin Disraeli |
Tancred “A fresh illustration of the advantages of our parliamentary constitution! The independent Mr. Montacute, however, stood by his sovereign; his five votes continued to cheer the nobl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Benjamin Disraeli | The Rise of Iskander — Benjamin Disraeli |
The Rise of Iskander “At length he was on the centre of the centre arch, an eminent position, which allowed him for a moment to keep them at bay, and gave him breathing time. Suddenly he made a desperat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Benjamin Disraeli | The Voyage of Captain Popanilla — Benjamin Disraeli |
The Voyage of Captain Popanilla “Night fell upon the waters, dark and drear, and thick and misty. How unlike those brilliant hours that once summoned him to revelry and love! Unhappy Popanilla! Thy delicious Fanta…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | Wuthering Heights — Brontes |
Wuthering Heights “Heathcliff! Madness! Revenge! And oh yeah, some funky cherubs. -- By Emily Bronte…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | Villette — Brontes |
Villette “The next day, on my return from a long walk, I found, as I entered my bedroom, an unexpected change. In addition to my own French bed in its shady recess, appeared in a corner a sm…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | Jane Eyre — Brontes |
Jane Eyre “Rochester, St. John, Family -- and a madwoman in the attic. By Charlotte Bronte…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | Agnes Gray — Brontes |
Agnes Gray “AS WE drove along, my spirits revived again, and I turned, with pleasure, to the contemplation of the new life upon which I was entering; but, though it was not far past the middle…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall — Brontes |
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall “It was about the close of the month, that, yielding at length to the urgent importunities of Rose, I accompanied her in a visit to Wildfell Hall. To our surprise, we were ushered i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | Shirley — Brontes |
Shirley “Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within as on the state of things without and around us. I make this trite remark, beca…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | The Professor — Brontes |
The Professor “No man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind and tide before he allows hims…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | Notes on the Pseudonyms Used by the Bronte Sisters — Brontes |
Notes on the Pseudonyms Used by the Bronte Sisters “To all such 'Wuthering Heights' must appear a rude and strange production. The wild moors of the North of England can for them have no interest: the language, the manners, the very…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | Poems by the Bronte Sisters — Brontes |
Poems by the Bronte Sisters “I've quench'd my lamp, I struck it in that start/Which every limb convulsed, I heard it fall--/The crash blent with my sleep, I saw depart/Its light, even as I woke, on yonder wall…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | Napoleon and the Spectre — Charlotte Brontë |
Napoleon and the Spectre “They would now have been in total darkness had it not been for a dim light which shone round the ghost and revealed the damp walls of a long, vaulted passage. Down this they procee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | Notes on the Pseudonums Used by the Bronte Sisters — Charlotte Bronte |
Notes on the Pseudonums Used by the Bronte Sisters “Indeed, I feel myself that it is time the obscurity attending those two names--Ellis and Acton--was done away. The little mystery, which formerly yielded some harmless pleasure, ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | Wuthering Heights — Brontes |
Wuthering Heights “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Brontes | Agnes Grey — Anne Bronte |
Agnes Grey “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Hard Times — Charles Dickens |
Hard Times “Woes of Victorian life for the underclass.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | A Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens |
A Tale of Two Cities “Best of Times, Worst of Times...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Great Expectations — Charles Dickens |
Great Expectations “Takes a benefactor to help you escape the decay... and visit nicer clothiers.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens |
Oliver Twist “Fagin and co.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain — Charles Dickens |
The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain “Ghastly tales by the master.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | No Thoroughfare — Charles Dickens |
No Thoroughfare “In a court-yard in the City of London, which was No Thoroughfare either for vehicles or foot-passengers; a court-yard diverging from a steep, a slippery, and a winding street conne…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Mystery of Edwin Drood — Charles Dickens |
The Mystery of Edwin Drood “Dickens' unfinished masterpiece.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Three Ghost Stories — Charles Dickens |
Three Ghost Stories “Includes The Signal-Man…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Hunted Down — Charles Dickens |
Hunted Down “Most of us see some romances in life. In my capacity as Chief Manager of a Life Assurance Office, I think I have within the last thirty years seen more romances than the generality…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit — Charles Dickens |
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit “old Martin Chuzzlewit remained shut up in his own chamber, and saw no person but his young companion, saving the hostess of the Blue Dragon, who was, at certain times, admitted to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Chimes — Charles Dickens |
The Chimes “Anon, it comes up stealthily, and creeps along the walls, seeming to read, in whispers, the Inscriptions sacred to the Dead. At some of these, it breaks out shrilly, as with laught…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens |
A Christmas Carol “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Pickwick Papers — Charles Dickens |
The Pickwick Papers “'Mr. Pickwick observed (says the secretary) that fame was dear to the heart of every man. Poetic fame was dear to the heart of his friend Snodgrass; the fame of conquest was equall…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | A Child's History of England — Charles Dickens |
A Child's History of England “It is supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came in ships to these Islands, and found that they produced tin and lead; both very …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Barnaby Rudge — Charles Dickens |
Barnaby Rudge “As soon as the business of the day was over, the locksmith sallied forth, alone, to visit the wounded gentleman and ascertain the progress of his recovery. The house where he had l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Battle of Life — Charles Dickens |
The Battle of Life “If there were no such thing as display in the world, my private opinion is, and I hope you agree with me, that we might get on a great deal better than we do, and might be infinite…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Bleak House — Charles Dickens |
Bleak House “I said it with a stronger heart, for when he praised me thus and when I heard his voice thrill with his belief that what he said was true, I aspired to be more worthy of it. It was…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Cricket on the Hearth — Charles Dickens |
The Cricket on the Hearth “THE kettle began it! Don't tell me what Mrs. Peerybingle said. I know better. Mrs. Peerybingle may leave it on record to the end of time that she couldn't say which of them began i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Doctor Marigold — Charles Dickens |
Doctor Marigold “I am a Cheap Jack, and my own father's name was Willum Marigold. It was in his lifetime supposed by some that his name was William, but my own father always consistently said, No, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Dombey and Son — Charles Dickens |
Dombey and Son “Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee imme…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | A House to Let — Charles Dickens |
A House to Let “At one period of its reverses, the House fell into the occupation of a Showman. He was found registered as its occupier, on the parish books of the time when he rented the House, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Master Humphrey's Clock — Charles Dickens |
Master Humphrey's Clock “I am not a churlish old man. Friendless I can never be, for all mankind are my kindred, and I am on ill terms with no one member of my great family. But for many years I have led a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices — Charles Dickens |
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices “In the autumn month of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, wherein these presents bear date, two idle apprentices, exhausted by the long, hot summer, and the long, hot wor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy — Charles Dickens |
Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy “Ah! It's pleasant to drop into my own easy-chair my dear though a little palpitating what with trotting up-stairs and what with trotting down, and why kitchen stairs should all be …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings — Charles Dickens |
Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings “Whoever would begin to be worried with letting Lodgings that wasn't a lone woman with a living to get is a thing inconceivable to me, my dear; excuse the familiarity, but it comes …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Sketches by Boz — Charles Dickens |
Sketches by Boz “We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office. We will begin the present, with the clergym…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Nicholas Nickleby — Charles Dickens |
Nicholas Nickleby “Snow Hill! What kind of place can the quiet townspeople who see the words emblazoned, in all the legibility of gilt letters and dark shading, on the north-country coaches, take Sno…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Old Curiosity Shop — Charles Dickens |
The Old Curiosity Shop “Little Nell stood timidly by, with her eyes raised to the countenance of Mr Quilp as he read the letter, plainly showing by her looks that while she entertained some fear and distr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Our Mutual Friend — Charles Dickens |
Our Mutual Friend “Mr and Mrs Veneering were bran-new people in a bran-new house in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the Veneerings was spick and span new. All their furniture was new, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Pictures From Italy — Charles Dickens |
Pictures From Italy “I am no more bound to explain why the English family travelling by this carriage, inside and out, should be starting for Italy on a Sunday morning, of all good days in the week, th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Reprinted Pieces — Charles Dickens |
Reprinted Pieces “THERE was once a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought of a number of things. He had a sister, who was a child too, and his constant companion. These two used to wo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Seven Poor Travellers — Charles Dickens |
The Seven Poor Travellers “In the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, a relative of mine came limping down, on foot, to this town of Chatham. I call it this town, because if anybody present know…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Holly-Tree — Charles Dickens |
The Holly-Tree “What was the curiousest thing he had seen? Well! He didn't know. He couldn't momently name what was the curiousest thing he had seen- -unless it was a Unicorn, and he see him once …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Lamplighter — Charles Dickens |
The Lamplighter “'That's it,' said the chairman. 'Compensation. They didn't give it him, though, and then he got very fond of his country all at once, and went about saying that gas was a death-blo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Uncommercial Traveller — Charles Dickens |
The Uncommercial Traveller “No landlord is my friend and brother, no chambermaid loves me, no waiter worships me, no boots admires and envies me. No round of beef or tongue or ham is expressly cooked for me, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Speeches: Literary and Social — Charles Dickens |
Speeches: Literary and Social “CAPTAIN HEWETT, - I am very proud and happy to have been selected as the instrument of conveying to you the heartfelt thanks of my fellow-passengers on board the ship entrusted to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Somebody's Luggage — Charles Dickens |
Somebody's Luggage “In case confusion should arise in the public mind (which it is open to confusion on many subjects) respecting what is meant or implied by the term Waiter, the present humble lines …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Sketches of Young Gentlemen — Charles Dickens |
Sketches of Young Gentlemen “There is an amiable kind of young gentleman going about in society, upon whom, after much experience of him, and considerable turning over of the subject in our mind, we feel it ou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Tom Tiddler's Ground — Charles Dickens |
Tom Tiddler's Ground “"A slothful, unsavoury, nasty reversal of the laws of human mature," said the Traveller; "and for the sake of GOD'S working world and its wholesomeness, both moral and physical, I …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Little Dorrit — Charles Dickens |
Little Dorrit “The child put all these things between the bars into the soft, Smooth, well-shaped hand, with evident dread--more than once drawing back her own and looking at the man with her fai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | David Copperfield — Charles Dickens |
David Copperfield “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | George Silverman's Explanation — Charles Dickens |
George Silverman's Explanation “WHAT do I know of Hoghton Towers? Very little; for I have been gratefully unwilling to disturb my first impressions. A house, centuries old, on high ground a mile or so removed fro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Contributions to: All The Year Round — Charles Dickens |
Contributions to: All The Year Round “1. There shall be no judge. Strong representations have been made by highly popular culprits that the presence of this obtrusive character is prejudicial to their best interests. T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Mugby Junction — Charles Dickens |
Mugby Junction “Having seen his portmanteaus safely housed in the hotel he chose, and having appointed his dinner hour, Barbox Brothers went out for a walk in the busy streets. And now it began to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Miscellaneous Papers — Charles Dickens |
Miscellaneous Papers “I beg to say, that I use those last expressions advisedly, sir, and not in the sense in which they are now used by Jackanapeses. There were no Jackanapeses when I was a boy, Mr. Ho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Going into Society — Charles Dickens |
Going into Society “He was always in love, of course; every human nat'ral phenomenon is. And he was always in love with a large woman; I never knowed the Dwarf as could be got to love a small one. Whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Perils of Certain English Prisoners — Charles Dickens |
Perils of Certain English Prisoners “We contrived to keep afloat all that night, and, the stream running strong with us, to glide a long way down the river. But, we found the night to be a dangerous time for such navi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | American Notes for General Circulation — Charles Dickens |
American Notes for General Circulation “The most comfortable of all the hotels of which I had any experience in the United States, and they were not a few, is Barnum's, in that city: where the English traveller will find…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Baron of Grogzwig — Charles Dickens |
The Baron of Grogzwig “What could the baron do? He called for the lady's maid, and roared for the doctor; and then, rushing into the yard, kicked the two Lincoln greens who were the most used to it, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot — Andrew Lang |
Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot “What can all this mean? We have been told that, shortly before Christmas Eve, Jasper took to wearing a thick black-silk handkerchief for his throat. He hung it over his arm, "his f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick" — B.W. Matz |
The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick" “In chapter two of The Pickwick Papers we get a further glimpse of the inn, centring in a more exhilarating and epoch-making incident. The Pickwickians were to start on their memora…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Trial For Murder — Charles Dickens |
The Trial For Murder “The prisoner's wish to challenge me was so manifest, that it occasioned a pause, during which the attorney, with his hand upon the dock, whispered with his client, and shook his he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Great Expectations — Charles Dickens |
Great Expectations “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Some Christmas Stories — Charles Dickens |
Some Christmas Stories “But, one day, of a sudden, the traveller lost the child. He called to him over and over again, but got no answer. So, he went upon his road, and went on for a little while without …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | A Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens |
A Tale of Two Cities “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens |
A Christmas Carol “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Mystery of Edwin Drood — Charles Dickens |
The Mystery of Edwin Drood “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain — Charles Dickens |
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Pictures from Italy — Charles Dickens |
Pictures from Italy “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot — Andrew Lang |
The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot “Improved text, supersedes eariler version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Chimes — Charles Dickens |
The Chimes “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Cricket on the Hearth — Charles Dickens |
The Cricket on the Hearth “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Speeches: Literary and Social — Charles Dickens |
Speeches: Literary and Social “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | A Message From the Sea — Dickens |
A Message From the Sea “Here the captain sat down on the foot of the bed, and glancing at a dreadful libel on Kitty which ornamented the wall,--the production of some wandering limner, whom the captain se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Mudfog and Other Sketches — Charles Dickens |
Mudfog and Other Sketches “'I am happy to say that I am the first passenger on board, and shall thus be enabled to give you an account of all that happens in the order of its occurrence. The chimney is smoki…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Sketches of Young Couples — Charles Dickens |
Sketches of Young Couples “Everything with the formal couple resolves itself into a matter of form. They don't call upon you on your account, but their own; not to see how you are, but to show how they are: …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices — Charles Dickens |
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices “In the autumn month of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, wherein these presents bear date, two idle apprentices, exhausted by the long, hot summer, and the long, hot wor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Dickens | Sunday Under Three Heads — Charles Dickens |
Sunday Under Three Heads “But you hold out no inducement, you offer no relief from listlessness, you provide nothing to amuse his mind, you afford him no means of exercising his body. Unwashed and unshaven,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Reade | Put Yourself in His Place — Charles Reade |
Put Yourself in His Place “Charles Reade on the unions.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Reade | White Lies — Charles Reade |
White Lies “So wise, so proud, so little vain, so strong in health and wealth and honor, one would have said nothing less than an earthquake could shake this gentleman and his house. Yet both …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Reade | A Simpleton — Charles Reade |
A Simpleton “He then told Lady Cicely there were more reasons than he chose to mention: go he must, and would; and he implored her not to let the affair drop. In short, he was sad but resolved,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Reade | Love Me Little, Love Me Long — Charles Reade |
Love Me Little, Love Me Long “Three days elapsed, and no invitation to Font Abbey; on this his happiness cooled of itself. But when day after day rolled by, and no Font Abbey, he was dashed, uneasy, and, above …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Reade | It Is Never Too Late to Mend — Charles Reade |
It Is Never Too Late to Mend “"Nor would it be polite or generous; but this of yours is a deep grief, and alarms me for you. Shall I tell you how I know? You often yawn and often sigh; when these two things com…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Reade | THE BOX TUNNEL — Charles Reade |
THE BOX TUNNEL “The young gentleman was shocked, endeavoured to soften the lawyer's clerk; that machine did not thoroughly comprehend the meaning of the term. The lady's name, however, was at last…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Reade | A Terrible Temptation — Charles Reade |
A Terrible Temptation “Terror-stricken, and pale as death, Lady Bassett never lost her head for a moment. Indeed, she showed unexpected fire; she sent off coachman and grooms to scour the country and rou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles W Chestnutt | Baxter's Procrustes — Charles W Chestnutt |
Baxter's Procrustes “But though he had occasional flashes of humor, his ordinary demeanor was characterized by a mild cynicism, which, with his gloomy pessimistic philosophy, so foreign to the temperam…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles W Chestnutt | The Bouquet — Charles W Chestnutt |
The Bouquet “The work was unfamiliar to her. She was not physically very strong, and at the close of the first day she went home with a splitting headache. If she could have resigned then and t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles W Chestnutt | Dave's Neckliss — Charles W Chestnutt |
Dave's Neckliss “"Dave had l'arn' how ter read de Bible. Dey wuz a free nigger boy in de settlement w'at wuz monst'us smart, en could write en cipher, en wuz alluz readin' books er papers. En Dave …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles W Chestnutt | The Goophered Grapevine — Charles W Chestnutt |
The Goophered Grapevine “"W'en de scuppernon' season 'uz ober fer dat year, Mars Dugal' foun' he had made fifteen hund'ed gallon er wine; en one er de niggers hearn him laffin' wid de oberseah fit ter kill…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles W Chestnutt | Hot-Foot Hannibal — Charles W Chestnutt |
Hot-Foot Hannibal “I was willing to humor the old man's fancy. He had not told us a story for some time; and the dark and solemn swamp around us; the amber-colored stream flowing silently and sluggis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles W Chestnutt | Po' Sandy — Charles W Chestnutt |
Po' Sandy “"Sandy en Tenie hadn' b'en libbin' tergedder fer mo' d'n two mont's befo' Mars Marrabo's old uncle, w'at libbed down in Robeson County, sent up ter fine out ef Mars Marrabo couldn'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles W Chestnutt | The Colonel's Dream — Charles W Chestnutt |
The Colonel's Dream “"But did not choose the design; let us be thankful for that. It might have been like his father's. Bill Fetters rich and great," he mused, "who would have dreamed it? I kicked him …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles W Chestnutt | The Conjure Woman — Charles W Chestnutt |
The Conjure Woman “"Julius," I observed, half to him and half to my wife, "your people will never rise in the world until they throw off these childish superstitions and learn to live by the light of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles W Chestnutt | Frederick Douglass — Charles Waddell Chesnutt |
Frederick Douglass “IN 1841 Douglass entered upon that epoch of his life which brought the hitherto obscure refugee prominently before the public, and in which his services as anti-slavery orator and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles W Chestnutt | The Marrow of Tradition — Charles W Chestnutt |
The Marrow of Tradition “Ellis was an excellent judge of character, and had formed a very decided opinion of Tom Delamere. To Ellis, unbiased by ancestral traditions, biased perhaps by jealousy, Tom Delame…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Heir of Redclyffe — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Heir of Redclyffe “Charlotte Yonge's blockbuster tale of man redeemed -- through marriage -- hey, it was 1850-something.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Heartsease, Or Brother's Wife — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Heartsease, Or Brother's Wife “Were they to leave the country? This was still under consideration. The next fortnight made some difference in Theodora's wishes respecting Brogden Cottage. Violet becoming less ti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Two Penniless Princesses — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Two Penniless Princesses “George Douglas's chivalrous venture in defence of the falcon of his lady-love had certainly not done much for him hitherto, as Davie observed. The Lady Joanna, as every one now cal…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Little Duke — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Little Duke “"Ah! the young Baron de Montemar," said Sir Eric. "I knew his father well, and a brave man he was, though not of northern blood. He was warden of the marches of the Epte, and was k…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Dove in the Eagle's Nest — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Dove in the Eagle's Nest “Life in Schloss Adlerstein was little less intolerable than Christina's imagination had depicted it. It was entirely devoid of all the graces of chivalry, and its squalor and coars…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Countess Kate — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Countess Kate “She wove to herself dreams of possible delights with Sylvia and Charlie, if the summer visit could be paid to them; and at other times she imagined her Uncle Giles's two daughters …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Clever Woman of the Family — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Clever Woman of the Family “Rose found the wheeled chair, to which her aunt gave the preference, was engaged, and shaking her little discreet head at "the shakey chair" and "the stuffy chair," she turned pens…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Stokesley Secret — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Stokesley Secret “However, David, partaking the family distrust of Hal's birds-in-the- bush, and being started on the subject of the hoard, ran up to Sam, who was learning his lessons by way of some…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations “The misfortunes of that day disheartened and disconcerted Etheldred. To do mischief where she most wished to do good, to grieve where she longed to comfort, seemed to be her fate; …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Prince and the Page — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Prince and the Page “Yet what a glorious sight must it not have been when it was fresh from the hands of the builder, the creamy stone clear and sharp at every angle, and each moulding and flower true …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Charlotte Mary Yonge — Mary Seeger |
Charlotte Mary Yonge “During years of constant and rapid production her life to an onlooker was conspicuously devoid of varied or picturesque experience. Nearly the whole of her long life from its begin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Nuttie's Father — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Nuttie's Father “Miss Mary did not think a yacht a likely place for the conversion of a croon into a pound, and the utter silence of mother and aunt did not seem to her satisfactory; but she feared…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Dynevor Terrace (Vol. I) — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Dynevor Terrace (Vol. I) “Dynevor Terrace was said to have dark, damp kitchens, but by none who had ever been in No. 5, when the little compact fire was compressed to one glowing red crater of cinders, thei…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Dynevor Terrace (Vol. II) — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Dynevor Terrace (Vol. II) “On that eventful morning, Clara was the prey of Mrs. Beckett, Marianne, and the French milliner, and in such a flounced glace silk, such a lace mantle, and such a flowery bonnet wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Abbeychurch — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Abbeychurch “'I do not know what the mass of mankind may be at Abbeychurch,' said Anne, 'but I am sure the people whom we see oftenest at home, are such as I think it a privilege to know.' And …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | A Modern Telemachus — Charlotte M. Yonge |
A Modern Telemachus “Madame de Bourke bade the maids carry off the little Jacques, and Ulysse followed; but Estelle, who had often listened with rapt attention to the story of the escape, and longed to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Friarswood Post Office — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Friarswood Post Office “His eyes were anxiously bent on the house, watching the white smoke rising from the chimney; then he hastened on to gain the first sight at the upper windows, feeling almost as he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Henrietta's Wish — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Henrietta's Wish “In spite of all the longing wishes expressed during the drive, no ancestral home, beloved by inheritance, could have been entered with more affectionate rapture than that with whic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Lances Of Lynwood — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Lances Of Lynwood “At last he beheld the Cathedral of Burgos rising in the midst of the Moorish fortifications of the town, and, halting his men under the shade of a few trees, he rode on in search o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe “Nurse was frightened when she looked at them. She turned all the little sisters out of the night nursery, covered Lucy up close, and ordered her not to stir, certainly not to go in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Unknown to History — A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland |
Unknown to History “"She dwelt on them," said the Queen lightly. "Ay, I know the chant of the poor folk who ever hover about our outskirts in hopes to sell their country gewgaws, beads and bracelets, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Lady Hester or, Ursula's Narrative — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Lady Hester or, Ursula's Narrative “Even my care for Alured sprang out of exclusive passion, and so, though I do think that by Heaven's mercy I had a great share in cherishing him into strength and health, I had mana…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Scenes and Characters — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Scenes and Characters “'You feel it, though you will not allow it,' said Lily. 'Now think of Emily's sympathy, and gentleness, and sweet smile, and tell me if she is not a complete personification of lov…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Magnum Bonum — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Magnum Bonum “Never had expedition been more enjoyed than that of Mrs. Brownlow and her three boys. They had taken a week by the sea to recruit their forces, and then began their journey in earn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Beechcroft at Rockstone — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Beechcroft at Rockstone “Gillian somehow felt a certain amusement and satisfaction in finding that Aunt Jane had one disobedient subject, but they were interrupted by two ladies eagerly asking where to fin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Long Vacation — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Long Vacation “"To begin with," said Gerald, "I don't think Fergus, or at any rate Davy Blake, was in fault. They tried to go home in good time, having an instinct for tides, but Adrian was chasi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Chaplet of Pearls — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Chaplet of Pearls “All were gaily dressed, with feathered hats, and short Spanish cloaks jauntily disposed over one shoulder; and their horses were trapped with bright silvered ornaments. As they adv…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | My Young Alcides — Charlotte M. Yonge |
My Young Alcides “On the whole, her presence was very good for us, if only by infusing the element of age. She liked to potter about in the morning, attending to her birds and bantams, and talking t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Herd Boy and His Hermit — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Herd Boy and His Hermit “To think of being left to the society of the sheep, of dumb Piers and his peasant parents was dreariness in the extreme to one who had begun to know something like conversation, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Love and Life — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Love and Life “"Bless thee my child! Take heed to yourself and your ways. It is a bad world, beset with temptations. Oh! heaven forgive me for sending my innocent lamb out into it. Oh! what would…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Stray Pearls — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Stray Pearls “Thickly veiled, I looked at no one except that I curtsied my thanks to the Abbess before kneeling down by the grating looking into the choir. My grief had always been too deep for …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Young Step-Mother Or, a Chronicle of Mistakes — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Young Step-Mother Or, a Chronicle of Mistakes “'Hearty love for them has carried her through the first difficulties, which appalled me, for they had been greatly mismanaged. I am afraid that she has not been able to undo some o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Two Sides of the Shield — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Two Sides of the Shield “What would the two aunts have said, could they have seen Dolores and Constance, at that moment partaking of the most elaborate meal the Darminster refreshment-room could supply, at…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Under the Storm, Illustrated — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Under the Storm, Illustrated “Perhaps it was well that the delicate pink blossoms were soon faded and crushed, and that twilight veiled their colours, for just as the cattle were being foddered for the night, t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | The Pillars of the House, V1 — Charlotte M. Yonge |
The Pillars of the House, V1 “'There are limits to human endurance, and Tom and I have overpassed each other's. I don't blame him, poor man; he wanted raw material to serve as an importer of hides and tallow, b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | John Keble's Parishes — Charlotte M Yonge |
John Keble's Parishes “Full title: JOHN KEBLE'S PARISHES: A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | A Book of Golden Deeds — Charlotte M. Yonge |
A Book of Golden Deeds “Twenty thousand Persians had died before that handful of men! Xerxes asked Demaratus if there were many more at Sparta like these, and was told there were 8,000. It must have been …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Modern Broods — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Modern Broods “Something black was before the tossed boat! Yes, and light, not lightning. A human voice seemed to be on the blast. Hubert Delrio essayed to shout, but his voice was gone, or was b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Chantry House — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Chantry House “After that we got into a bewilderment. We knew nothing of the future question of temperance versus total abstinence; but after it had been extracted that Miss Newton regarded cards…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charlotte M. Yonge | Grisly Grisell — Charlotte M. Yonge |
Grisly Grisell “Full title: GRISLY GRISELL, or THE LAIDLY LADY OF WHITBURN: A TALE OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Cornelius Mathews | Behemoth: A Legend of the Mound-Builders — Cornelius Mathews |
Behemoth: A Legend of the Mound-Builders “Was there no one man in this whole nation who would go forth, in the spirit of martyrdom and self-sacrifice, and seek, even in the desert itself, the knowledge that would bring str…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Cornelius Mathews | Big Abel and the Little Manhattan — Cornelius Mathews |
Big Abel and the Little Manhattan “The book then; the book of William's brain and Mary's hope, wasn't printed yet; not quite bought and paid for, come to that. But it was in a fair way. There wouldn't be another gre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Cornelius Mathews | Chanticleer: A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family — Cornelius Mathews |
Chanticleer: A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family “"I did, Charley," old Sylvester answered, looking kindly on the Captain, who had always been something of a favorite of his from the day he had married into the family; "and there …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Cornelius Mathews | The Career of Puffer Hopkins — Cornelius Mathews |
The Career of Puffer Hopkins “would not be beaten from the belief that it was Crump; Crump, the humble secretary of the Phoenix Fire Company, himself; who had adopted this method, it was suggested, of enjoying …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Thompson | Adventures of Timothy Peacock — Daniel P. Thompson |
Adventures of Timothy Peacock “Full title: The Adventures of Timothy Peacock, Esquire; or, Freemasonry Practically Illustrated…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Thompson | The Green Mountain Boys-- — Daniel Thompson |
The Green Mountain Boys-- “Full title: The Green Mountain Boys: A Historical Tale of the Early Settlement of Vermont…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Thompson | Locke Amsden; or, The Schoolmaster — Daniel P. Thompson |
Locke Amsden; or, The Schoolmaster “He was received with much rough cordiality by Bunker, and with some show of respect by his mastiff-mannered boys. The good dame of the house soon began to bestir herself in prepara…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Thompson | Lucy Hosmer — Daniel P. Thompson |
Lucy Hosmer “Full title: Lucy Hosmer; or, The Guardian and Ghost. A Tale of Avarice and Crime Defeated…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Thompson | May Martin — Daniel P. Thompson |
May Martin “Full title: May Martin; or, The Money Diggers. A Green Mountain Tale…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Thompson | The Shaker Lovers, and Other Tales — Daniel P. Thompson |
The Shaker Lovers, and Other Tales “As she closed, the hoe dropped suddenly from his hands, and, making his way with rapid strides, he, the next moment, stood before her, when mutely exchanging with her a look of ago…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Daniel Thompson | The Rangers — D. P. Thompson |
The Rangers “Full title: THE RANGERS OR THE TORY'S DAUGHTER A TALE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF VERMONT AND THE NORTHERN CAMPAIGN OF 1777…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. Lynn Linton | The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland, Vol. 1 — E. Lynn Linton |
The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland, Vol. 1 “I cannot say why this strange unwholesome legend took such hold of me. Perhaps because it was unwholesome. I could not shake myself clear from it; and I had a haunting kind of prev…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. Lynn Linton | The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland, Vol. 3 — E. Lynn Linton |
The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland, Vol. 3 “All my old affection for her, all my old respect for her sincerity, came back in a flood on my heart. The bitterness of the past was swept away; only its tenderness in the ideal re…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. Lynn Linton | The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland, Vol. 2 — E. Lynn Linton |
The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland, Vol. 2 “The matrimonial ideal of the one love for life, beginning in youth, enduring through maturity to old age, and ending only with death, is of course the purest and noblest basis of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | A BRAVE LITTLE QUAKERESS. — E.P. Roe |
A BRAVE LITTLE QUAKERESS. “Full title: A BRAVE LITTLE QUAKERESS. A TRADITION OF THE REVOLUTION…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | CAUGHT ON THE EBB-TIDE — E.P. Roe |
CAUGHT ON THE EBB-TIDE “Mr. Merriweather and Mr. Hackley stood rather helplessly in the background and were evidently giving more thought to the fair nurse than to the patient. The mother was alternating …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | CHRISTMAS EVE IN WAR TIMES — E.P. Roe |
CHRISTMAS EVE IN WAR TIMES “But the unrelenting demands of life are made as surely upon the breaking as upon the happy heart. She and her children must have food, clothing, and shelter. Her illness and feeble…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | A CHRISTMAS-EVE SUIT — E.P. Roe |
A CHRISTMAS-EVE SUIT “"Yes, I'll do my best," she replied, catching her breath. She grew calm rapidly as he tried to reassure Lottie, telling her that water from the rising of the tide had overflowed th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | FOUND YET LOST — E.P. Roe |
FOUND YET LOST “"A far worse one than you can even imagine. Captain Nichol wouldn't know you. His memory was destroyed at the time of the injury. All before that is gone utterly;" and Martine rapi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | JEFF'S TREASURE — E.P. Roe |
JEFF'S TREASURE “On the further slope were the same sad evidences of poor mortality, graves here and there and often all too shallow, broken muskets, bullet perforated canteens and torn knapsacks--…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | Miss Lou — E.P. Roe |
Miss Lou “Miss Lou left consternation, confusion and deep anxiety below stairs. Mad Whately had his own code of ethics, and he felt as if he had committed the unpardonable sin. His mother wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | QUEEN OF SPADES — E.P. Roe |
QUEEN OF SPADES “"Queen it, did you say?" cried Sue, in great spirits. "Well, then, I shall be queen of spades. Get 'em, and come with me. Bring a pickaxe, too." She led the way to a point not far …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | SUSIE ROLLIFFE'S CHRISTMAS — E.P. Roe |
SUSIE ROLLIFFE'S CHRISTMAS “"He'll be putting on veteran airs, telling big stories of what he's going to do when soldiers are wanted, and drilling such fools as believe in him. Young gals are often taken by s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | THREE THANKSGIVING KISSES — E.P. Roe |
THREE THANKSGIVING KISSES “"I do assure you, madam," he urged, "it is all a mistake. I am not an invited guest. I was merely calling on a little matter of business, when--" and there he stopped. George explo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | Taken Alive — E.P. Roe |
Taken Alive “I had scarcely begun to enjoy much-needed rest before the Confederates came up in the darkness and shelled us out of such quarters as we had found. We had to leave our boiling coff…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | AN UNEXPECTED RESULT — E.P. Roe |
AN UNEXPECTED RESULT “Even prejudiced Ackland, as he saw her occasionally on the following day, was compelled to admit that she was more than pretty. Her features were neither regular nor faultless. Her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | An Original Belle — E. P. Roe |
An Original Belle “As a rule he was too healthful, too well organized and indolent, to be easily irritated, while in serious matters he had not been crossed. She knew enough of life to be aware that …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | Without a Home — E.P. Roe |
Without a Home “It may well be doubted if the light of Christmas day dawned on a sadder household than that which was sheltered in the old mansion. Worn and exhausted to the last degree, and yet s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | What Can She Do? — E.P. Roe |
What Can She Do? “"Why, you poor child," she said to Edith, turning her round before the light, "you're half drowned. You must have something hot right away, or you'll take your death o' cold," and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | From Jest to Earnest — E.P. Roe |
From Jest to Earnest “"Very dimly indeed," laughed Harcourt. "Still,--now that our necks are safe, thanks to Mr. Hemstead, I'm glad I went. Human nature lies on the surface out at Scrub Oaks, and one ca…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | A Day Of Fate — E.P. Roe |
A Day Of Fate “"They are in more of a hurry than I am. I don't like to do anything in a hurry, least of all to eat my dinner. Now, why should these chickens, turkeys and ducks gobble everything r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | Success With Small Fruits — E. P. Roe |
Success With Small Fruits “As Mr. Durand well puts it, new varieties, to be of value, should produce berries that "measure from four to eight inches in circumference, of good form, color and flavor; very lar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | His Sombre Rivals — E.P. Roe |
His Sombre Rivals “"Yes, I know she is engaged to your friend, Warren Hilland. She came over in the dusk of last evening, and, sitting just where you are, told me all. I kept up. It was not for me to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century — E.P. Roe |
A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century “But while his action did suggest hope, it also contained elements of discouragement. She did not find fault with what he proposed to do, but with the spirit in which he was enterin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | Nature's Serial Story — E.P. Roe |
Nature's Serial Story “The clouded sky permitted only a cold gray light, in which everything stood out with wonderful distinctness. Even the dried weeds with their shrivelled seed-vessels were sharply de…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | Opening a Chestnut Burr — E.P. Roe |
Opening a Chestnut Burr “But Miss Walton reminded him of a young sugar maple that he had noticed, all aflame, from his window that morning, so rich and high was her color, as, still intent upon the thickly…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | Barriers Burned Away — E.P. Roe |
Barriers Burned Away “"Certainly not! I would come early in the morning, before art-customers are stirring. I really should enjoy the task greatly, if I had any one to help me who could in some faint de…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E.P. Roe | The Earth Trembled — E.P. Roe |
The Earth Trembled “Then Clancy remarked lightly, "We had our share of disaster in the last August's cyclone. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place. The jar of Friday was only a little symp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes “Years had passed away, and the death of the Roman boy, amidst more noble and less excusable slaughter, was soon forgotten, - forgotten almost by the parents of the slain, in the gr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | The Last Days of Pompei — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
The Last Days of Pompei “Around the east, thin mists caught gradually the rosy hues that heralded the morning; Light was about to resume her reign. Yet, still, dark and massive in the distance, lay the bro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Pelham; Or, The Adventures Of A Gentleman — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Pelham; Or, The Adventures Of A Gentleman “Generally held to be Lytton's finest work. Hey, if your words were constantly being mocked by no less a creature than Snoopy the cartoon dog, you'd need every little help you could…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | The Caxtons — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
The Caxtons “"Mr. Caxton, I honor you," said Squills, emphatically, jumping up, and spilling half a tumblerful of scalding punch over my father's legs. "You have a heart, sir; and I understand …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Devereux — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Devereux “However, we did not fight any more: we avoided each other, and at last became as civil and as distant as those mathematical lines which appear to be taking all possible pains to ap…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | The Disowned — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
The Disowned “"Ten thousand devils!" muttered Crauford, as he turned away; "I should have foreseen this! He is lost now. Of course he will again change his name; and in the d--d holes and corner…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Ernest Maltravers — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Ernest Maltravers “The wheels stopped again. Lights flitted across the basement story; and one above, more dim than the rest, shone palely from the room in which the sick man slept. The bell rang shr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Kenelm Chillingly — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Kenelm Chillingly “Full title: KENELM CHILLINGLY HIS ADVENTURES AND OPINIONS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | What Will He Do With It — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
What Will He Do With It “"Ah, ah!" growled Merle from below, "he has got the money! Glad to hear it. But," he added, as he glanced at sundry weird and astrological symbols with which he had been diverting …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Harold, The Last Of The Saxon Kings — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Harold, The Last Of The Saxon Kings “True Hero of the North, true darling of War and of Song, was Harold Hardrada! At the terrible battle of Stiklestad, at which his brother, St. Olave, had fallen, he was but fifteen …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Lucretia — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Lucretia “But with fear itself came a strange excitement of pleasure,--to grapple, if necessary, he a mere child, with such a man! His heart swelled at the thought. So at last he fell asleep…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | My Novel — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
My Novel “But the bland Italian followed his guest to the wicket, where Frank had left the pony. The young gentleman, afraid lest so courteous a host should hold the stirrup for him, twitche…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Last Of The Barons — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Last Of The Barons “The position of the king-maker was, to a superficial observer, such as might gratify to the utmost the ambition and the pride of man. He had driven from the land one of the most go…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | A Strange Story — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
A Strange Story “So we passed under the boughs of the dark tree, and Lilian left me and kissed Mrs. Ashleigh's cheek; then, seating herself on the turf, laid her head on her mother's lap. I looked …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Paul Clifford — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Paul Clifford “I thought I saw Jack Ketch at my heels. My horse threw me at a hedge, and I broke my collar-bone. In the confinement that ensued gloomy ideas floated before me. I did not like to b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Godolphin — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Godolphin “Oh! if men could but dream of what a proud woman endures in those caresses which humble her, they would not wonder why proud women are so difficult to subdue. This is a matter on w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Falkland — Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Falkland “Living, then, much by myself, but reflecting much upon the world, I learned to love mankind. Philanthropy brought ambition; for I was ambitious, not for my own aggrandisement, but …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eleanor H Porter | Pollyanna — Eleanor H Porter |
Pollyanna “"Nancy," she said a few minutes later, at the kitchen door, "I found a fly up-stairs in Miss Pollyanna's room. The window must have been raised at some time. I have ordered screens…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eleanor H Porter | Miss Billie's Decision — Eleanor H Porter |
Miss Billie's Decision “Billy turned and cast searching eyes about the room--Billy always kept shawls everywhere for Aunt Hannah's shoulders and feet. Bertram had been known to say, indeed, that a room, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eleanor H Porter | Just David — Eleanor H Porter |
Just David “And David, after another moment's wistful eyeing of the caressing fingers, turned about and wandered out onto the side porch. A minute later, having seated himself on the porch ste…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eleanor H Porter | Miss Billy — Married |
Miss Billy “BILLY did not leave the Strata this time. Before twenty-four hours had passed, the last cherished fragment of Mr. William Henshaw's possessions had been carefully carried down the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eleanor H Porter | Mary Marie — Eleanor H Porter |
Mary Marie “Father calls me Mary. Mother calls me Marie. Everybody else calls me Mary Marie. The rest of my name is Anderson. I'm thirteen years old, and I'm a cross-current and a contradictio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Cranford — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Cranford Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Mary Barton — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Mary Barton “Sure, it was the basis for a Julia Roberts movie. But that's hardly Gaskell's fault. Masterpiece of Manchester.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | A Dark Night's Work — Elizabeth Gaskell |
A Dark Night's Work “One of Gaskell's biggest fans -- a Japanese scholar -- has converted many of her works. But he uses double-secret HTML to prove he's the one done it.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Half a Life-Time Ago — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Half a Life-Time Ago “Susan and Michael were to be married in April. He had already gone to take possession of his new farm, three or four miles away from Yew Nook--but that is neighbouring, according t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Moorland Cottage — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Moorland Cottage “After he was gone, there came a November of the most dreary and characteristic kind. There was incessant rain, and closing-in mists, without a gleam of sunshine to light up the dro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Deserted Mansion — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Deserted Mansion “""So you thought I was so silly, did you? But I double-locked it, and threw the key out of the window; and perhaps you may spy it out in the moonshine you're so fond of admiring," …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Fear for the Future — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Fear for the Future “I know it was so in my case. My wife was a slender young thing of seventeen when I first made her acquaintance. What nonsense we used to talk in the moonlight, leaning out on the b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Some Passages from the History of the Chomley Family — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Some Passages from the History of the Chomley Family “He had, moreover, "a most incomparable sweet breath insomuch as many times it might have been thought it had carried a perfume or sweet odoriferous smell with it. The hair of his h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Sexton's Hero — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Sexton's Hero “Aforetime I had stood by, admiring to see him, how he leapt, and what a quoiter and cricketer he was. And now I ground my teeth with hatred whene're he did a thing which caught my …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Shams — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Shams “Some of them are shams likewise, but who made them so? Imagination pictures bright, tender, loving beings, all softness, gentle ways, and flowing drapery, and behold instead thereo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | A Visit To Eton — Elizabeth Gaskell |
A Visit To Eton “"Your objections to fagging, my dear F -- -- , arise from your not clearly understanding the aim and object of the system. It is one of the wholesome regulations of a public school…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Uncle Peter — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Uncle Peter “"Uncle," he said, you know me, and you know that I have not, that I never had one mercenary thought about your wealth; you know that my fault is to look forward too little in such …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Cage at Cranford — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Cage at Cranford “We talked of the new cap all day; what gowns it would suit; whether a certain bow was not rather too coquettish for a woman of Miss Pole's age. 'No longer young,' as she called her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | My Lady Ludlow — Elizabeth Gaskell |
My Lady Ludlow “Before I had seen the background of a great lady's life, I had thought it all play and fine doings. But whatever other grand people are, my lady was never idle. For one thing, she …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Lizzie Leigh — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Lizzie Leigh “He thought about her a great deal for the next day or two; he scolded himself for being so foolish as to think of her, and then fell to with fresh vigour, and thought of her more t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Manchester Marriage — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Manchester Marriage “Alice stood still in perplexed wonder. What did he mean? He had resumed the reading of his newspaper, as if he did not expect any answer; so she found silence her safest course, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Libbie Marsh's Three Eras — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Libbie Marsh's Three Eras “She recalled his question, the whispered question, to her, in the happiest part of the day. He asked Libbie, 'Is Dunham like heaven? the people here are as kind as angels, and I do…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Poor Clare — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Poor Clare “She rose from her scat, and came and clutched at my arm and looked in my eyes. There she read, as I suppose, my utter ignorance of what had become of her child; for she went blindl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Squire's Story — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Squire's Story “With every encouragement of this kind from the old Squire, it took everybody rather by surprise when, one morning, it was discovered that Miss Catherine Hearn was missing; and when…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Sylvia's Lovers — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Sylvia's Lovers “'I can't help it,' said Sylvia, half inclined to cry at his manner even more than his words. 'When folk are glad I can't help being glad too, and I just put out my hand, and she pu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Wives and Daughters — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Wives and Daughters “Miss Eyre listened in silence, perplexed but determined to be obedient to the directions of the doctor, whose kindness she and her family had good cause to know. She made strong te…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Cousin Phillis — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Cousin Phillis “'I wish the minister had been within,' said his wife, rising too. Secretly I was very glad he was not. I did not take kindly to ministers in those days, and I thought he must be a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Mr. Harrison's Confessions — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Mr. Harrison's Confessions “'"I'm glad to hear it, sir," he answered, "very glad. It requires some explanation, however. Mrs. Rose has been congratulated, and has acknowledged the truth of the report. It is c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Right at Last — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Right at Last “The charwoman now appeared at the door with her pail of hot water. Margaret looked into her face, as if to read guilt or innocence. She was a protegee of Christie's, who was not ap…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Six Weeks at Heppenheim — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Six Weeks at Heppenheim “'That has never been our way in Germany. There are people employed by the Government to examine the vines, and report when the grapes are ripe. It is necessary to make laws about i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Christmas Storms and Sunshine — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Christmas Storms and Sunshine “She was interrupted -- her baby (I call him a baby, because his father and mother did, and because he was so little of his age, but I rather think he was eighteen months old) had f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Cranford — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Cranford “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Zola | The Death of Olivier Becaille — Emile Zola |
The Death of Olivier Becaille “It was on a Saturday, at six in the morning, that I died after a three days' illness...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Zola | The Miller's Daughter — Emile Zola |
The Miller's Daughter “At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill. Pere Merlier opened the door of Francoise's chamber. She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm. But there she could not repres…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Zola | Nana — Emile Zola |
Nana “Ever since this morning people have been dreeing me with Nana. I've met more than twenty people, and it's Nana here and Nana there! What do I know? Am I acquainted with all the lig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Zola | Captain Burle — Emile Zola |
Captain Burle “... What! Burle, Colonel Burle's son, condemned for theft! That cannot be! I would sooner burn down the town. Now, thunder and lightning, don't worry; it is far more annoying for m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Emile Zola | The Fortune of the Rougons — Emile Zola |
The Fortune of the Rougons “She made no reply; but he realised that she was staggering. He thereupon handed the flag to one of the other insurgents and quitted the ranks, almost carrying the girl in his arms.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank R Stockton | The Magic Egg and Other Stories — Frank R Stockton |
The Magic Egg and Other Stories “"Let us read the story again," she said, "and see what is the matter with it." When we had finished its perusal, Hypatia remarked: "It is quite as good as many of the stories you h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank R Stockton | The Lady, Or the Tiger? — Frank R Stockton |
The Lady, Or the Tiger? “My recollection is he wrote a sequel to this one -- but I can't seem to find it.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank R Stockton | Euphemia Among the Pelicans — Frank R Stockton |
Euphemia Among the Pelicans “Our second night on the river was tinged with incident. We had come to anchor near a small settlement, and our craft had been moored to a rude wharf. About the middle of the night …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank R Stockton | The Christmas Wreck — Frank R Stockton |
The Christmas Wreck “"As I said afore, Tom was second mate, an' I was bo's'n. Says I to Tom, `The thing we've got to do is to put up some kind of a spar with a rag on it fur a distress flag, so that we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank R Stockton | The Griffin and the Minor Canon — Frank R Stockton |
The Griffin and the Minor Canon “"That will suit me very well," said the Griffin. "I see you are a man of good sense. I am tired, and I will take a nap here on this soft grass, while I cool my tail in the little s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank R Stockton | Love Before Breakfast — Frank R Stockton |
Love Before Breakfast “I would do anything to make them definitely decide to take the place before they left me. I trembled to think of her going elsewhere and giving other householders a chance to tempt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank R Stockton | A Piece of Red Calico — Frank R Stockton |
A Piece of Red Calico “I turned on my heel, descended in the elevator, and went out on Broadway. I was thoroughly sick of red calico. But I determined to make one more trial. My wife had bought her red c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank R Stockton | My Unwilling Neighbor — Frank R Stockton |
My Unwilling Neighbor “It was not long before I perceived that the slanting of my bed was becoming less and less, and also I was quite sure that the house was moving more slowly. Then the crackings and s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank R Stockton | The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine — Frank R Stockton |
The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine “We, however, were not so fortunate, for we remained on this island for more than a month. During this time but one ship touched there, and she was western bound and of no use to us…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank R Stockton | Captain Eli's Best Ear — Stockton |
Captain Eli's Best Ear “But now the heart of Captain Eli was gently moved by a Christmas flutter. It had been foolish, perhaps, for him to go up to the store at such a time as this, but the mischief had b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Frank R Stockton | The Widow's Cruise — Stockton |
The Widow's Cruise “"Now you both know, being housekeepers, that if you take a needle and drive it into a hunk of ice you can split it. The captain had a sail-needle with him, and so he drove it into …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Serge Panine, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Serge Panine, v1 “On reaching Paris, Pierre Delarue experienced a strange feeling. In his feverish haste he longed for the swiftness of electricity to bring him near Micheline. As soon as he arrived…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Serge Panine, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Serge Panine, v2 “Thank heaven! she was about to leave. Travelling, and the sight of strange places other than those where she had lived near Serge, would draw her attention from the persecution she…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Serge Panine, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Serge Panine, v3 “Thus, Herzog was projecting a still grander scheme to be based on the European Credit. Cayrol, less sanguine, and more practical, was afraid of the new scheme, and when Herzog spok…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Serge Panine, v4 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Serge Panine, v4 “The night seemed long to Madame Desvarennes. Agitated and feverish, she listened through the silence, expecting every moment to hear some fearful news. In fancy she saw Cayrol ente…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Serge Panine, complete — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Serge Panine, complete “The full text of Georges Ohnet's work.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Red Lily, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Red Lily, v1 “The reminiscence of this little path where she walked alone moved him, troubled him, made him live again the enchanted hours of his first desires and hopes. He tried to find her ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Red Lily, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Red Lily, v2 “And now, in the intoxication of her visions, she forgot the care of the day before, the importunate letters, the distant reproaches, and thought of nothing in the world but cloiste…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Red Lily, v3 — Anatole France |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Red Lily, v3 “After her return to Paris, for six weeks Therese lived in the ardent half sleep of happiness, and prolonged delightfully her thoughtless dream. She went to see Jacques every day in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Red Lily, Complete — French_Academy |
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 | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, v1 — Gustave Droz |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, v1 “I had, in this dream, the honor to belong, as senior curate, to one of the most frequented parish churches in Paris. What could be more ridiculous! I was, moreover, respectably sto…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, v2 “Toward midnight mamma made a sign to me with her eyes, and under cover of a lively waltz we slipped out of the drawing-room. In the hall the servants, who were passing to and fro, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, v3 “When the baby reaches three or four years of age, when his sex shows itself in his actions, his tastes and his eyes, when he smashes his wooden horses, cuts open his drums, blows t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Entire “Don't say that it is not pretty," added my aunt, brushing the firedog with the tip of her tiny boot. "It lends an especial charm to the look, I must acknowledge. A cloud of powder …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Prince Zilah, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Prince Zilah, v1 “In the old castle, with towers painted red in the ancient fashion, where he was born and had grown up, Andras, like all the males of his family and his country, had been imbued wit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Prince Zilah, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Prince Zilah, v2 “Was Michel Menko indeed dead? We left him just as he was turning the key in the little gate in the wall. He walked in boldly, and followed a path leading to an open space where was…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Prince Zilah, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Prince Zilah, v3 “His wife! Yes, the beautiful Tzigana he had met at Baroness Dinati's was now his wife! He could punish or pardon. But he had punished, since he had inflicted upon her that living d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Prince Zilah, complete — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Prince Zilah, complete “The novel is credited to Jules Claretie.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Zibeline, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Zibeline, v1 “"Listen to this!" And he read aloud: "'General Order: An expedition corps, composed of two divisions of infantry, under the command of General Forey, is in process of forming, in o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Zibeline, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Zibeline, v2 “When this plan was originated, that particular corner was called "the infernal box," but the name has fallen into desuetude since the dedication of the fine monument of M. Gamier. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Zibeline, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Zibeline, v3 “A cylindrical hat, a little straight or turned-over collar, a cravat tied in a sailor's knot, a gardenia in the buttonhole, long trousers and varnished boots completed the dress of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Zibeline, complete — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy, Zibeline, complete “Novel by Phillipe de Masa.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Woodland Queen, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Woodland Queen, v1 “"Yes; and a marvellous good shot," interrupted the justice. "I recognize all that; but even if he had a hundred other good qualities, the grand chasserot, as they call him here, wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Woodland Queen, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Woodland Queen, v2 “So he shut himself up again in his solitude, with one more illusion destroyed. He asked himself, and his heart became heavy at the thought, whether, in course of time, he also woul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Woodland Queen, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Woodland Queen, v3 “Under these conditions it is not to be supposed he was in a mood to relate any of the details of such meagre lovemaking. His self-love was wounded by Reine's coldness. Having alway…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Woodland Queen, Entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Woodland Queen, Entire “The complete text, by Andre Theuriet.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Confessions of A Child of a Century, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Confessions of A Child of a Century, v1 “There remained then the present, the spirit of the time, angel of the dawn which is neither night nor day; they found him seated on a lime-sack filled with bones, clad in the mantl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Confessions of A Child of a Century, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Confessions of A Child of a Century, v2 “I have now to recount what happened to my love, and the change that took place in me. What reason can I give for it? None, except as I repeat the story and as I say: "It is the tru…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Confessions of A Child of a Century, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Confessions of A Child of a Century, v3 “What obstacle was this that had so suddenly come between us and the realization of our fondest hopes? If it was merely some ordinary event or even an actual misfortune, such as an …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Confessions of A Child of a Century, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Confessions of A Child of a Century, entire “The complete tale, by Alfred de Musset.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur de Camors, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur de Camors, v1 “Instead of leaving him a fortune, he left him only embarrassments, for he was three fourths ruined. The disorder of his affairs had begun a long time before, and it was to repair t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur de Camors, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur de Camors, v2 “But there exists, nevertheless, in this code one article, as to which M. de Camors could not deceive himself, and it was that which forbade his attempting to assail the honor of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur de Camors, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur de Camors, v3 “She loved him because he was her only hope of human happiness hereafter. She loved him because she found him as beautiful as the day. And it was true he was so; for he resembled hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur de Camors, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Monsieur de Camors, entire “The complete text by Octave Feuillet.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v1 “The reign of which we are about to paint a few years--a reign of feebleness, which was like an eclipse of the crown between the splendors of Henri IV and those of Louis le Grand--a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v2 “Behold the Mediterranean, not far distant, washing with its blue waters the sandy shores. Penetrate into that city resembling Athens; and to find him who reigns there, follow that …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v3 “In order to appear before the King, Cinq-Mars had been compelled to mount the charger of one of the light horse, wounded in the affair, having lost his own at the foot of the rampa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v4 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v4 “Two years! what changes may they not have upon men, upon their families, and, above all, in that great and so troublous family of nations, whose long alliances a single day suffice…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v5 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v5 “"Yes, it would have been better. I intended to have said nothing to you on the subject. It was a painful task to keep silence; but hitherto I have succeeded. I wished to have condu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v6 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, v6 “The archbishops of Lyons, as the temporal lords of the city, had built and formerly resided in this castle. It afterward became a fortress, and during the reign of Louis XIII a Sta…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cinq Mars, entire “The complete text, by Alfred de Vigny…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: L'Abbe Constantin, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: L'Abbe Constantin, v1 “This vicarage of Longueval was far from being a palace. The same apartment on the ground floor served for dining and drawing-room, communicating directly with the kitchen by a door…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: L'Abbe Constantin, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: L'Abbe Constantin, v2 “Those times are no more. Other countries still have their frontiers; there are now none to France. Paris has become an immense Babel, a universal and international city. Foreigners…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: L'Abbe Constantin, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: L'Abbe Constantin, v3 “Jean is no longer tranquil; Jean is no longer happy. He sees approach with impatience, and at the same time with terror, the moment of his departure. With impatience--for he suffer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: L'Abbe Constantin, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: L'Abbe Constantin, entire “The complete text by Ludovic Halevy.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Romance of Youth, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Romance of Youth, v1 “The quarter had not changed, and it still had the appearance of a suburban faubourg. They had just erected, within gunshot of the house where the Violettes and Gerards lived, a lar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Romance of Youth, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Romance of Youth, v2 “The young man's gayety left him suddenly when he looked at his father, who had seated himself on the side of the bed. He had become almost frightful to look at; old before his time…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Romance of Youth, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Romance of Youth, v3 “This emotion, let it be understood, did not exist except among the literary men. The politicians disdained poets and poetry, and did not trouble them selves over such commonplace m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Romance of Youth, v4 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Romance of Youth, v4 “Truly this National Guard did not make a bad appearance. They were a trifle awkward, perhaps, in their dark-blue hooded cloaks, with their tin-plate buttons, and armed with breech-…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Romance of Youth, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: A Romance of Youth, entire “The complete text by Francois Coppee.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cosmopolis, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cosmopolis, v1 “There is an intelligent man, who never questions his ideas, " said Dorsenne to himself, when the Marquis had left him. "He is like the Socialists. What vigor of mind in that old wo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cosmopolis, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cosmopolis, v2 “Dorsenne was, on formulating that fantastic thought, upon the point of retiring. He took up, as was his habit, one of the books on his table, in order to read a few pages, when onc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cosmopolis, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cosmopolis, v3 “It was almost six o'clock before Maud Gorka really regained consciousness. A very common occurrence aroused her from the somnambulism of suffering in which she had wandered for two…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cosmopolis, v4 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cosmopolis, v4 “Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cosmopolis, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Cosmopolis, entire “The complete text, by Paul Bourget.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Jacqueline, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Jacqueline, v1 “In all other ways Madame de Nailles did her best to assist in the success of the surprise. On the second of June, the eve of Ste.-Clotilde's day, she went out, leaving every opport…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Jacqueline, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Jacqueline, v2 “Time, whatever may be said of it by the calendars, is not to be measured by days, weeks, and months in all cases; expectation, hope, happiness and grief have very different ways of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Jacqueline, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Jacqueline, v3 “Rubbing his hands affably, he came into the little parlor where Madame de Talbrun was waiting for him. There was probably no ecclesiastic in all Paris who had a salon so full of wo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Jacqueline, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Jacqueline, entire “The complete text, by Therese Bentzon.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Ink-Stain, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Ink-Stain, v1 “I still believe that there are scattered up and down in nature voices that speak, but which few hear; just as there are millions of flowers that bloom unseen by man. It is sad for …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Ink-Stain, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Ink-Stain, v2 “Still, Law has had her revenge. Abandoned at Bourges, she has recaptured me at Paris, for a time. I realized that it was impossible for me to live on an income of fourteen hundred …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Ink-Stain, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Ink-Stain, v3 “I was watching Lampron, who was plainly angered at this brusque introduction. He left the chair which he had begun to push forward, let it stand in the middle of the studio, and we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Ink-Stain, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Ink-Stain, entire “The complete text, by Rene Bazin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, v1 “Cousin Georges, whose guardian M. Fromont was, had entered college some time before. Claire in her turn took her departure for the convent with the outfit of a little queen; and at…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, v2 “Celibates both, they were bound together by an equal hatred of marriage. The sister abhorred all men, the brother looked upon all women with suspicion; but they adored each other, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, v3 “The doctors declare that she is dying of pneumonia; she must have contracted it in her wet clothes. The doctors are mistaken; it is not pneumonia. Is it her love, then, that is kil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, v4 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, v4 “It was broad daylight when Fromont Jeune awoke. All night long, between the drama that was being enacted below him and the festivity in joyous progress above, he slept with clenche…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Fromont and Risler, entire “The complete text by Alphonse Daudet.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Gerfaut, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Gerfaut, v1 “Madame de Bergenheim had one of those faces which other women would call not at all remarkable, but which intelligent men ardently admire. At the first glance she seemed hardly pre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Gerfaut, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Gerfaut, v2 “"The open volcano beneath our feet," continued Marillac, who still stuck to his point, "warned us by deep rumblings of the hot lava which was about to gush forth. The excitement of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Gerfaut, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Gerfaut, v3 “For several days, Gerfaut followed, with unrelenting perseverance, the plan which he had mapped out in that eventful night. The most exacting woman could but appear satisfied with …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Gerfaut, v4 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Gerfaut, v4 “"I swear to you, Monsieur," said Octave, with increasing emotion, "that she is above all seduction and should be sheltered from all insult; I swear to you--What oath can I take tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Gerfaut, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Gerfaut, entire “The complete text, by Charles de Bernard.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Conscience, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Conscience, v1 “Behold my situation! I am desperate because there is no one to whom I can apply; those whom I have asked for money have not listened to me; I have told you that I have no relatives…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Conscience, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Conscience, v2 “His first thought was to endeavor to explain to himself how he felt, and he found that it was an immense relief; something, doubtless, analogous to the returning to life after bein…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Conscience, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Conscience, v3 “He had not a second of doubt; Madame Dammauville did not wish a professional visit from him. She wished to speak to him of Caffie, and, in the coming crisis, he said to himself tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Conscience, v4 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Conscience, v4 “Decidedly, to make others happy was the best thing in the world, and as long as one could have this satisfaction there was no fear of being unhappy. To create an atmosphere of happ…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Conscience, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Conscience, entire “The complete text, by Hector Malot.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Madame Chrysantheme, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Madame Chrysantheme, v1 “Nagasaki, as yet unseen, must be at the extremity of this long and peculiar bay. All around us was exquisitely green. The strong sea- breeze had suddenly fallen, and was succeeded …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Madame Chrysantheme, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Madame Chrysantheme, v2 “She was quite young, rather fat, and fairly pretty, and she strummed her guitar and sang, rolling her eyes fiercely, like a virtuoso executing feats of difficulty. She lowered her …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Madame Chrysantheme, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Madame Chrysantheme, v3 “For my part, I have not the least idea of giving them a cold reception; on the contrary, the meeting amuses me. It even strikes me that it is rather pretty of Chrysantheme to come …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Madame Chrysantheme, v4 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Madame Chrysantheme, v4 “Mingled with the song is a noise I can not understand: Chink! chink! a clear metallic ring as of coins flung vigorously on the floor. I am well aware that this vibrating house exag…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Madame Chrysantheme, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: Madame Chrysantheme, entire “The complete text, by Pierre Loti.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: An Attic Philosopher, v1 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: An Attic Philosopher, v1 “All the enjoyment of my walk was gone; I left off looking about me, and retired into my own heart. The animated and moving sight in the streets gave place to inward meditation upon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: An Attic Philosopher, v2 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: An Attic Philosopher, v2 “Whether it is that the countrywoman saw in this act a determination to escape her claims, or that she was blinded by passion, I cannot say; but she rushed into the next room, where…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: An Attic Philosopher, v3 — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: An Attic Philosopher, v3 “I remained for some time lost in the sort of insensibility belonging to a first sleep; at last some vague and broken sensations came over me. It seemed to me that the day grew dark…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: An Attic Philosopher, entire — French_Academy |
Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: An Attic Philosopher, entire “The complete text, by Emile Souvestre.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Frederic and Bernerette — Alfred de Musset |
Frederic and Bernerette “In the midst of her disorder and tears, she told Frederic what she had always tried to hide from him. Her father was a carpenter and very poor and, after having horribly maltreated…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | MARGOT — Alfred de Musset |
MARGOT “Two unexpected events, the one ridiculous, the other serious, occurred almost at the same time. Gaston was one morning trying a horse, he had just purchased, in the avenue leading …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| French_Academy | Tizianello — Alfred de Musset |
Tizianello “Pippo looked at her with such admiration that he was incapable of speaking. Whatever the circumstances, it is impossible to see a perfectly beautiful woman without astonishment and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Friedrich de la Motte Fouque | Undine — Friedrich de la Motte Fouque |
Undine “No other proof can I or will I produce, but this I will affirm in the presence of God. The person who gave me this information was the very same who decoyed the infant Bertalda int…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Friedrich de la Motte Fouque | Sintram and His Companions — Friedrich de la Motte Fouque |
Sintram and His Companions “An illness followed this sudden attack; and during the course of it the stout old knight, in the midst of his delirious ravings, did not cease to affirm confidently that he must an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Friedrich de la Motte Fouque | Aslauga's Knight — Friedrich de la Motte Fouque |
Aslauga's Knight “At length the day fixed for the tournament arrived, and a distinguished noble, appointed by the German emperor, arranged all things in the most magnificent and sumptuous guise for …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | Silas Marner — George Eliot |
Silas Marner “But while opinion concerning him had remained nearly stationary, and his daily habits had presented scarcely any visible change, Marner's inward life had been a history and a metam…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | The Mill on the Floss — George Eliot |
The Mill on the Floss “`WHAT I want, you know,' said Mr Tulliver, `what I want, is to give Tom a good eddication: an eddication as'll be a bread to him. That was what I was thinking on when I gave notice…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | Brother Jacob — George Eliot |
Brother Jacob “Among the many fatalities attending the bloom of young desire, that of blindly taking to the confectionery line has not, perhaps, been sufficiently considered.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | The Lifted Veil — George Eliot |
The Lifted Veil “I have lately been subject to attacks of angina pectoris; and in the ordinary course of things, my physician tells me, I may fairly hope that my life will not be protracted many mo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | Middlemarch — George Eliot |
Middlemarch “Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress. Her hand and wrist were so finely formed that she could wear sleeves not less bare of style …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | Adam Bede — George Eliot |
Adam Bede “The exciting influence of the previous day, heightened at last by Dinah's unexpected presence, had not been counteracted by any bodily weariness, for he had not done his ordinary a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton — George Eliot |
The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton “But, my dear madam, it is so very large a majority of your fellow-countrymen that are of this insignificant stamp. At least eighty out of a hundred of your adult male fellow-Briton…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | Mr. Gilfil's Love Story — George Eliot |
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story “Even dirty Dame Fripp, who was a very rare church-goer, had been to Mrs Hackit to beg a bit of old crape, and with this sign of grief pinned on her little coal-scuttle bonnet, was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | Felix Holt, The Radical — George Eliot |
Felix Holt, The Radical “Felix Holt, when he entered, was not in an observant mood; and when, after seating himself, at the minister's invitation, near the little table which held the work-basket, he stare…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | Janet's Repentance — George Eliot |
Janet's Repentance “It is really surprising that young ladies should not be thought competent to the same curriculum as young gentlemen. I observe that their powers of sarcasm are quite equal; and if …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | Romola — George Eliot |
Romola “There was a rising sob in Romola's voice as she said the last words, which touched the fatherly fibre in Bardo. He stretched his hand upward a little in search of her golden hair, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | Daniel Deronda — George Eliot |
Daniel Deronda “Their eyes met, and Mordecai looked as much surprised as Deronda--neither in his surprise making any sign of recognition. But when Mordecai was seating himself at the end of the ta…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Eliot | Scenes of Clerical Life — George Eliot |
Scenes of Clerical Life “Many eyes were turned on Janet with a look of surprise as she walked up the aisle of Paddiford church. She felt a little tremor at the notice she knew she was exciting, but it was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft — George Gissing |
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft “I am busy with the hawkweeds; that is to say, I am learning to distinguish and to name as many as I can. For scientific classification I have little mind; it does not happen to fal…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | New Grub Street — George Gissing |
New Grub Street “And as to living up at the very top, why, there were distinct advantages--as so many people of moderate income are nowadays hastening to discover. The noise from the street was dim…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Capitalist — George Gissing |
A Capitalist “That evening our ramble led us into an enclosure where game was preserved. We had lost our way, and Ireton, scornful of objections, struck across country, making for a small planta…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Conversion — George Gissing |
A Conversion “He discharged it with wonderful zeal and success. A score of years spent among gamblers of every species, in many parts of the world, had rendered him familiar with all the refinem…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Beggar's Nurse — George Gissing |
The Beggar's Nurse “'They were dreadful often; creatures your mind could never form an idea of; much more like animals than human beings. But I didn't mean that. To begin with, I suffered most from ne…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Charming Family — George Gissing |
A Charming Family “'Oh, don't let that trouble you, dear Miss Shepperson,' cried the other gaily. 'In a family, so little difference is made by an extra person. I assure you it is a perfectly busines…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Christopherson — George Gissing |
Christopherson “We began to talk of the books on the stall, and turning away together continued our conversation. Christopherson was not only a well-bred but a very intelligent and even learned ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Comrades in Arms — George Gissing |
Comrades in Arms “'No. It wasn't quite certain -- all along. Two years ago she engaged herself to a man who was going out yonder -- a man of no means, and not quite up to her mark, I thought. (I mus…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Daughter of the Lodge — George Gissing |
A Daughter of the Lodge “So unwilling was May to disturb the habits of the family that, half an hour after her arrival, the homely three had fallen into a state of nervous agitation, and could neither say …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Day of Silence — George Gissing |
The Day of Silence “Solomon flung off his coat, and turned up the sleeves of his shirt. The basin, full of water, awaited him; he thrust his great head into it and made a slop over the floor. Thereat …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Elixir — George Gissing |
The Elixir “Holland was one of the last to arrive; a minute or two afterwards we had taken our seats at table, where I was glad to find that I had Orgreave for a neighbour. Just opposite was H…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Fate and the Apothecary — George Gissing |
Fate and the Apothecary “Of course, he had hired an errand-boy, and never had errand-boy so little legitimate occupation. Resolved not to pay him for nothing, Mr. Farmiloe kept him cleaning windows, washin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Firebrand — George Gissing |
The Firebrand “But about this time the local mind began to be occupied with a question which ultimately proved of national concern. Throughout the mining districts there was talk of an impending …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Fleet-Footed Hester — George Gissing |
Fleet-Footed Hester “For a space of two years John Rayner spoke not a word to the girl he loved, and in the meanwhile his circumstances underwent a notable change. First of all, owing to outrageous fit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Foolish Virgin — George Gissing |
The Foolish Virgin “Resolutely silent, Miss Jewell listened to a conversation the drift of which remained dark to her, until some one spoke the name 'Mr Cheeseman'; then it was with difficulty that sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Freak of Nature — George Gissing |
A Freak of Nature “Physically he was not a strong man, and for the last year or two he had been conscious of internal troubles which seemed to menace his mechanic health. A nervous disorder, perhaps;…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Free Woman — George Gissing |
A Free Woman “Once and again, very rarely, indeed, it happened that some acquaintance of hers 'took a place.' Charlotte felt such amazement at this proceeding that she could only turn away, star…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | At High Pressure — George Gissing |
At High Pressure “Miss Vassie's delight was to make herself the instructress, the spiritual guide, of young girls. Whenever she could gather two or three ingenuous, docile maidens, and speed about L…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The House of Cobwebs — George Gissing |
The House of Cobwebs “'It seems a great pity that houses should be standing empty like that. Are they quite uninhabitable? Couldn't one camp here during this fine summer weather? To tell you the truth, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Humplebee — George Gissing |
Humplebee “'My governor's going to make your fortune, Humpy!' cried Leonard. 'He told me so, and when he says a thing he means it. He's going to start you in business when you leave school; m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Fate of Humphrey Snell — George Gissing |
The Fate of Humphrey Snell “Thus might he have perished, but a kindly hand interposed. His relative in Essex, the market gardener, happened to come to town; he saw Humphrey, and in his private talk with him l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | In Honour Bound — George Gissing |
In Honour Bound “'Oh, I would take it at once if I had the least prospect of being able to live. But what is the use of settling down anywhere with thirty pounds? To write my book I need at least t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | In No-Man's Land — George Gissing |
In No-Man's Land “Cogswell desired to make himself agreeable, and had no difficulty in doing so. Presently he was talking with a cluster of people, suavely, facetiously; and though no one would repl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | An Inspiration — George Gissing |
An Inspiration “'Yes, I had a very good education at a private school -- a commercial school. You don't know Colchester? I went into the office of a woolstapler -- Cliffe was his name; our best fr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Invincible Curate — George Gissing |
The Invincible Curate “'Let us remember, dear, how much reason we have for thankfulness. Who could have imagined that Mrs. Riley -- excellent woman! -- would take entire charge of Harriet? I assure you, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Justice and the Vagabond — George Gissing |
The Justice and the Vagabond “'Generally working my passage, but not always. On land I've been a bit of everything. I'm a good carpenter -- you remember, I had the knack at school -- and I reckon myself no bad …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Last Half-Crown — George Gissing |
The Last Half-Crown “It was past noon, but to-day he had not broken his fast, and hunger was making him so faint that his weak frame staggered as he walked. The only means of satisfying it was to retur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Light on the Tower — George Gissing |
The Light on the Tower “By the wide circle of his friends, admirers, and hangers-on great things were expected of Fleetwood in Parliament. That he did nothing at all might be explained by the cruel fate w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Little Woman from Lancashire — George Gissing |
The Little Woman from Lancashire “Incredulity was general. No less than three of the company went straight to call upon Mrs. Jephson, whom they found in excellent health and spirits. About a dozen persons were in t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Lord Dunfield — George Gissing |
Lord Dunfield “Then came the day of Miss Filkins's marriage. Having been twitted on this subject by many of his old friends -- to whom he had spoken of the lady with premature confidence -- he re…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Lou and Liz — George Gissing |
Lou and Liz “Everything was fresh to them; even familiar posters acquired a new interest seen in the light of holiday. A wrestling lion and a boxing kangaroo, large and vivid on hoardings by th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Medicine Man — George Gissing |
The Medicine Man “There was no hospital less than a mile away a fact not disregarded by Dr. Bobbett when he chose the locality of his practice. For an ordinary consultation, with medicine, he charge…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | An Old Maid's Triumph — George Gissing |
An Old Maid's Triumph “And the life history which explained this great achievement. Miss Hurst could not have written it; she possessed neither the faculty nor the self-esteem needful for such a work; bu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | One Way of Happiness — George Gissing |
One Way of Happiness “At house after house they tried, not, of course, with a view of the sea or anywhere near it; the highways and byways along which they trudged might well have been part of some Lond…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Our Mr. Jupp — George Gissing |
Our Mr. Jupp “One other person there was who had a decided opinion as to John Jupp's domestic behaviour. Martha Pimm knew the family through having lodged in the same house with them some years …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Out of the Fashion — George Gissing |
Out of the Fashion “Then Claxton received at the hands of destiny his second chance. He was enabled, and encouraged by Mary, to begin business on his own account. He looked up once more, recovered the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Parent's Feelings — George Gissing |
A Parent's Feelings “At nine years old, Sue Snickers began to resent the humiliating discipline of school. She by no means deemed herself a child, and was proudly conscious of having learnt many things…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Pig and the Whitle — George Gissing |
The Pig and the Whitle “Well, one July afternoon, when the summer vacation drew near, the under-master perspired up the sunny road with another object than that of refreshing himself at the familiar littl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Poet's Portmanteau — George Gissing |
The Poet's Portmanteau “She had strongly affected his imagination. As he walked towards Westminster, new rhymes and rhythms sang within him to the roaring music of the street. The Devon hermitage was a fa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Poor Gentleman — George Gissing |
A Poor Gentleman “Mrs Weare laughed. 'The very man! When I was a little girl he used to make all sorts of pretty things for me with his fret-saw; and when I grew old enough, he instructed me in the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Pretty Ways — George Gissing |
The Pretty Ways “Had matters ended thus, it had been well. But on learning that she must go into a small house, whilst her rival would henceforth occupy the whole of this 'desirable residence,' Mrs…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Prize Lodger — George Gissing |
The Prize Lodger “Mrs. Elderfield, a widow, aged three-and-thirty, with one little girl, was but a casual resident in Islington; she knew nothing of Mr. Jordan, and made no inquiries about him. Stro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Profitable Weakness — George Gissing |
A Profitable Weakness “All unskilled in the matter, he now felt his doubts irresistibly confirmed; these small things seemed to him decidedly commonplace. Another might have suffered embarrassment; not s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Raw Material — George Gissing |
Raw Material “It began to be borne in upon Mrs. Pool that Minnie sometimes varied from the truth. A few days more, and she seriously doubted whether the girl ever uttered a veracious word. In he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Riding-Whip — George Gissing |
The Riding-Whip “They had a general acquaintance with each other's domestic affairs. Both were widowers; both lived alone. Mr. Daffy's son was married, and dwelt in London; the same formula applied…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Miss Rodney's Leisure — George Gissing |
Miss Rodney's Leisure “There was quiet for an hour or more. At something after midnight, when Miss Rodney had just finished writing half a dozen letters, there sounded a latch-key in the front door, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Salt of the Earth — George Gissing |
The Salt of the Earth “'Ah! I'm afraid it would make me late. - Oh, by the bye, Tom, I'm really ashamed - most awkward that this kind of thing happens so often, but - could you, do you think? - No, no; o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Scrupulous Father — George Gissing |
The Scrupulous Father “He had the flowers in his hand, their stems carefully protected by a piece of paper. For a moment Rose was incapable of replying; she looked at the speaker; she felt her cheeks bur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Song of Sixpence — George Gissing |
A Song of Sixpence “Followed gloom, decline, and squalor. Her husband drank; she did likewise. In a quarrel one night, she was thrown down the stairs, and so badly injured that one of her legs had to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Son of the Soil — George Gissing |
A Son of the Soil “It was eleven at night. They went together to a public-house, and while drinking at his friend's expense Bill bestowed upon the new-comer a great deal of advice and instruction. Fi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Topham's Chance — George Gissing |
Topham's Chance “'I dare say, Mr. Starkey, you're surprised to see how old I am. It seems strange to you, no doubt, that at my age I should be going to school.' He grasped his beard and laughed. 'W…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Tout of Yarmouth Bridge — George Gissing |
The Tout of Yarmouth Bridge “Serena, meanwhile, had come to a momentous resolve. She was afraid of scarlet fever; this very day she would quit her aunt's house and go over to Mrs. Kipper's. But, first of all, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Transplanted — George Gissing |
Transplanted “By the directions of his benefactress, he was abundantly fed, and such advantage did he take of this novel experience that, on the second day, he began to suffer from an alarming d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Two Collectors — George Gissing |
Two Collectors “Wormald shook his head, muttered a few indistinct remarks, and set out for the day's work. But not in his wonted frame of mind. Instead of making doggedly towards the first point i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Victim of Circumstances — George Gissing |
A Victim of Circumstances “In one sense Hilda Castledine did not underestimate her work; for the last year she had been conscious of great improvements, and at times it disappointed her that Horace seemed no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Well-Meaning Man — George Gissing |
A Well-Meaning Man “A week passed. Mr. Winter had been pretty fully occupied, almost always away from the office; it seemed to him that he was learning a good deal about public auctions, and his knowl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Born in Exile — George Gissing |
Born in Exile “With the growth of his militant egoism, there had developed in Godwin Peak an excess of nervous sensibility which threatened to deprive his character of the initiative rightly belo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Our Friend the Charlatan — George Gissing |
Our Friend the Charlatan “Naturally, Sir Spencer and Lady Ogram were not bidden to the wedding; in fact, they knew nothing about it until a couple of years after, when, on the birth to him of a son and heir…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | THE CROWN OF LIFE — George Gissing |
THE CROWN OF LIFE “Yet, before his marriage, he had lived, if anything, more laxly than the average man, and to his wife he had confessed (strange memory nowadays), that he owed to her a moral redemp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Demos — George Gissing |
Demos “Richard saw reason to deeply regret that the youth had been put to clerking in the first instance, and not rather trained for some handicraft, clerkships being about the least hope…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Denzil Quarrier — George Gissing |
Denzil Quarrier “Tobias Liversedge was a man of substance, but in domestic habits he followed the rule of the unpretentious middle-class. Breakfast at eight, dinner at one, tea at five, supper at n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Emancipated — George Gissing |
The Emancipated “A divine evening, softly warm, dim-glimmering. The dusty road ran on between white trunks of plane-trees; when the station and the houses near it were left behind, no other buildin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | EVE'S RANSOM — George Gissing |
EVE'S RANSOM “The next morning passed in restless debate with himself. He did not cross the way to call upon Eve: the thought of speaking with her on the doorstep of a lodging-house proved intol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY MAITLAND — MORLEY ROBERTS |
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY MAITLAND “As one goes on talking of him and considering his nature there are times when it seems amazing that he did not commit suicide and have done with it. Certainly there were days and s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | A Life's Morning — George Gissing |
A Life's Morning “So Miss Hood -- Emily, as she was called by the little group of people away in Yorkshire, to whom she was other than a governess; Emily; as we will permit ourselves to call her hen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Nether World — George Gissing |
The Nether World “In the social classification of the nether world -- a subject which so eminently adapts itself to the sportive and gracefully picturesque mode of treatment -- it will be convenient…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Odd Women — George Gissing |
The Odd Women “Though Miss Barfoot had something less than a woman's average stature, the note of her presence was personal dignity. She was handsome, and her carriage occasionally betrayed a con…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Paying Guest — George Gissing |
The Paying Guest “At breakfast her behaviour was marked with excessive decorum. To the ordinary civilities of her host and hostess she replied softly, modestly, in the manner of a very young and tim…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Sleeping Fires — George Gissing |
Sleeping Fires “Were the lady in town he might receive an answer by the evening of next day. But the day passed, and no letter arrived for him. A second day went by; and only on the morning of the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Thyrza — George Gissing |
Thyrza “It happened that Mrs. Jarmey, the landlady of the house in which the sisters lived, had business in the neighbourhood of the 'Prince Albert,' and chanced to exchange a word with an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Town Traveller — George Gissing |
The Town Traveller “Here, on the quiet pavement shadowed by the College of Surgeons, she lingered in expectancy. Ten was striking, but she looked in vain for the figure she would recognize -- that of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Unclassed — George Gissing |
The Unclassed “Julian never forgot the promise he had made to his uncle that Christmas night, eight years ago, when he was a lad of thirteen. Harriet he had always regarded as his sister, and nev…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Veranilda — George Gissing |
Veranilda “'I guessed as much. The suspicion came to me at a certain moment this morning -- a mere grain, which ever since has been growing tanquam favus. I am not wont to consider myself as …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | The Whirlpool — George Gissing |
The Whirlpool “After a stare and a frown, Harvey woke the echoes with boisterous laughter. It was long since any passage in writing had so irresistibly tickled his sense of humour. Well, he must …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | Will Warburton — George Gissing |
Will Warburton “"Enjoyed your holiday?" he went on, rising, stretching himself, and offering a box of cigarettes. "You look well. Done any summits? When we get our affairs in order, I must be off …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | In the Year of Jubilee — George Gissing |
In the Year of Jubilee “Tarrant, meanwhile, having drunk a cup of tea, and touched his moustache with a silk handkerchief, transferred himself from the camp-stool to the basket chair vacated by Jessica. H…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Gissing | New Grub Street — George Gissing |
New Grub Street “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — George Meredith |
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel “Ripton had resumed his seat by the table and his embrace of the claret. Clear ideas of satisfaction had left him and resolved to a boiling geyser of indistinguishable transports. H…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | One of Our Conquerors — George Meredith |
One of Our Conquerors “NESTA read her mother's face when Mrs. Victor entered the drawing-room to receive the guests. She saw a smooth fair surface, of the kind as much required by her father's eyes as in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | Lord Ormont and His Aminta — George Meredith |
Lord Ormont and His Aminta “Farrell might pass; Aminta was debated. This female Christian name had a foreign twang; it gave dissatisfaction. Boy after boy had a try at it, with the same effect: they could not…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | An Essay on Comedy — George Meredith |
An Essay on Comedy “When she has frolicked through her five Acts to surprise you with the information that Mr. Aimwell is converted by a sudden death in the world outside the scenes into Lord Aimwell,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The Egoist — George Meredith |
The Egoist “These little scoundrel imps, who have attained to some respectability as the dogs and pets of the Comic Spirit, had been curiously attentive three years earlier, long before the pu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | Dot And The Kangaroo — George Meredith |
Dot And The Kangaroo “WHEN Dot awoke, she did so with a start of fear. Something in her sleep had seemed to tell her that she was in danger. At a first glance she saw that the Kangaroo had left her, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The Amazing Marriage — George Meredith |
The Amazing Marriage “THE twenty-first of June was the day appointed by Captain Kirby to carry off Countess Fanny, and the time midnight: and ten minutes to the stroke of twelve, Countess Fanny, as if s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | Evan Harrington — George Meredith |
Evan Harrington “And so forth. The Countess was immensely admired, and though her sisters said that she was "foreignised" over-much, they clung to her desperately. She seemed so entirely to have ec…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | Beauchamp's Career — George Meredith |
Beauchamp's Career “Oh for the black gondola!----the little gliding dusky chamber for two; instead of this open, flaunting, gold and crimson cotton-work, which exacted discretion on his part and that …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | Diana of the Crossways — George Meredith |
Diana of the Crossways “Most joyfully Mr. Sullivan Smith uttered a low melodious cry. "For a specimen of manners, in an assembly of ladies and gentlemen ... I ask ye!" he addressed the ring about him, to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The Shaving of Shagpat — George Meredith |
The Shaving of Shagpat “And 'wisdom to a hungry stomach is thin pottage,' saith the shrewd reader of men. Little comfort was there with Shibli Bagarag, as he looked on the city of Shagpat the clothier! He…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | Sandra Belloni — George Meredith |
Sandra Belloni “So when Tracy Runningbrook, who had also been a plum in his day, and was still a poet, said that she was exquisitely comic, they were induced to take the humorous view of the inexp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | Rhoda Fleming — George Meredith |
Rhoda Fleming “There was laughter also when Mrs. Fleming's second daughter received the name of 'Rhoda;' but it did not endure for so long a space, as it was known that she had taken more to the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | Vittoria — George Meredith |
Vittoria “Count Serabiglione would work himself up in the climax of denunciation, and then look abroad frankly as one whose spirit had been relieved. He hated bad men; and it was besides nec…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The Adventures of Harry Richmond — George Meredith |
The Adventures of Harry Richmond “The fog choked us. Perhaps it took away the sense of hunger by filling us as if we had eaten a dinner of soot. We had no craving to eat until long past the dinner-hour in Temple's …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The Tragic Comedians — George Meredith |
The Tragic Comedians “Clotilde attempted an answer: it would not come. She tried to be revolted by his lording tone, and found it strangely inoffensive. His lording presence and the smile that was like …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | Farina — George Meredith |
Farina “'Nor young, nor old, good friend,' replied Gottlieb, with a countenance somewhat ruffled. 'I dined alone for lack of your company. Secret missives came, I hear, to each of them, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The Case of General Opel — George Meredith |
The Case of General Opel “'Yes,' brightened by this, he assented: 'Yes, dear Lady Camper; it is a part of the business; it is a secondary part; it has to be discussed; I say I subscribe beforehand. I may sa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The Tale of Chloe — George Meredith |
The Tale of Chloe “'Yes!' cried they, striking their bosoms as guitars, and attempting the posture of the thrummer on the instrument; 'she knows. She does know. Handsome Susie knows what we want.' An…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The House on the Beach — George Meredith |
The House on the Beach “Annette did not shun him next morning. She did not shun the subject, either. But she had been exact in arranging that she should not be more than a few minutes downstairs before he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The Gentleman of Fifty — George Meredith |
The Gentleman of Fifty “Dans la cinquantaine! The reflection should produce a gravity in men. Such a number of years will not ring like bridal bells in a man's ears. I have my books about me, my horses, m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | Miscellaneous Prose — George Meredith |
Miscellaneous Prose “The whole of the troops, about 110,000 men, with which Cialdini intends to force the passage of the first-named river are already massed along the right bank of the Po, anxiously w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The Celt and Saxon — George Meredith |
The Celt and Saxon “Caroline stood at her piano, turning over the leaves of a music-book, with a pressure on her eyelids. She was near upon being thrilled in spite of an astonishment almost petrifying…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Meredith | The Egoist — George Meredith |
The Egoist “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Sand | The Devil's Pool — George Sand |
The Devil's Pool “"Yes, my son," said she, "this is the Devil's Pool. It is an evil spot, and you must not approach it without throwing in three stones with your left hand, while you cross yourself …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Sand | Indiana — George Sand |
Indiana “"I was just going to do it, monsieur; but I saw a woman meet him. At that moment I said to myself: 'Perhaps it's monsieur and madame, who have taken a fancy to walk a bit before da…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Sand | George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings — Rene Doumic |
George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings “George Sand did not have to wait long for success. She won fame with her first book. With her second one she became rich, or what she considered rich. She tells us that she sold it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gustave Flaubert | A Simple Soul — Gustave Flaubert |
A Simple Soul “Like every other woman, she had had an affair of the heart. Her father, who was a mason, was killed by falling from a scaffolding. Then her mother died and her sisters went their d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gustave Flaubert | Salammbo — Gustave Flaubert |
Salammbo “They had no beard, no hair, no eyebrows. In their hands, which sparkled with rings, they carried enormous lyres, and with shrill voice they sang a hymn to the divinity of Carthage.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gustave Flaubert | Herodias — Gustave Flaubert |
Herodias “In the eastern side of the Dead Sea rose the citadel of Machaerus. It was built upon a conical peak of basalt, and was surrounded by four deep valleys, one on each side, another in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gustave Flaubert | Madame Bovary — Gustave Flaubert |
Madame Bovary “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives “"For my part I don't care so very much for these 'ere town-hill aristocracy," said Tim Hawkins. "They live here in their gret houses and are so proud they think it's a favor to spe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Queer Little Folks — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Queer Little Folks “Now she bustled up to the parsonage at the top of the oak-tree, to tell old Parson Too-Whit what she thought he ought to preach for his next sermon, and how dreadful the morals of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | THE TWO ALTARS; OR, TWO PICTURES IN ONE — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
THE TWO ALTARS; OR, TWO PICTURES IN ONE “Shall we describe the leave-taking, -- the sorrowing wife, the dismayed children, the tears, the anguish, that simple, honest, kindly home, in a moment so desolated? Ah, ye who def…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | The Christian Slave — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
The Christian Slave “Dramatization of Uncle Tom's Cabin that Ms. Stowe prepared.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge “"Charlotte" -- said he -- "this is no time for folly. Believe me when I assure you that I am seriously determined to insist on a general reform in the whole tenor of your household…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | The Mayflower — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
The Mayflower “Full title: The Mayflower; or, Sketches of Scenes and Characters among the Descendants of the Pilgrilm…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | The American Woman's Home — Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe |
The American Woman's Home “Full title: AMERICAN WOMAN'S HOME: OR, PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE; BEING A GUIDE TO THE FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ECONOMICAL, HEALTHFUL, BEAUTIFUL, AND CHRISTIAN HOMES.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe — Charles Edward Stowe |
The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe “It is so far from being irrelevant for England to notice slavery that I already see indications that this subject, on both sides, is yet to be presented there, and the battle fough…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, V2 — Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, V2 “And now, what am I to do? The Times seems to think that, in order to be consistent, I ought to take up the conflict immediately; but, for my part, I think otherwise. What an unreas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | Facino Cane — Honore de Balzac |
Facino Cane “My ideas, no doubt, were passing through his mind, for all processes of thought- communications are far more swift, I think, in blind people, because their blindness compels them t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | Women in the Life of Balzac — Honore de Balzac |
Women in the Life of Balzac “Thus began a business relation which, like many of Balzac's financial affairs, was to end unhappily. At first he liked her very much and dined with her, meeting in her company such…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | Balzac — Frederick Lawton |
Balzac “One has little doubt in deciding that, of the two spurs which goaded Balzac's labours, his desire for wealth acted more persistently and energetically than his desire for glory. In…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | PERE GORIOT (A Drama Vaudeville) — Honore de Balzac |
PERE GORIOT (A Drama Vaudeville) “Note: Dramatized from Balzac's novel by M. Theaulon (Marie-Emmanuel Guillaume-Marguerite 1787-1841) with Jaime and A. Decomberousse Translated and adapted by Frank J. Morlock…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | The Physiology of Marriage — Honore de Balzac |
The Physiology of Marriage “Love is the most melodious of all harmonies and the sentiment of love is innate. Woman is a delightful instrument of pleasure, but it is necessary to know its trembling strings, to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | Farewell — Honore de Balzac |
Farewell “"Eh! how should I know?" answered M. d'Albon. "A strange-looking woman sprang up there under my very eyes just now," he added, in a low voice; "she looked to me more like a ghost t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | The Physiology of Marriage (Part 2) — Honore de Balzac |
The Physiology of Marriage (Part 2) “"Gentlemen," said the young husband, "are we quite prepared to deliberate upon so grave a question as that which is presented by the universally bad arrangement of the beds? Is the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | The Physiology of Marriage Part 3 — Honore de Balzac |
The Physiology of Marriage Part 3 “What should be the conduct of a husband, when he recognizes a last symptom which leaves no doubt as to the infidelity of his wife? There are only two courses open; that of resignat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | Droll Stories, V. 1 — Honore de Balzac |
Droll Stories, V. 1 “Bruyn did not know what would become of him when he saw thus fall all the happiness of his old age, and he would to save her have shown her this page. He ordered him to be sought, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | Droll Stories [V. 2] — Honore de Balzac |
Droll Stories [V. 2] “Then by us have these words been said to her: "My daughter, you are vehemently suspected to have had recourse to the devil from the manner in which you left the convent, which was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | Droll Stories [V. 3] — Honore de Balzac |
Droll Stories [V. 3] “The Frenchman jumped off the horse, and entered the house with the Venetian cavalier, accepting his supper. They both seated themselves at the table. The Frenchman fought so well w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | The Mysterious Mansion — Honoré De Balzac |
The Mysterious Mansion “This answer was heartrending to Monsieur de Merret; he did not believe in it. Yet his wife had never appeared to him purer or more saintly than at that moment. He rose to open the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | The Thirteen — Honore de Balzac |
The Thirteen “My emotion came from the sight of his face convulsed with madness, his haggard eyes, and also his words, broken by some violent inward emotion. I thought him mad. That is all that …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | The Celibates — Honore de Balzac |
The Celibates “When the time came to begin their education, disasters came, too. Jacques, left without means at the death of his father, was apprenticed by his relatives to a cabinet-maker, and f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | Parisians in the Country — Honore de Balzac |
Parisians in the Country “The country gentleman, lodging at the Hotel de Mayence, Rue Saint-Honore, near the Place Vendome, one morning received a visit from a confidential agent of the Ministry, who was an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | The Jealousies of a Country Town — Honore de Balzac |
The Jealousies of a Country Town “These absurd practices were beginning to shed a monastic tint over the face of Rose Cormon, who now saw with something like despair her white skin assuming the yellow tones which p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac | The Napoleon of the People — Balzac |
The Napoleon of the People “Then we are drawn up before Alexandria, and again at Gizeh, and before the Pyramids. We had to march over the sands and in the sun; people whose eyes dazzled used to see water that…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Country Life | The Country Doctor — Honore de Balzac: Country Life |
The Country Doctor “I did nothing more than the work which was absolutely required to enable me to get through the examinations that must be passed before I could become a doctor. I attended the publi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Country Life | Sons of the Soil — Honore de Balzac: Country Life |
Sons of the Soil “It is true that to understand the delights of country life one must have something to do, some interests in it; one must know the nature of the work to be done, and the alternating…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Country Life | The Village Rector — Honore de Balzac: Country Life |
The Village Rector “This active benevolence, carried on with strict attention to religious duties, was hidden in the deepest secrecy and directed by the various rectors in the town, with whom Veroniqu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Military Life | The Chouans — Honore de Balzac: Military Life |
The Chouans “"Forward, then!" he cried in an angry tone, sticking the papers into the crown of his hat. "Two companies will march with me towards Mortagne. The Chouans are there. You will accom…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Military Life | A Passion in the Desert — Honore de Balzac: Military Life |
A Passion in the Desert “When the brave Provencal saw that his enemies were no longer watching him, he made use of his teeth to steal a scimiter, fixed the blade between his knees, and cut the cords which …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Sarrasine — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Sarrasine “They lowered their voices and walked away in order to talk more at their ease on some retired couch. Never was a more promising mine laid open to seekers after mysteries. No one kn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Scenes from a Courtesan's Life — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life “In 1824, at the last opera ball of the season, several masks were struck by the beauty of a youth who was wandering about the passages and greenroom with the air of a man in search…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan “D'Arthez allowed love to enter his heart after the manner of my Uncle Toby, without making the slightest resistance; he proceeded by adoration without criticism, and by exclusive a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau “Eight days after his ball, the last dying flash of a prosperity of eighteen years now about to be extinguished, Cesar Birotteau watched the passers-by from the windows of his shop,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | A Prince of Bohemia — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
A Prince of Bohemia “. Bohemianism, which by rights should be called the doctrine of the Boulevard des Italiens, finds its recruits among young men between twenty and thirty, all of them men of genius …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | The Firm of Nucingen — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
The Firm of Nucingen “"But how did he make his money?" asked Couture. "In 1819 both he and the illustrious Bianchon lived in a shabby boarding-house in the Latin Quarter; his people ate roast cockchafer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Unconscious Comedians — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Unconscious Comedians “One morning as he ate his breakfast and cursed his fate, he picked up a newspaper savagely. The following lines, ending an article, struck Gazonal as if the mysterious voice which …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | A Man of Business — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
A Man of Business “"It all goes to the shoemakers," she said. "I left a milliner because she failed twice with my hats. The vixen has been here twenty-seven times to ask for twenty francs. She did no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | The Lesser Bourgeoisie — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
The Lesser Bourgeoisie “At the fall of the Villele ministry, Monsieur Louis-Jerome Thuillier, who had then seen twenty-six years' service as a clerk in the ministry of finance, became sub-director of a de…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | The Girl with the Golden Eyes — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
The Girl with the Golden Eyes “She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow ey…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Ferragus — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Ferragus “A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one's own benefit and in the interests of a passion. Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while con…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Father Goriot — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Father Goriot “Eugene stared at his neighbor in dumb and dazed bewilderment. He thought of Vautrin, of that duel to be fought to-morrow morning, and of this realization of his dearest hopes, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | The Duchesse de Langeais — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
The Duchesse de Langeais “The General slipped aside behind the curtain lest the dreadful tumult within him should appear in his face; even in the shadow it seemed to him that he could still see the Superior…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Cousin Pons — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Cousin Pons “In the sitting-room La Cibot explained her position with regard to the pair of nutcrackers at very considerable length. She repeated the history of her loan with added embellishmen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Cousin Betty — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Cousin Betty “On looking down at her kid shoes, made, it was evident, by the veriest cobbler, a stranger would have hesitated to recognize Cousin Betty as a member of the family, for she looked …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Bureaucracy — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Bureaucracy “At this moment the division of Monsieur de la Billardiere was in a state of unusual excitement, resulting very naturally from the event which was about to happen; for heads of divi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Bureaucracy — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Bureaucracy “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Ferragus — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Ferragus “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | The Lesser Bourgeoisie — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
The Lesser Bourgeoisie “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | The Firm of Nucingen — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
The Firm of Nucingen “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life | Scenes from a Courtesan's Life — Honore de Balzac: Parisian Life |
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | The Hidden Masterpiece — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
The Hidden Masterpiece “Suddenly he became silent. His grave and earnest face lost its expression of joy; he was comparing the immensity of his hopes with the mediocrity of his means. The walls of the gar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | Massimilla Doni — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
Massimilla Doni “This was an untenable position. Cataneo, who only looked for a duchess, thought himself ridiculous as a husband; and, when Massimilla complained of this indifference, he calmly bid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | Melmoth Reconciled — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
Melmoth Reconciled “Wherefore, that race of corsairs whom we dignify with the title of bankers, the gentry who take out a license for which they pay a thousand crowns, as the privateer takes out his l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | The Magic Skin — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
The Magic Skin “"The devil take you!" said Raphael. "How are you to enter into my feelings if I do not relate the facts that insensibly shaped my character, made me timid, and prolonged the period…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | The Elixir of Life — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
The Elixir of Life “Or was it, perhaps, that at the outset of an orgy there is a certain unwonted lucidity of mind? Despite the taper light, the clamor of the senses, the gleam of gold and silver, the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | Louis Lambert — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
Louis Lambert “"Often," he has said to me when speaking of his studies, "often have I made the most delightful voyage, floating on a word down the abyss of the past, like an insect embarked on a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | The Alkahest — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
The Alkahest “"'From this unimpeachable experiment,' he cried, 'I deduce the existence of the Alkahest, the Absolute,--a substance common to all created things, differentiated by one primary for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | Juana — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
Juana “An awful destiny! Juana, who felt neither esteem nor love for Diard, was bound to him forever, by a rash but necessary promise. The man was neither handsome nor well-made. His mann…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | The Hated Son — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
The Hated Son “Above all it was important that the young recluse should not be alarmed at the thought of marriage, of which he knew nothing, or be made aware of the object of his father's wishes.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | Gambara — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
Gambara “But the hour was not unpropitious for the indulgence of some discreditable whim. Earlier, he might have been detected; later, he might find himself cut out. Tempted by a glance whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | Christ in Flanders — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
Christ in Flanders “They were all poor people there. At first sight of the bareheaded man in the brown camlet coat and trunk-hose, and plain stiff linen collar, they noticed that he wore no ornaments,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | Catherine de Medici — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
Catherine de Medici “You will never have a safer and more sincere friend than your mother, or better servants than those who have been so long attached to her person, without whose services you might p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | Maitre Cornelius — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
Maitre Cornelius “In short, sire, I found myself this morning robbed of those jewels you admired so much. They have been ravished from me, sire! To steal the jewels of the Elector of Bavaria! those …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | Adieu — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
Adieu “The village of Studzianka had been wholly taken to pieces and conveyed from the heights on which it stood to the plain. However forlorn and dangerous that refuge might be, its mise…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | The Red Inn — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
The Red Inn “When I had long examined that puzzling face I began to reflect about it. "Is he ill?" I said to myself. "Has he drunk too much wine? Is he ruined by a drop in the Funds? Is he thin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | The Recruit — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
The Recruit “Thus Madame de Dey, noble, rich, and the mother of an emigre, could not be unaware of the dangers of her cruel situation. Having no other desire than to preserve a fortune for her …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | El Verdugo — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
El Verdugo “A cold sweat rolled from the officer's brow. He wore no sword. He was confident that his soldiers were murdered, and that the English were about to disembark. He saw himself dishon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | The Exiles — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
The Exiles “"Just tell me what you are driving at," said the washerwoman sharply, "and make a clean breast of it. For some days, my man, I have observed that you have some maggot twisting in y…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | A Drama on the Seashore — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
A Drama on the Seashore “Astride upon my thought, like Astolphe on his hippogriff, I was galloping through worlds, suiting them to my fancy. Presently, as I looked about me to find some omen for the bold p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | The Magic Skin — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
The Magic Skin “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies | Melmoth Reconciled — Honore de Balzac: Philosophical Studies |
Melmoth Reconciled “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Political Life | Z. Marcas — Honore de Balzac: Political Life |
Z. Marcas “In these days, when everything is an intellectual competition, a man must be able to sit forty-eight hours on end in his chair before a table, as a General could remain for two day…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Political Life | An Historical Mystery — Honore de Balzac: Political Life |
An Historical Mystery “The bailiff took his wife round the waist and drew her to him, saying in a voice of deep feeling: "If we never see each other again remember, my poor wife, that I loved you well. F…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Political Life | The Brotherhood of Consolation — Honore de Balzac: Political Life |
The Brotherhood of Consolation “This last remark made the dreamer at the parapet quiver. The man who made it little knew that, to use a proverbial expression, he was killing two birds with one stone, addressing t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Political Life | The Deputy of Arcis — Honore de Balzac: Political Life |
The Deputy of Arcis “Now, to elect young Keller in 1839, after having elected his father for twenty years, would show a monstrous electoral servitude, against which the pride of the newly enriched bour…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Political Life | An Episode Under the Terror — Honore de Balzac: Political Life |
An Episode Under the Terror “"Nothing, nothing, my friends," she answered, in a gentle voice. She looked up at the man as she spoke, as if to thank him by a glance; but she saw the red cap on his head, and a c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Political Life | An Episode Under the Terror — Honore de Balzac: Political Life |
An Episode Under the Terror “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Political Life | An Historical Mystery — Honore de Balzac: Political Life |
An Historical Mystery “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Vendetta — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
Vendetta “When the painter and Ginevra thought themselves alone, Servin rapped in a peculiar manner on the door of the dark garret, which turned at once on its rusty and creaking hinges. Gin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | A Woman of Thirty — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Albert Savarus — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | A Start in Life — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Study of a Woman — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Paz — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Pierre Grassou — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Another Study of Woman — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | The Message — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | The Marriage Contract — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Modeste Mignon — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | The Commission in Lunacy — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Letters of Two Brides — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Honorine — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | La Grenadiere — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Gobseck — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Madame Firmiani — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | The Deserted Woman — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | A Daughter of Eve — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Domestic Peace — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | At the Sign of the Cat and Racket — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Colonel Chabert — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Beatrix — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | La Grande Breteche — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | The Ball at Sceaux — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | The Atheist's Mass — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | A Second Home — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | The Atheist's Mass — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Gobseck — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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| Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life | Vendetta — Honore de Balzac: Provincial Life The Vicar of Tours The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics of a future full of misery. The vicar was not a man to get up without a fire. He rang to let Marianne know that he was awake and that she must come to him; then he remained, as his habit was, absorbed in somnolent musings. The Lily of the Valley These arrangements and this new happiness shed some balm upon the count's sore mind. The presence of the Duchesse de Lenoncourt at Clochegourde was a great event to the neighborhood. I reflected gloomily that she was a great lady, and the thought made me conscious of the spirit of caste in the daughter which the nobility of her sentiments had hitherto hidden from me. Who was I--poor, insignificant, and with no future but my courage and my faculties? Ursula The answer was not long in coming. As a result, in 1814, before the allied occupation, Joseph Mirouet had a home in Paris, where his wife died giving birth to a little girl, whom the doctor desired should be called Ursula after his wife. The father did not long survive the mother, worn out, as she was, by hardship and poverty. When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor Pierrette When there is an old maid in a house, watch-dogs are unnecessary; not the slightest event can occur that she does not see and comment upon and pursue to its utmost consequences. The foregoing trifling circumstance was therefore destined to give rise to grave suppositions, and to open the way for one of those obscure dramas which take place in families, and are none the less terrible because they are secret,--if, indeed, we may apply the word "drama" to such domestic occurrences. An Old Maid In nearly all the second-class prefectures of France there exists one salon which is the meeting-ground of those considerable and well- considered persons of the community who are, nevertheless, NOT the cream of the best society. The master and mistress of such an establishment are counted among the leading persons of the town; they are received wherever it may please them to visit The Muse of the Department This strange production caused a great ferment in the departments of the Allier, the Nievre, and the Cher, proud to possess a poet capable of rivalry with the glories of Paris. Paquita la Sevillane, by Jan Diaz, was published in the Echo du Morvan, a review which for eighteen months maintained its existence in spite of provincial indifference. Some knowing persons at Nevers declared that Jan Diaz was making fun of the new school Eugenie Grandet You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you. You may perhaps hear people say that I am rich,--Monsieur Grandet this, Monsieur Grandet that. I let them talk; their gossip does not hurt my credit. But I have not a penny; I work in my old age like an apprentice whose worldly goods are a bad plane and two good arms. Eve and David Marriage brings profound mental and physical perturbations into a girl's life; and if she marries under the ordinary conditions of lower middle-class life, she must moreover begin to study totally new interests and initiate herself in the intricacies of business. With marriage, therefore, she enters upon a phase of her existence when she is necessarily on the watch before she can act. The Collection of Antiquities There stands a house at a corner of a street, in the middle of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every one will appreciate the motives of this sage reticence demanded by convention; for if a writer takes upon himself the office of annalist of his own time, he is bound to touch on many sore subjects. The Two Brothers Issoudun, be it said without offence to Paris, is one of the oldest cities in France. In spite of the historical assumption which makes the emperor Probus the Noah of the Gauls, Caesar speaks of the excellent wine of Champ-Fort ("de Campo Forti") still one of the best vintages of Issoudun. Rigord writes of this city in language which leaves no doubt as to its great population and its immense commerce. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Lucien had not guessed as yet that Mme. de Bargeton's love was grafted on pride. He made another mistake when he failed to discern the meaning of certain smiles which flitted over Louise's lips from time to time; and instead of keeping himself to himself, he indulged in the playfulness of the young rat emerging from his hole for the first time. The Two Poets He had every sort of luck. He was left a widower with but one son. The boy he sent to the grammar school; he must be educated, not so much for his own sake as to train a successor to the business; and Sechard treated the lad harshly so as to prolong the time of parental rule, making him work at case on holidays, telling him that he must learn to earn his own living, so as to recompense his poor old father The Illustrious Gaudissart Five days later Gaudissart started from the Hotel des Faisans, at which he had put up in Tours, and went to Vouvray, a rich and populous district where the public mind seemed to him susceptible of cultivation. Mounted upon his horse, he trotted along the embankment thinking no more of his phrases than an actor thinks of his part which he has played for a hundred times. It was thus that the illustrious Gaudissart went his cheerful way A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Ursula Improved text, supersedes earlier version. Honore de Balzac: Scenes from Private Life |
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Wyandotte; or, the Hutted Knoll. Volume 1 “As yet, the war had produced none of those scenes of ruthless frontier violence, that had distinguished all the previous conflicts of America. The enemy was on the coast, and thith…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Wyandotte; or, the Hutted Knoll. Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
Wyandotte; or, the Hutted Knoll. Volume 2 “As the captain turned aside to give his last instructions to Joyce, he discovered, by the light of the lantern the latter held, a figure standing at no great distance, quite dimly …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Prairie, Volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Prairie, Volume 1 “"I once met a man, that had boated on the river he names," observed one of the sons, speaking in a low tone of voice, like one who distrusted his knowledge, and deemed it prudent t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Prairie, Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Prairie, Volume 2 “"Now have we been cheating ourselves with the belief that we had thrown these Tetons from our trail, while here is proof enough that they not only know where we lie, but that they …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Precaution, Volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
Precaution, Volume 1 “Lady Moseley smiled through her tears, and turning to her husband, said, "we will go early, my dear, that we may see the improvements Francis has been making before we dine;" the b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Precaution, Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
Precaution, Volume 2 “"Words are wanting to express the sensations which have been excited by Mr. Benfield's letter; but it would be impossible for any man to be so base as to avail himself of such libe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Spy, Volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Spy, Volume 1 “"I do not doubt his worth," replied the maid mildly, "nor his being deserving of a more happy fate; but I doubt the impropriety of Washington's conduct. I know but little of the cu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Spy, Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Spy, Volume 2 “The youth was aroused from the stupor which had been created by this strange scene, by the trampling of horses and the sound of the bugles. A patrole was drawn to the spot by the r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Ways of the Hour — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Ways of the Hour “"That is a fashion of the times too -- one of the ways of the hour, whether it is to last or not. But, proceed if you please, my good Mrs. Horton; I am quite curious to know by wha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Wept of Wish Ton-Wish — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Wept of Wish Ton-Wish “With this admonition to be wary of a danger that he had so recently affected to despise, Content departed on his errand. The two laborers he had mentioned by name, were youths of m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Wing-and-Wing; or, Le Feu-Follett — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Wing-and-Wing; or, Le Feu-Follett “"Signore," observed the vice-governatore, "all this may be very true; but as coming from one who serves the Inglese, to one who is the servant of their ally, the Grand Duke of Tusc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Monikins — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Monikins “My ancestor in the male line hesitated to reply, for, hitherto, his ideas had been confined to the profits; never having dared to lift his thoughts as high as that source from whic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Oak Openings — James Fenimore Cooper |
Oak Openings “"Either it was so, or my fears made it SEEM so. The two canoes that passed first were well filled with Injins, each having eight in it; while the one that came last held but four w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief — James Fenimore Cooper |
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief “"Well!" exclaimed $25, "this is the first ball I have been at that I was not thought good enough to have a place in the quadrille. You see all the canaille are in the hands of thei…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Satanstoe — James Fenimore Cooper |
Satanstoe “Full title: Satanstoe; or, The Littlepage Manuscripts. A Tale of the Colony…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Chainbearer; or, The Littlepage Manuscripts, Volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Chainbearer; or, The Littlepage Manuscripts, Volume 1 “Although the fortunes of the country had undergone so much waste, during seven years of internal warfare, the elasticity of a young and vigorous nation soon began to repair the evi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Chainbearer; or, The Littlepage Manuscripts, V2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Chainbearer; or, The Littlepage Manuscripts, V2 “It is true that a remark or two did escape him, soon after the affair occurred, that tended to sustain my suspicions; but, on the whole, he was remarkably reserved on the subject--…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Headsman; or, The Abbaye des Vignerons, Volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Headsman; or, The Abbaye des Vignerons, Volume 1 “The blood rushed in a torrent to the face of Adelheid, for though, weeping and in the moment of tender confidence which succeeded her thanks-givings for the baron's safety, she had…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Headsman; or, The Abbaye des Vignerons, Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Headsman; or, The Abbaye des Vignerons, Volume 2 “But even the time consumed in this short conference had sensibly altered the condition of things for the worse. The wind, which had no fixed direction, being a furious current of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Lionel Lincoln; or, The Leaguer of Boston, Volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
Lionel Lincoln; or, The Leaguer of Boston, Volume 1 “The reply of the youth was interrupted by sudden and violent shrieks, that burst rudely on the stillness of the place, chilling the very blood of those who heard them, with their p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Lionel Lincoln; or, The Leaguer of Boston, Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
Lionel Lincoln; or, The Leaguer of Boston, Volume 2 “She was interrupted by half-a-dozen eager, though respectful voices, muttering in the incoherent and vehement manner of their country, "It's all a difference, my lady!" "Fair fight…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Red Rover, Volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Red Rover, Volume 1 “"Pause," he exclaimed to his unceremonious bearers, as they were about to transport him to the place designated by their Captain; "I have one word yet to say. Honest and loyal Rebe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Red Rover, Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Red Rover, Volume 2 “"If I know the stern from the bows of a ship, what you say is truth," returned the other, with some austerity. "Hark ye, Mr Ark, I've a mind to furnish the coxcomb a lesson in resp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Pathfinder — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Pathfinder “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Homeward Bound; or, The Chase. A Tale of the Sea, V1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
Homeward Bound; or, The Chase. A Tale of the Sea, V1 “"She has the heels of us, and she weathers on us, as it is," grumbled the master; "and that might satisfy a man less modest. I have led the gentleman such a tramp already that he w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Homeward Bound; or, The Chase. A Tale of the Sea, Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
Homeward Bound; or, The Chase. A Tale of the Sea, Volume 2 “"I have it!" said Paul, grasping his companion almost convulsively by the arm. "We are at the inlet, and heading, I trust, directly through it! You hear the cries on our right; the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Jack Tier, Volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
Jack Tier, Volume 1 “Mrs. Budd now looked more than interested, for she looked a little confused, and Rose began to tremble for her aunt. It was evident that the parties most conspicuous in this scene …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Jack Tier, Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
Jack Tier, Volume 2 “Spike, for a seaman of his degree of education, was not particularly addicted to the weakness to which we have just alluded. Nevertheless, he was not altogether free from it; and r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Mercedes of Castile; or, The Voyage to Cathay, Vol. I — James Fenimore Cooper |
Mercedes of Castile; or, The Voyage to Cathay, Vol. I “Although the manner in which these words were uttered lent them weight, the prelate fancied that the mind of the navigator had got to be unsettled by his long contemplation of a si…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Mercedes of Castile; or, The Voyage to Cathay, Vol. II — James Fenimore Cooper |
Mercedes of Castile; or, The Voyage to Cathay, Vol. II “Columbus now ascended to the poop, where he got a wider and a better view of the ocean and the skies. The signs were, indeed, as portentous as they had been sudden in their appeara…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Ned Myers; or, A Life before the Mast — James Fenimore Cooper |
Ned Myers; or, A Life before the Mast “I walked over the ground where the explosion took place. It was a dreadful sight; the dead being so mutilated that it was scarcely possible to tell their colour. I saw gun-barrels …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Crater; or, Vulcan's Peak. A Tale of the Pacific, V1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Crater; or, Vulcan's Peak. A Tale of the Pacific, V1 “Thus far Mark had been working under a species of excitement, that was probably natural enough to his situation, but which wanted the coolness and discretion that are necessary to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Crater; or, Vulcan's Peak. A Tale of the Pacific, V2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Crater; or, Vulcan's Peak. A Tale of the Pacific, V2 “Her general course would seem to be dead before the wind; but she yawed incessantly, and often so broadly, as to catch some of her light sails aback. Most vessels take a good deal …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Lake Gun — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Lake Gun “"Thus was it with See-wise. Half the young men listened to him, and followed in his trail. The aged chiefs took counsel together. They saw that all the ancient traditions were desp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Pilot, volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Pilot, volume 1 “Even Griffith, while thundering his orders through the trumpet, and urging the men, by his cries, to expedition, would pause, for instants, to cast anxious glances in the direction…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Pilot, volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Pilot, volume 2 “"We must be stirring, boy," continued the colonel, moving towards the door that led to the apartments of his prisoners; "but there is a courtesy due to the ladies, as well as to th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Sea Lions; or, The Lost Sealers Volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Sea Lions; or, The Lost Sealers Volume 1 “The visit of Captain Daggett, taken in connection with all that he had said and done, while on Oyster Pond, and at Sag Harbour, had the effect greatly to hasten the equipments of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Sea Lions; or, The Lost Sealers Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Sea Lions; or, The Lost Sealers Volume 2 “Taking the hour, the weather, and the object before him into the account, Roswell Gardiner felt that he was now enlisted in the most important undertaking of his whole life, as he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Two Admirals, Volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Two Admirals, Volume 1 “"What the deuce can Oakes have to do with Sir Wycherly Wychecombe's will?" thought the rear-admiral. "By the way, that puts me in mind of my own; and of my own recent determination…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Two Admirals, Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Two Admirals, Volume 2 “These words were scarcely uttered, when the look-out in the forward cross-trees, shouted at the top of his voice, "sail-ho!" At the next instant the Chloe fired a gun, the report o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Water-Witch, Volume 1 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Water-Witch, Volume 1 “"Your land-loving Aldermen find their way from a Queen's cruiser to the shore, more easily than a seaman of twenty years' experience;" returned the other, without giving the burghe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Fenimore Cooper | The Water-Witch, Volume 2 — James Fenimore Cooper |
The Water-Witch, Volume 2 “Myndert was quite as much astonished, by this language, and the subdued manner of the smuggler, as Ludlow himself. When he expected the heaviestdemand on his address, in order to c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | Jonathan's Visit to the Celestial Empire — James Kirke Paulding |
Jonathan's Visit to the Celestial Empire “The dutch harbor-master was sitting under his hat on his piazza, when he beheld, through the smoke of his pipe, his strange apparition of a vessel, scudding like a bird into the ba…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | The Merry Tales of the Three Wise Men of Gotham — James Kirke Paulding |
The Merry Tales of the Three Wise Men of Gotham “A want of sufficient confidence in their own opinions, appears to me another fault, which, however, almost deserves to be pardoned on account of its novelty. It has happened to me …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | The New Mirror for Travellers, and Guide to the Springs — James Kirke Paulding |
The New Mirror for Travellers, and Guide to the Springs “Three or four miles east of Sing Sing, is the Chappaqua Spring, which at one time came very nigh getting the better of Ballston, Saratoga and Harrowgate, for it is a fact well auth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | The Old Continental; or, The Price of Liberty — James Kirke Paulding |
The Old Continental; or, The Price of Liberty “The dark days of the infant republic of America had now come. The enemy, everywhere victorious, had overrun, though he could not subdue, a large portion of the land, and lorded it …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | The Puritan and His Daughter — James Kirke Paulding |
The Puritan and His Daughter “During the somewhat tedious recovery of Harold, and his subsequent irresolution, both parties had been engaged in active hostilities, unaccompanied by any decisive result. The batt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | Selim, the Benefactor of Mankind — James Kirke Paulding |
Selim, the Benefactor of Mankind “Turning round, he beheld the sage Amurath, a venerable old man, a friend of his father, and one who had always shown a paternal solicitude in the fortunes of Selim. The sole wealth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | A Sketch of Old England, by a New-England Man — James Kirke Paulding |
A Sketch of Old England, by a New-England Man “Crossing another hill, which separates the two valleys, I had a noble prospect of the cities of Gloucester and Worcester, with almost countless villas and villages, in the midst of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | Tales of the Good Woman. By a Doubtful Gentleman — James Kirke Paulding |
Tales of the Good Woman. By a Doubtful Gentleman “At all events, until he declared himself, he had no right to take offence at her conduct, and therefore to be angry was a great piece of impertinence, for which he deserved punishm…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | Westward Ho! — James Kirke Paulding |
Westward Ho! “The dismal cry of "Fire!" from a single hoarse voice at once conveyed to his mind the natural solution of the threatening omen. In an instant he was in the grass-grown street which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | Chronicles of the City of Gotham — James Kirke Paulding |
Chronicles of the City of Gotham “"Oh, why you know genius is always hoping impossible things, and chasing the rainbows of imagination-- ever anticipating unreal joys, and reaping real sorrows. I knew a man of geni…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | John Bull in America; or, The New Munchausen — James Kirke Paulding |
John Bull in America; or, The New Munchausen “I turned sick at the barbarous indifference of this immaculate republican, and asked him why they suffered these bodies to remain thus without burial. "O, we let them lie there as …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | The Dutchman's Fireside — James Kirke Paulding |
The Dutchman's Fireside “There is certainly in the majesty of nature, its hoary rocks, its silent shadowy glens, foaming torrents, and lofty mountains, something that awakens the soul to high contemplation…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | The Book of Saint Nicholas — James Kirke Paulding |
The Book of Saint Nicholas “Full title: The Book of Saint Nicholas. Translated from the Original Dutch of Dominie Nicholas Aegidius Oudenarde…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | Childe Roeliff's Pilgrimage: A Travelling Legend — James Kirke Paulding |
Childe Roeliff's Pilgrimage: A Travelling Legend “The Childe's father was an honest tinman, in times which try men's pedigrees,--that is to say, some forty years ago; and Roeliff being brought up to the same trade--we beg pardon, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | Knickerbocker Hall; or, The Origin of the Baker's Dozen — James Kirke Paulding |
Knickerbocker Hall; or, The Origin of the Baker's Dozen “On the second day of the year, the 'prentice boys all returned to their business, and Boomptie once more solaced himself with the baking of the staff of life. The reader must know …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | Koningsmarke, the Long Finne, V1-- — James Kirke Paulding |
Koningsmarke, the Long Finne, V1-- “But it was not so.--There was one heart that melted with sympathy, and one eye that shed a solitary tear, to see so interesting a youth thus, as it were, about to be buried alive, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Kirke Paulding | Koningsmarke, the Long Finne, Volume 2 — James Kirke Paulding |
Koningsmarke, the Long Finne, Volume 2 “"If you spare them," said she, "their friends will ransom them with great kegs of spirits, with tobacco pipes, powder, shot, and every thing you want. If you put them to death, the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | Lady Susan — Jane Austen |
Lady Susan “A tale comprised entirely of letters.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | Persuasion — Jane Austen |
Persuasion “Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; there he found occupation for an idle hour, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | Northanger Abbey — Jane Austen |
Northanger Abbey “THIS little work was finished in the year 1803, and intended for immediate publication. It was disposed of to a bookseller, it was even advertised, and why the business proceeded n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | Mansfield Park — Jane Austen |
Mansfield Park “About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of North…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen |
Pride and Prejudice “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | Sense and Sensibility — Jane Austen |
Sense and Sensibility “By a former marriage, Mr. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three daughters. The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his mo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | Emma — Jane Austen |
Emma “Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | Plan of a Novel according to Hints from Various Quarters — Jane Austen |
Plan of a Novel according to Hints from Various Quarters “From this outset, the Story will proceed, and contain a striking variety of adventures. Heroine and her Father never above a fortnight together in one place, he being driven from h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | The Watsons — Jane Austen |
The Watsons “The next morning brought a great many visitors. It was the way of the place always to call on Mrs. Edwards the morning after a ball, and this neighbourly inclination was increased …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | Sanditon — Jane Austen |
Sanditon “"AND WHOSE very snug-looking place is this?" said Charlotte as, in a sheltered dip within two miles of the sea, they passed close by a moderate-sized house, well fenced and planted…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | Lady Susan — Jane Austen |
Lady Susan “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Jane Austen | Mansfield Park — Jane Austen |
Mansfield Park “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galt | The Annals of the Parish — John Galt |
The Annals of the Parish “This year well deserved the name of the monumental year in our parish; for the young laird of the Breadland, that had been my pupil, being learning to be an advocate among the facu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galt | The Ayrshire Legatees — John Galt |
The Ayrshire Legatees “On Sunday morning, before going to church, Mr. Micklewham called at the manse, and said that he wished particularly to speak to Mr. Snodgrass. Upon being admitted, he found the you…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galt | The History Of Gog And Magog — John Galt |
The History Of Gog And Magog “THE warden of the castle being at his post, on the top of the highest tower, saw the army of Gog and Magog advancing over Cornhill, and instantly sounded an alarm. Humbug, with all…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galt | The Provost — John Galt |
The Provost “I reflected the while of a minute before I made any reply, and then I said-- "I would hae na doubt of the matter, Mr. M'Lucre, could it be brought about to get you chosen for the d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galt | The Entail: or The Lairds Of Grippy — John Galt |
The Entail: or The Lairds Of Grippy “"No doubt, Laird," replied Claud, "but it's a comfort to hae a frugal woman for a helpmate; but ye ken now-a-days it's no the fashion for bare legs to come thegither --The wife mau…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Little Women — Louisa May Alcott |
Little Women “Louisa May Alcott's classic.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Behind a Mask: Or, A Woman's Power — Louisa May Alcott |
Behind a Mask: Or, A Woman's Power “More from Louisa May Alcott. Hey, she might need a category.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Jack and Jill — Louisa May Alcott |
Jack and Jill “Jack and Jill never cared to say much about the night which followed the first coasting party of the season, for it was the saddest and the hardest their short lives had ever known…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Hospital Sketches — Louisa May Alcott |
Hospital Sketches “"Wash, dress, feed, warm and nurse them for the next three months, I dare say. Eighty beds are ready, and we were getting impatient for the men to come. Now you will begin to see h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | The Mysterious Key and What it Opened — Louisa May Alcott |
The Mysterious Key and What it Opened “When Paul spoke in that tone and wore that look, Lillian felt as if they had changed places, and he was the master and she the servant. She wondered over this in her childish mind,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Eight Cousins — Louisa May Alcott |
Eight Cousins “Rose was sitting in her pretty room, where she would gladly have spent all her time if it had been allowed; but she looked up with a smile, for she had ceased to fear her uncle's r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Rose in Bloom — Louisa May Alcott |
Rose in Bloom “For a time everything went smoothly, and Rose was a happy girl. The world seemed a beautiful and friendly place, and fulfillment of her brightest dreams appeared to be a possibilit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | An Old-Fashioned Girl — Louisa May Alcott |
An Old-Fashioned Girl “POLLY soon found that she was in a new world, a world where the manners and customs were so different from the simple ways at home, that she felt like a stranger in a strange land,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys — Louisa May Alcott |
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys “So Demi was transplanted to Plumfield, and took so kindly to the life there, that Meg and John and Grandpa felt satisfied that they had done well. Mixing with other boys brought ou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Flower Fables — Louisa May Alcott |
Flower Fables “DOWN among the grass and fragrant clover lay little Eva by the brook-side, watching the bright waves, as they went singing by under the drooping flowers that grew on its banks. As …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Jo's Boys — Louisa May Alcott |
Jo's Boys “All nice and warm for a July day, but received with delight nevertheless. Ted and Josie immediately 'dressed up', learned the war-whoop, and proceeded to astonish their friends by …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | The Blind Lark — Louisa May Alcott |
The Blind Lark “They had learned to look for the little wistful face behind the bars, and loved to listen to the childish voice which caught and imitated the songs they sung and whistled, like a s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Scarlet Stockings — Louisa May Alcott |
Scarlet Stockings “So peace was declared, and lasted unbroken for the remaining week of his stay, when he proposed to take Kate to the city for a little gayety. Miss Morgan openly approved the plan, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Cupid and Chow Chow — Louisa May Alcott |
Cupid and Chow Chow “"I don't care to disturb his happy childhood with quarrels beyond his comprehension. I shall teach him to be as good and just a man as his father, and feel quite sure that no woman…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Debby's Debut — Louisa May Alcott |
Debby's Debut “Debby shook her head, and murmured, "Hush!"--but Aunt Pen had heard of matches being made in cars as well as in heaven; and as an experienced general, it became her to reconnoitre,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | How I Went Out to Service — Louisa May Alcott |
How I Went Out to Service “A third door showed me a plain, dull sitting room, with an old man napping in his easy-chair. I heard voices in the kitchen beyond, and entering there, beheld Puah the fiend. Unfor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Love and Self Love — Louisa May Alcott |
Love and Self Love “"I cannot blame you, Jean; it was my usual forgetfulness of others which so misled you. I was tired of the world, and came hither to find peace in solitude. Effie cheered me with h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | A MODERN CINDERELLA: OR, THE LITTLE OLD SHOE — Louisa May Alcott |
A MODERN CINDERELLA: OR, THE LITTLE OLD SHOE “To all of which remarks Nan gave her assent; though the hop-pole took the likeness of a tall figure she had seen in the porch, the sage-bed, curiously enough, suggested a strawberr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving — Louisa May Alcott |
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving “"You will see what I can do. Ma said I was to use my judgment about things, and I'm going to. All you children have got to do is to keep out of the way, and let Prue and me work. E…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | The Skipping Shoes — Alcott |
The Skipping Shoes “Just as she said that, the shoes gave a skip, and set her on her feet so suddenly that it scared all the naughtiness out of her. She stood looking at these curious shoes; and the b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | The Brothers — Louisa May Alcott |
The Brothers “I wondered if it were some deep wrong or sorrow, kept alive by memory and impotent regret; if he mourned for the dead master to whom he had been faithful to the end; or if the libe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Under the Lilacs — Louisa May Alcott |
Under the Lilacs “"I've drove elephants and camels, ostriches and grizzly bears, and mules, and six yellow ponies all to oncet. May be I could manage cows if I tried hard," answered Ben, endeavoring…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | NELLY'S HOSPITAL — Louisa May Alcott |
NELLY'S HOSPITAL “Tony could hardly help shouting at the idea; but, rather than trouble his little mistress, he said very soberly: "I'm afraid they wouldn't lay easy, not being used to it. Tucking u…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Good Wives — Louisa May Alcott |
Good Wives “Amy looked relieved, but naughty Jo took her at her word, for during the first call she sat with every limb gracefully composed, every fold correctly draped, calm as a summer sea, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Work: A Story of Experience — Louisa May Alcott |
Work: A Story of Experience “For a week she enjoyed her liberty heartily, then set about finding something to do. Her wish was to be a governess, that being the usual refuge for respectable girls who have a li…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | On Picket Duty and Other Tales — Louisa May Alcott |
On Picket Duty and Other Tales “Sunshine streamed in through the one small window, where a caged bird was blithely singing, and a few flowers blossomed in the light. But blither than the bird's song, sweeter than…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Pauline's Passion and Punishment — Louisa May Alcott |
Pauline's Passion and Punishment “Her eyes came back from their long gaze and settled on him full of an intelligence which deepened his perplexity. "You have not learned to know me yet; death is not more inexorable…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | A Whisper in the Dark — Louisa May Alcott |
A Whisper in the Dark “I yearned to go, and when I willed the way so on appeared; so careless of bonnetless head and cambric gown, I stretched my hands to him, saying boldly, "Play young Lochinvar, Guy; …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Marjorie's Three Gifts — Louisa May Alcott |
Marjorie's Three Gifts “In vain they searched; in vain Marie wailed and Belle declared it must be somewhere; no wreath appeared. It was duly set down in the bill, and a fine sum charged for a head-dress t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | Lost in a Pyramid — Louisa May Alcott |
Lost in a Pyramid “Full title: Lost in a Pyramid, or the Mummy's Curse…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | A Garland for Girls — Louisa May Alcott |
A Garland for Girls “"I'll show you the way, my dear. I always get my things settled at once, as one never knows when one may have to turn in. The Professor will go with you, Ethel; it is not proper fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Louisa May Alcott | A Strange Island — Louisa May Alcott |
A Strange Island “I dared say no more; and, when the poor old man had been driven away by this foul proceeding, I went up the steps and peeped in; for I heard some one crying, and thought the cross …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | Anne of Green Gables — Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Anne of Green Gables “Instead of sending him and Marilla a boy, Mrs Spencer had sent them a girl.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | Anne of Avonlea — Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Anne of Avonlea “A Wedding at the Stone House, among other events in this sequel.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | The Chronicles of Avonlea — Lucy Maud Montgomery |
The Chronicles of Avonlea “THE honey-tinted autumn sunshine was falling thickly over the crimson and amber maples around old Abel Blair's door. There was only one outer door in old Abel's house, and it almos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | Anne of the Island — Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Anne of the Island “Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning. Anne had hoped for a fine day. Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | Anne's House of Dreams — Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Anne's House of Dreams “She recalled the first morning she had wakened in that little porch room, when the sunshine had crept in on her through the blossom-drift of the old Snow Queen. That had not been a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | Rainbow Valley — Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Rainbow Valley “"Shirley is in bed and Jem and Walter and the twins are down in their beloved Rainbow Valley," said Anne. "They just came home this afternoon, you know, and they could hardly wait …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | The Golden Road — Lucy Maud Montgomery |
The Golden Road “We enjoyed our walk--even Felix enjoyed it, although he had been appointed to write up the visit for Our Magazine and was rather weighed down by the responsibility of it. What matt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | KILMENY OF THE ORCHARD — Lucy Maud Montgomery |
KILMENY OF THE ORCHARD “WHEN he emerged from the spruce wood and entered the orchard his heart gave a sudden leap, and he felt that the blood rushed madly to his face. She was there, bending over the bed …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | Rilla of Ingleside — Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Rilla of Ingleside “October passed out and the dreary days of November and December dragged by. The world shook with the thunder of contending armies; Antwerp fell --Turkey declared war--gallant littl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | Further Chronicles of Avonlea — Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Further Chronicles of Avonlea “It was a beautiful night; the full moon was just rising over the wooded hills, and her light fell through the poplars into the garden before me. Through an open corner on the weste…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | The Story Girl — Lucy Maud Montgomery |
The Story Girl “We sat still and counted the hundred. When Cecily finished she got up and went in search of Dan, resolved to soothe his wounded feelings. Felicity called after her to tell Dan ther…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | Mohammed Ali and His House — Luise Muhlbach |
Mohammed Ali and His House “The two walk stealthily and rapidly down the garden-path. Osman listens to their retreating footsteps, and, as they die away in the distance, he draws a breath of relief. They are …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | The Daughter of an Empress — Luise Muhlbach |
The Daughter of an Empress “Princess Elizabeth had voluntarily kept aloof from all political intrigues and all revolutions. In the interior of her palace she passed happy days; her world, her life, and her pl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | Marie Antoinette And Her Son — Luise Muhlbach |
Marie Antoinette And Her Son “Fly, ye steeds, fly! Bear the Queen of France away from the stiff, proud Versailles; from the palaces of kings, where every thing breathes of exaltation, greatness, and unapproacha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | Old Fritz and the New Era — Luise Muhlbach |
Old Fritz and the New Era “Since early morning a gay, warlike life had reigned at Potsdam and the neighborhood of Sans-Souci. From every side splendid regiments approached, with proud and stately bearing, in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | Henry VIII And His Court — Luise Muhlbach |
Henry VIII And His Court “"He mourned!" exclaimed Lord Douglas, contemptuously. "He has mourned for all his wives. Even for Anne Boleyn he put on mourning, and in his white mourning apparel, the day after A…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | Frederick The Great And His Family — Luise Muhlbach |
Frederick The Great And His Family “Zetto smiled. "No, I only wish to notify you that we are aware that it is through you that Baron von Trenck receives money from a certain aristocratic lady in Berlin. It is, theref…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | Andreas Hofer — Luise Muhlbach |
Andreas Hofer “"God grant success to our united efforts!" said Andreas Hofer, folding his hands over the crucifix on his breast. "During all these years I have prayed every day to the Holy Virgin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | Louisa of Prussia and Her Times — Luise Muhlbach |
Louisa of Prussia and Her Times “"Let me ask you, then, what all this means? Why did you excuse the chief of police, who evidently had not done his duty and been guilty of a lack of vigilance? And why did you let …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | Joseph II. and His Court — Luise Muhlbach |
Joseph II. and His Court “The odor of flowers--the sound of distant music, every thing that could intoxicate the senses, was there. It was one of those orgies which Kaunitz alone knew how to devise, and int…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | Napoleon And Blucher — Luise Muhlbach |
Napoleon And Blucher “The emperor had long risen from the supper-table. The imperial suite had been allowed to withdraw. Alone he sat in a comfortable night- dress on the high, antiquated easy-chair, in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | Prince Eugene and His Times — Luise Muhlbach |
Prince Eugene and His Times “"They are battering the palace-doors," said Eugene, who, in spite of the steward's entreaties, had approached the window and was looking down upon the mob. The palace de Soissons f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | Frederick the Great and His Court — Luise Muhlbach |
Frederick the Great and His Court “The king made no reply; his mistrust was scornfully exhibited. He thought that the queen believed him to be suffering and confined to his room. He did not doubt for a moment that s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Luise Muhlbach | The Empress Josephine — Luise Muhlbach |
The Empress Josephine “While the jailer read his list, suspense and excitement were visible on all faces, but no one would have so deeply lowered himself as to betray fear or anguish when his name fell f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Prince and the Pauper — Mark Twain |
The Prince and the Pauper “From Sammy Clemens.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Tom Sawyer Abroad — Mark Twain |
Tom Sawyer Abroad “One of several sequels.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Tom Sawyer, Detective — Mark Twain |
Tom Sawyer, Detective “Another sequel. Hey, until demand surged, this was a mystery-only site.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court — Mark Twain |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court “MAINLY the Round Table talk was monologues -- narrative accounts of the adventures in which these prisoners were captured and their friends and backers killed and stripped of their…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Mysterious Stranger - A Romance — Mark Twain |
The Mysterious Stranger - A Romance “IT WAS IN 1590--winter. Austria was far away from the world, and asleep; it was still the Middle Ages in Austria, and promised to remain so forever. Some even set it away back cent…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson — Mark Twain |
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson “This history must henceforth accommodate itself to the change which Roxana has consummated, and call the real heir "Chambers" and the usurping little slave, "Thomas `a Becket"--sho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg — Mark Twain |
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg “It was many years ago. Hadleyburg was the most honest and upright town in all the region round about. It had kept that reputation unsmirched during three generations, and was proud…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer — Mark Twain |
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer “Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual -- he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the comp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Mark Twain |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn “PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural — Mark Twain |
The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural “As Rebecca spoke she started violently, and lost sight of her resentment, for something singular happened. Suddenly the rosebush was agitated violently as if by a gust of wind, yet…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Innocents Abroad — Mark Twain |
The Innocents Abroad “WE are getting foreignized rapidly and with facility. We are getting reconciled to halls and bedchambers with unhomelike stone floors and no carpets -- floors that ring to the trea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Story of the Good Little Boy — Mark Twain |
The Story of the Good Little Boy “Once there was a good little boy by the name of Jacob Blivens. He always obeyed his parents, no matter how absurd and unreasonable their demands were; and he always learned his boo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Some Learned Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls — Mark Twain |
Some Learned Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls “They were of a different nationality from those with the expedition, and their language seemed but a musical, meaningless jargon. They were a timid, gentle race, but ignorant, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | A Double-Barreled Detective Story — Mark Twain |
A Double-Barreled Detective Story “It thus transpired that the Extraordinary Man's nephew was the only person in the camp who had a killing-grudge against Flint Buckner.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories — Mark Twain |
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories “Augustus Twain seems to have made something of a stir about the year 1160. He was as full of fun as he could be, and used to take his old saber and sharpen it up, and get in a conv…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Following the Equator — Mark Twain |
Following the Equator “There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice. --Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar. Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Stolen White Elephant — Mark Twain |
The Stolen White Elephant “"Never mind about that. I may, and I may not. We generally gather a pretty shrewd inkling of who our man is by the manner of his work and the size of the game he goes after. We are…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Roughing It — Mark Twain |
Roughing It “The next morning, bright and early, we took a hasty breakfast, and hurried to the starting-place. Then an inconvenience presented itself which we had not properly appreciated befor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion — Mark Twain |
Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion “There was some talk about the perils of the sea, and a landsman delivered himself of the customary nonsense about the poor mariner wandering in far oceans, tempest-tossed, pursued …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories — Mark Twain |
Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories “Alonzo opened his lips to say, "You ought to print that, and get it framed," but checked himself, for he heard his aunt speaking to some one else. He went and stood at the window a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Gilded Age — Mark Twain |
The Gilded Age “The elders of the party were not long in discovering the fact, which almost all travelers to the west soon find out; that the water was poor. It must have been by a lucky premoniti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | A Dog's Tale — Mark Twain |
A Dog's Tale “My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me, I do not know these nice distinctions myself. To me they are only fine…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Facts Concerning The Recent Carnival Of Crime In Connecticut — Mark Twain |
The Facts Concerning The Recent Carnival Of Crime In Connecticut “I blushed to the roots of my hair; partly with indignation, but mainly because it somehow seemed to me that this whole performance was very like an exaggeration of conduct which I …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | A Burlesque Autobiography — Mark Twain |
A Burlesque Autobiography “During all those long years he gave such satisfaction that he never was through with one contract a week till government gave him another. He was a perfect pet. And he was always a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The American Claimant — Mark Twain |
The American Claimant “No weather will be found in this book. This is an attempt to pull a book through without weather. It being the first attempt of the kind in fictitious literature, it may prove a fa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | A Tramp Abroad — Mark Twain |
A Tramp Abroad “Much as the modern French duel is ridiculed by certain smart people, it is in reality one of the most dangerous institutions of our day. Since it is always fought in the open air, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | A Horse's Tale — Mark Twain |
A Horse's Tale “I am Buffalo Bill's horse. I have spent my life under his saddle - with him in it, too, and he is good for two hundred pounds, without his clothes; and there is no telling how much…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | 1601 — Mark Twain |
1601 “This work is several orders of magnitude more profane than typical Mark Twain fare. Consider yourself warned.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Extracts From Adam's Diary — Mark Twain |
Extracts From Adam's Diary “This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don't like this; I am not used to company. I wish it would sta…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Those Extraordinary Twins — Mark Twain |
Those Extraordinary Twins “"Why, ma, yes you do. They're so fine and handsome, and high-bred and polite, so every way superior to our gawks here in this village; why, they'll make life different from what it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volume 2 — Mark Twain |
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volume 2 “How did she know it? It was simple: she was a peasant. That tells the whole story. She was of the people and knew the people; those others moved in a loftier sphere and knew nothin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volume 1 — Mark Twain |
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volume 1 “Ah, France had fallen low--so low! For more than three quarters of a century the English fangs had been bedded in her flesh, and so cowed had her armies become by ceaseless rout an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven — Mark Twain |
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven “Then I fainted. I don't know how long I was insensible, but it must have been a good while, for, when I came to, the darkness was all gone and there was the loveliest sunshine and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Is Shakespeare Dead? — Mark Twain |
Is Shakespeare Dead? “When Shakespeare died, in 1616, great literary productions attributed to him as author had been before the London world and in high favor for twenty-four years. Yet his death was n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | What is Man? And Other Essays — Mark Twain |
What is Man? And Other Essays “O.M. Then perhaps there is something that he loves MORE than he loves peace--THE APPROVAL OF HIS NEIGHBORS AND THE PUBLIC. And perhaps there is something which he dreads more than …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Christian Science — Mark Twain |
Christian Science “No one doubts--certainly not I--that the mind exercises a powerful influence over the body. From the beginning of time, the sorcerer, the interpreter of dreams, the fortune-teller,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Curious Republic Of Gondour And Other Whimsical Sketches — Mark Twain |
The Curious Republic Of Gondour And Other Whimsical Sketches “For if he were sitting under the glory of the Throne, and the keeper of the keys admitted a Benjamin Franklin or other labouring man, that "friend," with his fine natural powers in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Life on the Mississippi — Mark Twain |
Life on the Mississippi “'I should say so. I fancy we shan't run any of the river this trip as you've ever seen it run before--so to speak. If the river begins to rise again, we'll go up behind bars that y…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | In Defence of Harriet Shelley — Mark Twain |
In Defence of Harriet Shelley “I have committed sins, of course; but I have not committed enough of them to entitle me to the punishment of reduction to the bread and water of ordinary literature during six year…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again — Mark Twain |
Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again “Just as that comforting thought passed through my mind, some young men set a fierce dog on me. I tried to defend myself, but could do nothing. I retreated to the recess of a closed…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | How To Tell a Story and Others — Mark Twain |
How To Tell a Story and Others “Artemus Ward dealt in numbers three and four a good deal. He would begin to tell with great animation something which he seemed to think was wonderful; then lose confidence, and af…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Mark Twain's Speeches — Mark Twain |
Mark Twain's Speeches “Well, of course, I wrote Doctor Holmes and told him I hadn't meant to steal, and he wrote back and said in the kindest way that it was all right and no harm done; and added that he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Essays on Paul Bourget — Mark Twain |
Essays on Paul Bourget “It seemed a doubtful scheme. He could explain us to himself--that would be easy. That would be the same as the naturalist explaining the bug to himself. But to explain the bug to t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Sketches New and Old — Mark Twain |
Sketches New and Old “? What I refer to is this: he says my jumping Frog is a funny story, but still he can't see why it should ever really convulse any one with laughter--and straightway proceeds to tr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Californian's Tale — Mark Twain |
The Californian's Tale “She would be disappointed--that beautiful creature! If she had said the words herself they could hardly have blessed me more. I was feeling a deep, strong longing to see her--a lon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Private History of a Campaign that Failed — Mark Twain |
The Private History of a Campaign that Failed “We struck into the woods and entered upon a rough time, stumbling over roots, getting tangled in vines and torn by briers. At last we reached an open place in a safe region and we …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Was it Heaven? Or Hell? — Mark Twain |
Was it Heaven? Or Hell? “There was a sound--a warning--the clearing of a throat. The aunts glanced up, and withered in their clothes--there stood the doctor, his face a thunder-cloud. Mother and child knew…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | THE GREAT REVOLUTION IN PITCAIRN — Mark Twain |
THE GREAT REVOLUTION IN PITCAIRN “The lamest part of the whole shameful matter was the REASON suggested by his enemies for his destruction of the law, to wit: that he did it to favor Christian, because Christian wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses — Mark Twain |
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses “A favorite one was to make a moccasined person tread in the tracks of a moccasined enemy, and thus hide his own trail. Cooper wore out barrels and barrels of moccasins in working t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Defense of Harriet Shelley — Mark Twain |
Defense of Harriet Shelley “There is an insistent atmosphere of candor and fairness about this book which is engaging at first, then a little burdensome, then a trifle fatiguing, then progressively suspicious…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | A Dog's Tale — Mark Twain |
A Dog's Tale “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Innocents Abroad — Mark Twain |
The Innocents Abroad “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | A Tramp Abroad — Mark Twain |
A Tramp Abroad “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Mark Twain |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | The American Claimant — Mark Twain |
The American Claimant “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Old Times on the Mississippi — Mark Twain |
Old Times on the Mississippi “And then if you will go on until you know every street crossing, the character, size, and position of the crossing-stones, and the varying depth of mud in each of those numberless …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain | Mark Twain — Archibald Henderson |
Mark Twain “Nevertheless, the observation of M. Forgues is just and authentic--the Attic flavour of l'esprit Gaulois is alien to the loosely articulated structure of American humour. The notew…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Following the Equator, Illustrated, v1 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Following the Equator, Illustrated, v1 “Interesting, and easy to understand--except in one detail, which I will mention presently. It is easy to understand why the Queensland sugar planter should want the Kanaka recruit:…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 1. — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 1. “At night the boat forged on through the deep solitudes of the river, hardly ever discovering a light to testify to a human presence--mile after mile and league after league the vas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Following the Equator, Illustrated, v2 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Following the Equator, Illustrated, v2 “There are four specialties attainable in the way of social pleasure. If you enter your name on the Visitor's Book at Government House you will receive an invitation to the next bal…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 2. — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 2. “The sight-seers returned in high spirits from the city. Was there any building in Greece to compare with Girard College, was there ever such a magnificent pile of stone devised for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Following the Equator, Illustrated, v3 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Following the Equator, Illustrated, v3 “Forty-five years ago the site now occupied by the City of Ballarat was a sylvan solitude as quiet as Eden and as lovely. Nobody had ever heard of it. On the 25th of August, 1851, t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 3 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 3 “Neither at home nor elsewhere did Ruth utter any complaint, or admit any weariness or doubt of her ability to pursue the path she had marked out for herself. But her mother saw cle…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Following the Equator, Illustrated, v4 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Following the Equator, Illustrated, v4 “That dark episode is the one large event in the history of Nelson. The fame of it traveled far. Burgess made a confession. It is a remarkable paper. For brevity, succinctness, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 4. — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 4. “"Bless me!" said the Colonel. "I have about made up my mind to go there myself. You see we've got to get another appropriation through, and the Company want me to come east and put…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Following the Equator, Illustrated, v5 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Following the Equator, Illustrated, v5 “Inside the great station, tides upon tides of rainbow-costumed natives swept along, this way and that, in massed and bewildering confusion, eager, anxious, belated, distressed; and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 5. — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 5. “"Some say that you've lost your head about him; others that you don't care any more for him than you do for a dozen others, but that he is completely fascinated with you and about …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Following the Equator, Illustrated, v6 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Following the Equator, Illustrated, v6 “So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or Nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his round. Nothing seems to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 6. — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 6. “If Henry Brierly had been blown up on the first Mississippi steamboat he set foot on, as the chances were that he would be, he and Col. Sellers never would have gone into the Colum…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Following the Equator, Illustrated, v7 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Following the Equator, Illustrated, v7 “In the opinion of many people Mr. Rhodes is South Africa; others think he is only a large part of it. These latter consider that South Africa consists of Table Mountain, the diamon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 7. — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Gilded Age, Illustrated, Volume 7. “Mr. Noble continued. He said that his party would cast him out if he voted for Mr, Dilworthy; Dilwortby said that that would inure to his benefit because he would then be a recogni…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V1 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V1 “"Why, this watch. I bought her out in Illinois--gave $150 for her--and I thought she was good. And, by George, she is good onshore, but somehow she don't keep up her lick here on t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v1 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v1 “He was gone. I shuddered. At the end of the next three hours I had been through perils so awful that all peace of mind and all cheerfulness were gone from me. Gillespie had called …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V2 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V2 “At last, a forest of graceful needles, shimmering in the amber sunlight, rose slowly above the pygmy housetops, as one sometimes sees, in the far horizon, a gilded and pinnacled ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v2 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v2 “"Oh, please go along to your office and let me have some peace. A body can never make the simplest remark but you must take it up and go to arguing and arguing and arguing till you…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V3 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V3 “What is there in Rome for me to see that others have not seen before me? What is there for me to touch that others have not touched? What is there for me to feel, to learn, to hear…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v3 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v3 “With infinite trouble, Professor Woodlouse succeeded in making a translation of this inscription, which was sent home, and straightway an enormous excitement was created about it. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V4 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V4 “We had spent the best part of half a day in the home of royalty, and had been as cheerful and comfortable all the time as we could have been in the ship. I would as soon have thoug…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v4 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v4 “Time passed on. A settled sadness rested once more upon the countenance of the good Duke's daughter. She and Conrad were seen together no more now. The Duke grieved at this. But as…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V5 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V5 “Well, out of our eight, three were selected to attend to all business connected with the expedition. The rest of us had nothing to do but look at the beautiful city of Beirout, wit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v5 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v5 “"Dearest Mary, this is the most celebrated statue in the world. This is the renowned 'Capitoline Venus' you've heard so much about. Here she is with her little blemishes 'restored'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V6 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
The Innocents Abroad, Illustrated, V6 “We crossed a street, and came presently to the former residence of St. Veronica. When the Saviour passed there, she came out, full of womanly compassion, and spoke pitying words to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v6 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v6 “All things change except barbers, the ways of barbers, and the surroundings of barbers. These never change. What one experiences in a barber's shop the first time he enters one is …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v7 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, v7 “"'Ladies and gentlemen, the painting now before you illustrates the beautiful and touching parable of the Prodigal Son. Observe the happy expression just breaking over the features…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v1 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v1 “"When I first begun to understand jay language correctly, there was a little incident happened here. Seven years ago, the last man in this region but me moved away. There stands hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v2 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v2 “The RATHHAUS, or municipal building, is of the quaintest and most picturesque Middle-Age architecture. It has a massive portico and steps, before it, heavily balustraded, and adorn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v3 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v3 “But this tramp only asked--"Were any of these heroes men of science?" This raised a laugh, of course, for science was despised in those days. But the tramp was not in the least ruf…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v4 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v4 “The chamois is a black or brown creature no bigger than a mustard seed; you do not have to go after it, it comes after you; it arrives in vast herds and skips and scampers all over…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v5 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v5 “We now prepared for a considerable walk--from Lucerne to Interlaken, over the Bruenig Pass. But at the last moment the weather was so good that I changed my mind and hired a four-h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v6 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v6 “I found my arnica invaluable. My men were suffering excruciatingly, from the friction of sitting down so much. During two or three days, not one of them was able to do more than li…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v7 — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
A Tramp Abroad, Illustrated, v7 “The telescopulist--or the telescopulariat--I do not know which is right--said a party were making a grand ascent, and would come in sight on the remote upper heights, presently; so…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER “The King was back in dreamland before this speech was ended. Miles slipped softly out, and slipped as softly in again, in the course of thirty or forty minutes, with a complete sec…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | HUCKLEBERRY FINN — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
HUCKLEBERRY FINN “YOU don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the tr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles | A CONNECTICUT YANKEE — Mark Twain: Illustratred Titles |
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE “The Round Table soon heard of the challenge, and of course it was a good deal discussed, for such things interested the boys. The king thought I ought now to set forth in quest of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | The Revolt of Mother and Other Stories — Mary Wilkins |
The Revolt of Mother and Other Stories “And what do you do, with a revolution?…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | A Far-Away Melody and Other Stories — Mary Wilkins |
A Far-Away Melody and Other Stories “"Be still, woman!" returned her husband, jerking the reins from her hand. "What think ye 'twould profit us to turn back to Salem village? I trow if there be one black beast here, t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | The Copy-Cat &Other Stories — Mary Wilkins |
The Copy-Cat &Other Stories “The day was of the last description. A beast, or a human being in whose veins coursed undisciplined blood, might, as involuntarily as the boughs of trees lash before storms, perfor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | The Heart's Highway — Mary Wilkins |
The Heart's Highway “I have always observed with wonder and amusement and a tender gladness the faculty with which young creatures, and particularly young girls, can throw off their minds for the time …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | The Hall Bedroom — Mary Wilkins |
The Hall Bedroom “All of a sudden, though, I became aware of something. One of my senses was saluted, nay, more than that, hailed, with imperiousness, and that was, strangely enough, my sense of sme…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | The Little Maid at the Door — Mary Wilkins |
The Little Maid at the Door “Ann gave a shuddering sigh. "I would I were home again," she moaned. "They said 'twas full of evil things, and that the black man himself kept tavern there since Goodman Proctor an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | A Symphony in Lavender — Mary Wilkins |
A Symphony in Lavender “"But his face did not look to me as it did before, though I still wanted to give him the lily just as much. I stood still, gazing at him, for a moment; there was, in my dream, a so…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | Cat — Mary Wilkins |
Cat “. The Cat came out from under the bed and leapt up on his lap with the rabbit. The man gave a great shout and start of terror, and sprang, and the Cat slid clawing to the floor, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | Criss-cross — Mary Wilkins |
Criss-cross “"Fiddlesticks! She never had more than five music scholars, and she never played the piano well enough to teach, anyhow, and she only taught so as to be able to get fine feathers t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | Emancipation — Mary Wilkins |
Emancipation “Esther was firm after a curious fashion. She never ordered, but her attitude was in itself equivalent to a whole broadside of orders. She never raised her voice, she often did not …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | A Guest in Sodom — Mary Wilkins |
A Guest in Sodom “His mind was run over and killed by that machine, if minds can be run over and killed, and sometimes I think they can. I have known Benjamin Rice ever since we were boys together, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | Humble Pie — Mary Wilkins |
Humble Pie “That night after she had gone to bed she thought about it all, and she felt almost angry again with fate, or with Dexter himself, she could scarcely have told which, that the one m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | The Last Gift — Mary Wilkins |
The Last Gift “Then poor Robinson Carnes, abashed, for he understood the purport of the speech, bade the minister good-by meekly, and went his way. When he saw the other Christmas trees on the ro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | The Revolt of Sophia Lane — Mary Wilkins |
The Revolt of Sophia Lane “"Sit down in that chair and see how easy it is," said Sophia, imperatively, to Mrs. Cutting, who obeyed meekly, although the crushed plush was so icy cold from its sojourn in the p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Wilkins | The Yates Pride — Mary Wilkins |
The Yates Pride “Right upon the announcement came proof. The beautiful door of the old colonial mansion opposite was thrown open, and clumsy and cautious motion was evident. Presently a tall, slend…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | From Twice-Told Tales — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
From Twice-Told Tales “But under whatever titular blunders we receive this book it is most cordially welcome. We have seen no prose composition by any American which can compare with some of these articl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Scarlet Letter “A throng of bearded men, in sad-coloured garments and grey steeple-crowned hats, inter-mixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wood…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The House of the Seven Gables — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The House of the Seven Gables “MISS HEPZIBAH PYNCHEON sat in the oaken elbow-chair, with her hands over her face, giving way to that heavy down-sinking of the heart which most persons have experienced, when the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | From Mosses From An Old Manse — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
From Mosses From An Old Manse “Includes the very controversial tale "The Birthmark."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | From The Snow Image — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
From The Snow Image “"I do believe," said he, soberly, "or, at least, I could believe, if I chose, that there is a devil in this pile of blotted papers. You have read them, and know what I mean,--that …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Whole History Of Grandfather's Chair — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Whole History Of Grandfather's Chair “At this time, however, it happened to be the fashion for ladies to adorn their drawing-rooms with the oldest and oddest chairs that could be found. It seemed to cousin Clara that, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Blithedale Romance — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Blithedale Romance “But it was fortunate for us, on that wintry eve of our untried life, to enjoy the warm and radiant luxury of a somewhat too abundant fire. If it served no other purpose, it made th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Marble Faun, or The Romance of Monte Beni, Vol. II — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Marble Faun, or The Romance of Monte Beni, Vol. II “"That is not the way with this kind of death!" exclaimed Donatello, in a low, horrorstricken voice, which grew higher and more full of emotion as he proceeded. "Imagine a fellow cr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Marble Faun, Or The Romance of Monte Beni, Volume 1 — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Marble Faun, Or The Romance of Monte Beni, Volume 1 “The figure of their friend was now discernible by her own torchlight, approaching out of one of the cavernous passages. Miriam came forward, but not with the eagerness and tremulou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Great Stone Face And Other Tales Of The White Mountains — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Great Stone Face And Other Tales Of The White Mountains “The Great Stone Face, then, was a work of Nature in her mood of majestie playfulness, formed on the perpendicular side of a mountain by some immense rocks, which had been thrown to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Tanglewood Tales — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Tanglewood Tales “In the old city of Troezene, at the foot of a lofty mountain, there lived, a very long time ago, a little boy named Theseus. His grandfather, King Pittheus, was the sovereign of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Fanshawe — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Fanshawe “Doctor Melmoth, at the time when he is to be intro- duced to the reader, had borne the matrimonial yoke (and in his case it was no light burthen) nearly twenty years. The blessing …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Wives of the Dead — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Wives of the Dead “But even while a sort of childish fretfulness made her thus resolve, she was breathing hurriedly, and straining her ears to catch a repetition of the summons. It is difficult to be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Young Goodman Brown — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Young Goodman Brown “"Such company, thou wouldst say," observed the elder person, interpreting his pause. "Well said, Goodman Brown! I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Ethan Brand — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Ethan Brand “"What! then you are Ethan Brand himself?" cried the lime-burner, in amazement. "I am a newcomer here, as you say, and they call it eighteen years since you left the foot of Gray-lo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Ambitious Guest — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Ambitious Guest “The door was opened by a young man. His face at first wore the melancholy expression, almost despondency, of one who travels a wild and bleak road, at nightfall and alone, but soon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Wakefield — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Wakefield “Almost repenting of his frolic, or whatever it may be termed, Wakefield lies down betimes, and starting from his first nap, spreads forth his arms into the wide and solitary waste …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Seven Vagabonds — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Seven Vagabonds “`Ah,' said the gay damsel, `you might as well ask where the summer wind is going. We are wanderers here, and there, and every where. Wherever there is mirth, our merry hearts are d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | David Swan — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
David Swan “The girl was hardly out of sight, when two men turned aside beneath the maple shade. Both had dark faces, set off by cloth caps, which were drawn down aslant over their brows. Thei…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Dr. Heidegger's Experiment — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment “"You shall judge for yourself, my dear colonel," replied Dr. Heidegger; "and all of you, my respected friends, are welcome to so much of this admirable fluid as may restore to you …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Gentle Boy — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Gentle Boy “The boy had bushed his wailing at once, and turned his face upward to the stranger. It was a pale, bright-eyed countenance, certainly not more than six years old, but sorrow, fear,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Haunted Mind — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Haunted Mind “Pass, wretched band! Well for the wakeful one, if, riotously miserable, a fiercer tribe do not surround him, the devils of a guilty heart, that holds its hell within itself. What i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Haunted Quack — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Haunted Quack “But my legs grew tired of being trussed beneath my haunches; my elbows wearied with their monotonous motion; my eyes became dim with gazing forever upon the dull brick wall which f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe “"But I can take mine," said the farmer, "that if Squire Higginbotham was murdered night before last, I drank a glass of bitters with his ghost this morning. Being a neighbor of min…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER “Nor did he fail again to observe, or imagine, an analogy between the beautiful girl and the gorgeous shrub that hung its gem-like flowers over the fountain; a resemblance which Bea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Threefold Destiny: A Fairy Legend — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Threefold Destiny: A Fairy Legend “"Now, a credulous man," said Ralf Cranfield carelessly to himself, "might suppose that the treasure which I have sought round the world, lies buried, after all, at the very door of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | A Rill from the Town Pump — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
A Rill from the Town Pump “Your pardon, good people! I must interrupt my stream of eloquence, and spout forth a stream of water to replenish the trough for this teamster and his two yoke of oxen, who have co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Mosses from an Old Manse, volume 1 — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Mosses from an Old Manse, volume 1 “Where is that brilliant guest--that quick and subtle spirit whom Prometheus lured from Heaven to civilize mankind, and cheer them in their wintry desolation--that comfortable inmat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Mosses from an Old Manse, volume 2 — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Mosses from an Old Manse, volume 2 “The young man smiled and bowed, but drawing himself back in his chair, he buttoned his coat over his breast, as if the banquetting-hall were growing chill. Again the idiot fixed hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Mrs. Bullfrog — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Mrs. Bullfrog “"We might have spared one neck out of the three," muttered the driver, rubbing his ear and pulling his nose, to ascertain whether he had been cuffed or not.-- "Why, the woman's a w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Night Sketches — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Night Sketches “Next I meet an unhappy slip-shod gentleman, with a cloak flung hastily over his shoulders, running a race with boisterous winds, and striving to glide between the drops of rain. So…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Legends of the Province House — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Legends of the Province House “The ship in which she came passenger had arrived at Newport, whence Lady Eleanore was conveyed to Boston in the Governor's coach, attended by a small escort of gentlemen on horseba…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Twice-Told Tales — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Twice-Told Tales “So! I have climbed high, and my reward is small. Here I stand, with wearied knees, earth, indeed, at a dizzy depth below, but heaven far, far beyond me still. O that I could soar u…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Canterbury Pilgrims — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Canterbury Pilgrims “"Happy in your ignorance!" replied the poet, with an air of sublime superiority. "To your coarser mind, perhaps, I may seem to speak of more important griefs, when I add, what I ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Blithedale Romance — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Blithedale Romance “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Dolliver Romance — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Dolliver Romance “Little Pansie was the one earthly creature that inherited a drop of the Dolliver blood. The Doctor's only child, poor Bessie's offspring, had died the better part of a hundred year…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne — Frank Preston Stearns |
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne “Why Hawthorne returned to Concord in 1852 is more of a mystery than the suicide of Zenobia. Horace Mann also left Newton, to be President of Antioch College (and to die there in th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Doctor Grimshawe's Secret “"No, no, Doctor," said the grave-digger, laughing; "it would crack better teeth than mine, old and crumbly as it is. And yet I meant to do something with it that is akin to eating;…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Nathaniel Hawthorne — George E. Woodberry |
Nathaniel Hawthorne “He had, however, begun to age. He was forty-six years old, and the last year had told upon him, with its various anxieties, excitement, and hard labor with the pen. He was more eas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Septimius Felton; Or, The Elixir Of Life — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Septimius Felton; Or, The Elixir Of Life “"No doctor! no woman!" said she; "if my drink could not save me, what would a doctor's foolish pills and powders do? And a woman! If old Martha Denton, the witch, were alive, I wou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Passages From the English Notebooks — Hawthorne |
Passages From the English Notebooks “In front of our hotel, on the lawn between us and the lake, there are two trees, which we have hitherto taken to be yews; but on examining them more closely, I find that they are p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks “No shame is attached to begging in Italy. In fact, I rather imagine it to be held an honorable profession, inheriting some of the odor of sanctity that used to be attached to a men…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Passages From The American Notebooks, V1 — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Passages From The American Notebooks, V1 “August 31st.--A drive to Nahant yesterday afternoon. Stopped at Rice's, and afterwards walked down to the steamboat wharf to see the passengers land. It is strange how few good fac…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 2 — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 2 “It was a beautiful morning, clear as crystal, with an invigorating, but not disagreeable coolness. The general aspect of the country was as green as summer,--greener indeed than mi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Sketches and Studies — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Sketches and Studies “When Franklin Pierce declined the honorable offer of the attorney-generalship of the United States, he intimated that there might be one contingency in which he would feel it his d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Our Old Home — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Our Old Home “From Leamington to Stratford-on-Avon the distance is eight or nine miles, over a road that seemed to me most beautiful. Not that I can recall any memorable peculiarities; for the c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists | Sister Carrie — Naturalists |
Sister Carrie “By Dreiser, Mencken's favorite author.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists | The Financier — Naturalists |
The Financier “The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more. It was set with handsome parks, notable buildings, and crowded…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists | The Hairpin and Other Stories — Naturalists |
The Hairpin and Other Stories “"You know her? There is something irresistible about her. What is it? I don't know. Is it those grey eyes whose glance thrusts like a gimlet and remains in you like the barb of an …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists | The Titan — Naturalists |
The Titan “After his first visit to the bank over which Addison presided, and an informal dinner at the latter's home, Cowperwood had decided that he did not care to sail under any false colo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists | Ida Hauchawout — Theodore Dreiser |
Ida Hauchawout “But the figure in the coffin, embedded in such voluptuous materiality at so late a date, she who had followed the plow and pitched hay, struck me as remarkable. Her hair was thick …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists | The Damnation of Theron Ware — Harold Frederic |
The Damnation of Theron Ware “"Well--I hardly know how to say it," she faltered, "but it was nicer in the old days, before you bothered your head about big projects, and your career, as you call it, and were ju…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists | The Fat and the Thin — Naturalists |
The Fat and the Thin “The deep-lying forests of seaweed, in which the mysterious life of the ocean slumbers, seemed at one haul of the nets to have yielded up all they contained. There were cod, keeling…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists | GERMINAL — EMILE ZOLA |
GERMINAL “And exclamations greeted this scheme, a rebellion was germinating in this little corner, nearly six hundred metres beneath the earth. Soon they could not restrain their voices; the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists | Therese Raquin — Emile Zola |
Therese Raquin “At last he was rid of his crime. He had killed Camille. It was a matter that was settled, and would be spoken of no more. He was now going to lead a tranquil existence, until he co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists | The Flood — Emile Zola |
The Flood “Then the water began an attack. Until then the stream had followed the street; but the debris that encumbered it deflected the course. And when a drifting object, a beam, came with…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | McTeague — Naturalists: Frank Norris |
McTeague “Where that cliched Death-Valley-handcuffed-to-a-dead-man thing comes from. By Frank Norris.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | Comida: An Experience in Famine — Naturalists: Frank Norris |
Comida: An Experience in Famine “By seven o'clock this cry changed in volume. It was no longer deep-toned; it began to be shrill and piping, and there were no more hands above the terrace wall. We did not like to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | A Lost Story — Naturalists: Frank Norris |
A Lost Story “But the lapse of time was naught to her, nor the fever that throbbed in her head. Her world, like a temple of glass, had come down dashing about her. The future, which had beckoned…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | The Octopus — Naturalists: Frank Norris |
The Octopus “"Ulsteen gave his decision yesterday," he continued, reading from his father's letter. "He holds, Ulsteen does, that 'grain rates as low as the new figure would amount to confiscat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | The Passing of Cock-Eye Blacklock — Naturalists: Frank Norris |
The Passing of Cock-Eye Blacklock “"That there board lasted for two years, till the freshet of '82, when the American River -- Hello, there's the sun!" All in a minute the night seemed to have closed up like a great…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | The Pit — Naturalists: Frank Norris |
The Pit “But Laura, preoccupied with looking for the Cresslers, hardly listened. Aunt Wess', whose count was confused by all these figures murmured just behind her, began over again, her li…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | The Ship That Saw a Ghost — Naturalists: Frank Norris |
The Ship That Saw a Ghost “Observe that B. 300 is spoken of as still open. It is so, for the reason that the Three Black Crows did not pull it off. It still stands marked up in red ink on the map that hangs …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | Fantaisie Printaniere — Naturalists: Frank Norris |
Fantaisie Printaniere “About nine o'clock Trina McTeague appeared on the back steps of her house rolling her washtub before her, preparing to do her monthly washing in the open air on that fine morning. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | Moran of the Lady Letty — Naturalists: Frank Norris |
Moran of the Lady Letty “Wilbur had imagined that the fight would be hardly more than a wild rush down the slope of the beach, a dash over the beach- combers' breastworks of sand, and a brief hand-to-hand …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | 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 | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | A Case for Lombroso — Naturalists: Frank Norris |
A Case for Lombroso “One day, when she was about twenty-one or twenty-two, she heard Stayne's name for the first time. Someone was telling someone else a story in which Stayne had shone with particular…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Frank Norris | Blix — Naturalists: Frank Norris |
Blix “It had been easy to promise Blix that he would no longer gamble at his club with the other men of his acquaintance; but it was "death and the devil," as he told himself, to abide b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 13. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 13. “Crazy people attract me. They live in a mysterious land of weird dreams, in that impenetrable cloud of dementia where all that they have witnessed in their previous life, all they …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 12. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 12. “The apartment wore that melancholy aspect common to death chambers; a look of despairing farewell. Medicine bottles littered the furniture; linen lay in the corners into which it h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 11. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 11. “20th June, 1851. I have just left court. I have condemned Blondel to death! Now, why did this man kill his five children? Frequently one meets with people to whom the destruction o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 10. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 10. “And when night fell and he lay on the ground, wrapped in his cape beside his comrades who were snoring, he thought long and deeply about those he had left behind and of the dangers…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 9. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 9. “Do you recall, old friends and brothers, those happy years when life was nothing but a triumph and an occasion for mirth? Do you recall the days of wanderings around Paris, our jol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 8. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 8. “I suppose I am too critical of women to submit to their fascination. I ask you to forgive me for this remark. I will explain what I mean. In every creature there is a moral being a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 7. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 7. “When the old mother received the body of her child, which the neighbors had brought back to her, she did not cry, but she stayed there for a long time motionless, watching him. The…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 6. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 6. “Some people are Freethinkers from sheer stupidity. My Uncle Sosthenes was one of these. Some people are often religious for the same reason. The very sight of a priest threw my unc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Short Stories, Vol. 5. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Short Stories, Vol. 5. “He was dirty, bald on top of his head, with a fringe of iron-gray hair falling on the collar of his frock coat. His clothes, much too large for him, appeared to have been made for …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Short Stories, Vol. 4. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Short Stories, Vol. 4. “And soon a rumor began to circulate. People talked of a colossal wolf with gray fur, almost white, who had eaten two children, gnawed off a woman's arm, strangled all the watch dog…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 3. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 3. “This man was undoubtedly an illegitimate child, put out to nurse and then abandoned. He had no other name than Georges Louis, but as on growing up he became particularly intelligen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 2. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 2. “I did not see a single human being, and I felt listless and disheartened. What could I do with myself? I was already thinking of the inevitable and interminable visit to the small …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 1. — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Original Maupassant Short Stories, Vol. 1. “But the invading army entered by every frontier like a surging sea. Great waves of men arrived one after the other, scattering all around them a scum of freebooters. General Carrel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Yvette — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Yvette “But now, all at once, Servigny, by a few words, the brutality of which she felt without understanding them, awakened in her a sudden disquietude, unreasoning at first, but which gr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Bel Ami — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Bel Ami “Why did his heart palpitate so wildly at the slightest sound? He began to reason philosophically on the possibility of being afraid. No, certainly he was not, since he was ready to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Pierre And Jean — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Pierre And Jean “Pierre and Jean had remained in the little outer drawing-room; the younger still sore under the criticism passed on his taste, and the elder chafing more and more at seeing his bro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | The Jewels of Madame Lantin — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
The Jewels of Madame Lantin “Now, with her love for the theatre, came also the desire for ornaments. Her costumes remained as before, simple, in good taste, and always modest; but she soon began to adorn her e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | The Necklace — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
The Necklace “She danced with intoxication, with passion, made drunk by pleasure, forgetting all, in the triumph of her beauty, in the glory of her success, in a sort of cloud of happiness compo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | The Trip of the Horla — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
The Trip of the Horla “The two barometers mark about five hundred meters, and we gaze with enthusiastic admiration at the earth we are leaving and to which we are not attached in any way; it looks like a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | The Grave — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
The Grave “"When I met her for the first time I felt a strange sensation. It was not astonishment nor admiration, nor yet that which is called love at first sight, but a feeling of delicious …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Strong as Death — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Strong as Death “The attraction that impelled him toward this girl a little resembled those obscure yet innocent desires that go to make up part of all the ceaseless and unappeasable vibrations of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Mademoiselle Fifi — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Mademoiselle Fifi “The girls did not understand his witticisms, and their intelligence did not seem to be awakened until he sputtered obscene words, rough expressions, crippled by his accent. Then al…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | Une Vie, A Piece of String and Other Stories — Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant |
Une Vie, A Piece of String and Other Stories “Julien, however, hardly spoke to his wife, as though he had nourished anger against her ever since she refused to send away the maid. He referred to the subject one day, but Jeanne…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Guy de Maupassant | The Vendetta — GUY de MAUPASSANT |
The Vendetta “Then the woman went to the pork-butcher and bought a long piece of black pudding. She returned home, lit a wood fire in her yard, close to the kennel, and grilled the black pudding…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Kate Chopin | Bayou Folk — Naturalists: Kate Chopin |
Bayou Folk “Short fiction by much-more-than-local-color-writer Kate Chopin. Includes Ma'ame Pélagie, a character who shows up again later...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Kate Chopin | A Night in Acadie — Naturalists: Kate Chopin |
A Night in Acadie “More characters out of Southern Louisiana by Mrs. Chopin, single mom of six.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Kate Chopin | The Awakening — Naturalists: Kate Chopin |
The Awakening “She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again. Edna heard her father's voice and her sister Margaret's. She heard the barking of an old…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Kate Chopin | Ozeme's Holiday — Naturalists: Kate Chopin |
Ozeme's Holiday “He sat in the buckboard, given up to a moment or two of reflection. The result was that he turned away from the river, and entered the road that led between two fields back to the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Kate Chopin | Regret — Naturalists: Kate Chopin |
Regret “She left them crowded into the narrow strip of shade on the porch of the long, low house; the white sunlight was beating in on the white old boards; some chickens were scratching i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Kate Chopin | A Respectable Woman — Naturalists: Kate Chopin |
A Respectable Woman “Mrs. Baroda heard footsteps crunching the gravel; but could discern in the darkness only the approaching red point of a lighted cigar. She knew it was Gouvernail, for her husband d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Kate Chopin | The Kiss — Naturalists: Kate Chopin |
The Kiss “"I believe," stammered Brantain, "I see that I have stayed too long. I -- I had no idea -- that is, I must wish you good-by." He was clutching his hat with both hands, and probably…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Kate Chopin | The Storm — Kate Chopin |
The Storm “Bobinôt arose and going across to the counter purchased a can of shrimps, of which Calixta was very fond. Then he retumed to his perch on the keg and sat stolidly holding the can o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Kate Chopin | Her Letters — Naturalists: Kate Chopin |
Her Letters “The men about him were no longer the friends of yesterday; in each one he discerned a possible enemy. He attended absently to their talk. He was remembering how she had conducted h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | Active Service — Naturalists: Stephen Crane |
Active Service “In a secluded cove, in which the sea-maids once had played, no doubt, Marjory and Coleman sat in silence. He was below her, and if he looked at her he had to turn his glance obliqu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | The Red Badge of Courage — Naturalists: Stephen Crane |
The Red Badge of Courage “One of the two or three most popular books on this site, at least during shool year.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | Maggie: A Girl of the Streets — Naturalists: Stephen Crane |
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets “This one or Sister Carrie, by Dreiser? Well, if brevity is the soul of wit (Just kidding. I like Dreiser too...)…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky and the Open Boat — Naturalists: Stephen Crane |
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky and the Open Boat “Pity the poor oiler. But hey, does Open Boat mark the birth of new journalism?…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | Whilomville Stories — Naturalists: Stephen Crane |
Whilomville Stories “The two victims opened wide eyes at each other. The fence separated them, and so it was impossible for them to immediately engage; but they seemed to understand that they were ulti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | A Detail — Naturalists: Stephen Crane |
A Detail “At last, however, she saw two young women gazing in at a shop window. They were well-dressed girls; they wore gowns with enormous sleeves that made them look like full-rigged ships…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | An Experiment in Misery — Naturalists: Stephen Crane |
An Experiment in Misery “"B' Gawd," he cried, "if ye'll do that, b' Gawd, I'd say yeh was a damned good fellow, I would, an' I'd remember yeh all m' life, I would, b' Gawd, an' if I ever got a chance I'd r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | Manacled — STEPHEN CRANE |
Manacled “The body of the theatre now resembled a mad surf amid rocks, but the hero did not look at it. He was filled with fury at the stupidity of the two brutal warders, in forgetting that…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | The Monster — Stephen Crane |
The Monster “Johnson passed through two rooms and came to the head of the stairs. As he opened the door great billows of smoke poured out, but gripping Jimmie closer, he plunged down through th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | An Illusion in Red and White — Stephen Crane |
An Illusion in Red and White “"Now, I'll tell you how it happened--how I imagine it was done. Some time after burying his wife in the woods Jones strolled back into the house. Seeing nobody, he called out in th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | The Little Regiment — Naturalists: Stephen Crane |
The Little Regiment “Full title: THE LITTLE REGIMENT AND OTHER EPISODES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Naturalists: Stephen Crane | Men, Women, and Boats — Naturalists: Stephen Crane |
Men, Women, and Boats “"I'd 'a' come home earlier t'night, Dad, on'y that fly foreman, he kep' me in th' shop 'til half-past six. What a fool! He came t' me, yeh know, an' he ses, 'Nell, I wanta give yeh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Olive Schreiner | Story of An African Farm — Olive Schreiner |
Story of An African Farm “At last came the year of the great drought, the year of eighteen-sixty-two. From end to end of the land the earth cried for water. Man and beast turned their eyes to the pitiless s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Olive Schreiner | Women and Labour — Olive Schreiner |
Women and Labour “In that clamour which has arisen in the modern world, where now this, and then that, is demanded for and by large bodies of modern women, he who listens carefully may detect as a k…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Olive Schreiner | Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland — Olive Schreiner |
Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland “Since eight in the morning he had wandered among long grasses, and ironstone kopjes, and stunted bush, and had come upon no sign of human habitation, but the remains of a burnt kra…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Olive Schreiner | Dreams — Olive Schreiner |
Dreams “Then again he came to her. And she moaned, and bent her head low, and turned to the gate. But as she went out she looked back at the sunlight on the faces of the flowers, and wept …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Olive Schreiner | Dream Life and Real Life — Olive Schreiner |
Dream Life and Real Life “Little Jannita sat alone beside a milk-bush. Before her and behind her stretched the plain, covered with red sand and thorny karoo bushes; and here and there a milk-bush, looking l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Olive Schreiner | Undine — Olive Schreiner |
Undine “Kind of a prequel to Story of an African Farm.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | Elsie Venner — Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Elsie Venner “"Nobody can tell. Elsie is not like anybody else. The girls who have seen most of her think she hates men, all but 'Dudley,' as she calls her father. Some of them doubt whether she…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | The Guardian Angel — Oliver Wendell Holmes |
The Guardian Angel “Olive turned very pale and was silent for a moment. At the end of that moment the story seemed almost old to her. It was a natural ending of the prison-life which had been round My…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | The Memoir of John Lothrop Motley — Oliver Wendell Holmes |
The Memoir of John Lothrop Motley “"My habits here for the present year are very regular. I came here, having, as I thought, finished my work, or rather the first Part (something like three or four volumes, 8vo), bu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oscar Wilde | The Importance of Being Earnest — Oscar Wilde |
The Importance of Being Earnest “LANE. I believe it IS a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I have only been married once. That was in consequence of a misu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oscar Wilde | Lord Arthur Saville's Crime and Other Stories — Oscar Wilde |
Lord Arthur Saville's Crime and Other Stories “'Well, he is not a bit like a cheiromantist. I mean he is not mysterious, or esoteric, or romantic-looking. He is a little, stout man, with a funny, bald head, and great gold-rimme…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde |
The Picture of Dorian Gray “Lord Henry elevated his eyebrows and looked at him in amazement through the thin blue wreaths of smoke that curled up in such fanciful whorls from his heavy, opium-tainted cigarett…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oscar Wilde | The Ballad of Reading Gaol — Oscar Wilde |
The Ballad of Reading Gaol “And blood and wine were on his hands/ When they found him with the dead,/The poor dead woman whom he loved,/And murdered in her bed.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oscar Wilde | The Happy Prince and Other Tales — Oscar Wilde |
The Happy Prince and Other Tales “Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the Swallow picked off, till the Happy Prince looked quite dull and grey. Leaf after leaf of the fine gold he brought to the poor, and the children…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oscar Wilde | The Portrait of Mr. W. H. — Oscar Wilde |
The Portrait of Mr. W. H. “I collected all the passages that seemed to me to corroborate this view, and they produced a strong impression on me, and showed me how complete Cyril Graham's theory really was. I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oscar Wilde | De Profundis — Oscar Wilde |
De Profundis “I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own hand. I am quite ready to say so. I am trying to say so, though they may n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray — 13 Chapter Version |
The Picture of Dorian Gray “This is the 1890 version of Wilde's classic, contributed by Professor AJ Drake.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oscar Wilde | THE GREEN CARNATION — Oscar Wilde |
THE GREEN CARNATION “Note: Adapted by Frank J. Morlock From the novel by Robert Hichens…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Oscar Wilde | Essays and Lectures — Oscar Wilde |
Essays and Lectures “Now, while undoubtedly in these passages we may recognise the first anticipation of many of the most modern principles of research, we must remember how essentially limited is the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ouida | The Village Commune — Ouida |
The Village Commune “The lights were blazing brightly; the music was sounding jocundly, the youths and the maidens were going round and round, laughing and chattering as they jumped. The drum stood on …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ouida | Under Two Flags — Ouida |
Under Two Flags “Her voice rang clear as a clarion; the warm blood burned in her bright cheeks; the swift, fiery, pathetic eloquence of her nation moved her, and moved strangely the hearts of her h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ouida | The Little Thief — Ouida |
The Little Thief “But how to carry her there? She was like a log, as she said, with limbs which were wholly useless, without power to move any part of her except her lips, dependent on her neighbors…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | Life in the Iron-Mills — Rebecca Harding Davis |
Life in the Iron-Mills “Wolfe, while Deborah watched him as a spaniel its master, bent over the furnace with his iron pole, unconscious of her scrutiny, only stopping to receive orders. Physically, Nature…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | Frances Waldeaux — Rebecca Harding Davis |
Frances Waldeaux “Lucy was silent and dejected for a day or two, being filled with pity for Mr. Perry's ruined life. But when she saw his name in a list of outgoing passengers on the Paris her heart…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | Anne — Rebecca Harding Davis |
Anne “Mrs. Palmer hesitated, and then went on into her own room. She felt chilled and defeated. She had thought Susy would take an interest, but -- Of course she could not explain to her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | Blind Tom — Rebecca Harding Davis |
Blind Tom “His memory is so accurate that he can repeat, without the loss of a syllable, a discourse of fifteen minutes in length, of which he does not understand a word. Songs, too, in Frenc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | An Ignoble Martyr — Rebecca Harding Davis |
An Ignoble Martyr “Now Aaron himself was in the wasted triangle, and as his daughter Jane saw his coffin lowered into it she felt a wrench of pity for him, because he never again could see the wheat …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | Jane Murray's Thanksgiving Story — Rebecca Harding Davis |
Jane Murray's Thanksgiving Story “"Successor? I should say so! The girls must have no more of such fancy training; they must go thru the regular textbooks to make ready for the college exams. I tried them last spri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | Margret Howth: A Story of To-Day — Rebecca Harding Davis |
Margret Howth: A Story of To-Day “Now that I have come to the love part of my story, I am suddenly conscious of dingy common colors on the palette with which I have been painting. I wish I had some brilliant dyes. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | The Middle-Aged Woman — Rebecca Harding Davis |
The Middle-Aged Woman “If you have a curiosity, for example, to inspect the development of woman from the fifteenth century until now, there is no need of materialized spirits to make up the panorama. Fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | An Old-Time Love Story — Rebecca Harding Davis |
An Old-Time Love Story “Those of us who are women can guess how it had gone with Aggie. She knew that the town looked on her with awe and envy when she was chosen; the lean old man she believed to be a ki…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | One Week an Editor — Rebecca Harding Davis |
One Week an Editor “"No, no, Cibber. These fellows are professionals. I am only an amateur. Never took pen in hand before to indite more than a few notes. I preach always impromptu. No, no; they'd tre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | Walhalla — Rebecca Harding Davis |
Walhalla “"It is only the hidden contrast to the grandeur and dirt behind us," said Pomeroy. "If you miss the repose and exaltation of the lofty heights which you talked of, you will find sc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rebecca Harding Davis | THE CAPTAIN'S STORY — Rebecca Harding Davis |
THE CAPTAIN'S STORY “I used to see her sitting in a dark corner on deck until late in the night, her eyes strained over the long stretch of shore as we floated by; and I could understand how the heavy,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | DEEPHAVEN — Sarah Orne Jewett |
DEEPHAVEN “We knew that we were considered Miss Brandon's representatives in Deephaven society, and this was no slight responsibility, as she had received much honor and respect. We heard aga…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | A Dunnet Shepherdess — Sarah Orne Jewett |
A Dunnet Shepherdess “I was happily furnished with the particulars of a sudden death, and an engagement of marriage between a Caplin, a seafaring widower home from his voyage, and one of the younger Har…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | The King of Folly Island and Other People — Sarah Orne Jewett |
The King of Folly Island and Other People “It is quite a mistake to believe that people who live by themselves find every day a lonely one. Miss Peck and many other solitary persons could assure us that it is very seldom th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | A Marsh Island — Sarah Orne Jewett |
A Marsh Island “As he went up the broad green sloping yard toward the orchard, a little later, Mrs. Owen's voice reached him as she sang a high droning psalm tune behind the wilted scarlet runners…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | The Queen's Twin and Other Stories — Sarah Orne Jewett |
The Queen's Twin and Other Stories “There was something about the look of the crimson silk shawl in the front yard to make one suspect that the sober customs of the best house in a quiet New England village were all …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | Strangers &Wayfarers — Sarah Orne Jewett |
Strangers &Wayfarers “"You mustn't expect to pick out a handsome gal, at your age," insisted Sister Pinkham, in a business-like way. "Time's past for all that, an' you've got the name of a rover. I've h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | Tales of New England — Sarah Orne Jewett |
Tales of New England “"Perhaps it's my mare stepping about, -- she's dreadful restive in fly-time," suggested Mr. Kendall, and at once put his head out of the window; but when he took it in again, it wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | A White Heron and Other Stories — Sarah Orne Jewett |
A White Heron and Other Stories “"So Sylvy knows all about birds, does she?" he exclaimed, as he looked round at the little girl who sat, very demure but increasingly sleepy, in the moonlight. "I am making a colle…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | Going to Shrewsbury — Sarah Orne Jewett |
Going to Shrewsbury “"Where do you suppose they be all goin'?" she asked contemptuously. "There ain't many on 'em but what looks kind o' respectable. I'll warrant they've left work to home they'd ought…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | The Landscape Chamber — Sarah Orne Jewett |
The Landscape Chamber “The old man regarded me with indifference, and went on patiently rubbing the horse's foot. I was silent after having offered to take his place and being contemptuously refused. His…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | Tom's Husband — Sarah Orne Jewett |
Tom's Husband “Tom laughed a little, but looked disturbed. His wife had said something to the same effect, and his mother had spoken once or twice in her letters of the prospect of starting the m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | Decoration Day — Sarah Orne Jewett |
Decoration Day “"There was somethin' else to it," said Henry Merrill, soberly. "Drink come natural to him, 'twas born in him, I expect, an' there wa'n't nobody that could turn the divil out same's…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | The White Rose Road — Sarah Orne Jewett |
The White Rose Road “There sat the old farmer, looking down the lane in his turn, bearing his afflictions with a patient sternness that may have been born of watching his sister's serenity. There was a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | William's Wedding — Sarah Orne Jewett |
William's Wedding “I remembered Esther's weather-worn face. She was like a Frenchwoman who had spent her life in the fields. I remembered her pleasant look, her child-like eyes, and thought of the as…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | The Passing of Sister Barsett — Sarah Orne Jewett |
The Passing of Sister Barsett “"An' the new throat troubles, all of 'em," agreed Sarah Ellen, "an' has made trial of all the best patent medicines, and could tell you their merits as no one else could in this vi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | The Foreigner — Sarah Orne Jewett |
The Foreigner “"She come here from the French islands," explained Mrs. Todd. "I asked her once about her folks, an' she said they were all dead; 'twas the fever took 'em. She made this her home, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | The Hiltons' Holiday — Sarah Orne Jewett |
The Hiltons' Holiday “"Tain't nothin' special," answered the good man, a little ruffled; he was never prepared for his wife's mysterious powers of divination. "Well there, you do find things out the mas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | Miss Tempy's Watchers — Sarah Orne Jewett |
Miss Tempy's Watchers “Mrs. Crowe met her look with a serious face. "It ain't so easy for me to give as it is for some," she said simply, but with an effort which was made possible only by the occasion. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stanley Weyman | The House of the Wolf — Stanley Weyman |
The House of the Wolf “Weyman's first book.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stanley Weyman | A Gentleman of France — Stanley Weyman |
A Gentleman of France “Weyman loved 16th Century France -- intrigue, swashbuckling, some said he was like Dumas, without all the tediuous little bits.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stanley Weyman | From the Memoirs of a Minister of France — Stanley Weyman |
From the Memoirs of a Minister of France “Same period as Gent. of France.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stanley Weyman | Under the Red Robe — Stanley Weyman |
Under the Red Robe “To the end of his life I have heard that the great king loved this district, and would sigh, when years and State fell heavily on him, for the beech groves and box-covered hills of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stanley Weyman | The Fowl in the Pot — Stanley Weyman |
The Fowl in the Pot “"The fowl in the pot? To be sure. So I will--to-morrow," he replied. And in the end he would be obeyed. I took my leave of him as if for the night, and retired, leaving him at play…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stanley Weyman | The Man in Black — Stanley Weyman |
The Man in Black “The other men, gathering round, glared at the boy hungrily. In the middle of the Forest of Bondy he could not have been more at their mercy than he was in this quiet corner of the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | After A Shadow and Other Stories — T. S. Arthur |
After A Shadow and Other Stories “How often, bitter envy stung the poor cripple's heart! How often, as the thoughtless village children taunted him cruelly with his misfortune, would he fling harsh maledictions aft…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | All's For the Best — T. S. Arthur |
All's For the Best “It was true; Brantley had tripped again; and was down. He had been climbing bravely for three or four years, and was well up the ladder of prosperity, when in his eagerness to make…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Cast Adrift — T. S. Arthur |
Cast Adrift “The river of her life, which had cut for itself a deeper channel, lay now so far down that it was out of the sight of common observation. Even her mother failed to apprehend its dr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Danger; or Wounded in the House of a Friend — T. S. Arthur |
Danger; or Wounded in the House of a Friend “Looking closely into the man's strong intellectual face, you would have seen something that marred the harmony of its fine features and dimmed its clear expression--something to st…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Finger Posts on the Way of Life — T. S. Arthur |
Finger Posts on the Way of Life “"I won't put up with such treatment from you, Mr. Tompkins," said the good lady, passionately, and walked from the room with a stately step and an effort at dignity. The husband re…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Home Lights and Shadows — T. S. Arthur |
Home Lights and Shadows “Mrs. Herbert did not utter the threat which came to her lips; for her mind shrunk from the thought of punishing her child, especially as his fault was a consequence of her own acti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures — T. S. Arthur |
Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures “"Guilty, on your own acknowledgment," said the friend, seeing the effect of his words. "Better always to act fairly in these matters of the heart, Florence. If we sow the wind, we …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | The Allen House, or Twenty Years Ago and Now — T. S. Arthur |
The Allen House, or Twenty Years Ago and Now “And now, reader, after this long digression, you can understand my surprise at seeing broad gleams of light reaching out into the darkness from the windows of that north-west chamb…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | The Son of My Friend — T.S. Arthur |
The Son of My Friend “"All that is a question of money and good fame," said my husband, his voice falling into a more serious tone. "I can make it three, five, or ten hundred dollars, and forget all abo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper — T. S. Arthur |
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper “THERE are, among the many things which Mr. Smith, like other men, will not understand, frequent difficulties about the children's clothing. He seems to think that frocks and trowse…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | The Two Wives — T. S. Arthur |
The Two Wives “"Ah, me!" she sighed. "It is hard to know how to get along with him. If every thing isn't just to suit his fancy, off he goes. I might humour him more than I do, but it isn't in me…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Woman's Trials — T. S. Arthur |
Woman's Trials “"I think I know of a person who will suit you," replied Mrs. Brandon, the lady to whom the application had been made. "She is a poor widow woman, with four children dependent upon …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing — T. S. Arthur |
Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing “THE little Lina opened her eyes upon this world in the arms of her father, the good Gotleib. He kissed the child with a holy joy: "For," said he, "now is a thought of God fixed in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Words for the Wise — T. S. Arthur |
Words for the Wise “With shrewdness, tact, untiring industry, and a spirit that knew no discouragement, the young man pressed forward in business. The warning of the merchant, if it did not repress hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | The Iron Rule — T. S. Arthur |
The Iron Rule “Thus, in his mistaken efforts to destroy what was evil in his children, he was only rooting the evils he would remove more deeply in the groundwork of their minds. Instead of harmo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Lessons in Life — T. S. Arthur |
Lessons in Life “"JUST look at them young lovers," said Harry Mears, glancing from his companion to a young man and maiden, who, for the moment unconscious that they were in the midst of a large co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | The Lights and Shadows of Real Life — T. S. Arthur |
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life “Mrs. Hobart turned away sadly, and went up to her chamber to give vent to her feelings alone in tears. Firm to his purpose of using the preventive recommended by the doctor, Mr. Ho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Lizzy Glenn — T. S. Arthur |
Lizzy Glenn “THE prompt assistance rendered, by Dr. R--to Mrs. Gaston came just in time. It enabled her to pay her month's rent, due for several days, to settle the amount owed to Mrs. Grubb, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine — T. S. Arthur |
Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine “It was in the afternoon, and Huntley could not ask his young wife about it, unless he made a special errand home, which, as he lived some distance away from his office, would be in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Friends and Neighbors, or Two Ways of Living in the World — T. S. Arthur |
Friends and Neighbors, or Two Ways of Living in the World “But matters were drawing to a crisis; for Dood, more enraged than ever at the quiet of Obadiah, made oath that he would do something before long to wake up the spunk of Lawson. Cha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | The Hand But Not the Heart — T. S. Arthur |
The Hand But Not the Heart “Miss Loring is not happy, and the shadow upon her spirit grows darker every day. Before this engagement, her glad soul looked ever out in beauty from her eyes; now--but I need not …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | The Home Mission — T. S. Arthur |
The Home Mission “"I do look at them and love them," replied Kate, with animation. "These won my heart at first, and now unite me to him in bonds that cannot be broken. But if on a precious gem ther…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Home Scenes, and Home Influence — T. S. Arthur |
Home Scenes, and Home Influence “"It cannot be helped now," said my husband, in a tone of regret. "But I would be more thoughtful in future. The poor always have need of their money. Their daily labour rarely does…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | Ten Nights in a Bar Room — T. S. Arthur |
Ten Nights in a Bar Room “"Ah! is this you?" said he, as I came near to him, speaking thickly, and getting up with a heavy motion. I now recognized the altered person of Simon Slade. On looking at him close…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| T. S. Arthur | After the Storm — T. S. Arthur |
After the Storm “Mr. Delancy was gratified to see that there was no jarring between them. But he failed not at the same time to notice something else that gave him uneasiness. The warmth of feeling…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theodore S. Fay | Snorers, from The Atlantic Club-Book — Theodore S. Fay |
Snorers, from The Atlantic Club-Book “What, then, must be our disappointment to find ourself full length, side by side, with a professed regular-bred, full-blooded snorer, when the spell of sleep is every moment formin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theodore S. Fay | Sydney Clifton — Theodore S. Fay |
Sydney Clifton “Full title: Sydney Clifton; or, Vicissitudes in Both Hemispheres. A Tale of the Nineteenth Century…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theodore S. Fay | Crayon Sketches — Theodore S. Fay |
Crayon Sketches “Reader! didst thou ever misspend a few hours at a debating society? If so, then hast thou seen "pitiful ambition" in all its infinite varieties, and almost every stage and degree o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theodore S. Fay | The Little Hard-Faced Old Gentleman — Theodore S. Fay |
The Little Hard-Faced Old Gentleman “This is a long digression, but it passed rapidly through my mind, as the little, hard-faced old gentleman stood before me, looking at me with a piercing glance and a resolute air. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theodore S. Fay | Hoboken: A Romance of New York — Theodore S. Fay |
Hoboken: A Romance of New York “He opened the door, entered, closed it after him, and was alone with the object of his hopes and his fears. His countenance and manner must have betrayed emotion, for Miss Elton, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theodore S. Fay | An Outline Sketch — Theodore S. Fay |
An Outline Sketch “Ocean! Superb--endless--sublime, rolling, tumbling, dashing, heaving, foaming--coelum undique et undique pontus. Lord D. gazed around. The white cliffs of Dover were fading in the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theodore S. Fay | The Author — Theodore S. Fay |
The Author “But it was not the dress which gained him so many broad stares and oblique glances, for our city annually receives a great increase of literary inhabitants, but the air--the "Je ne…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theodore S. Fay | The Countess Ida: A Tale of Berlin — Theodore S. Fay |
The Countess Ida: A Tale of Berlin “"His message!" said Digby, opening his eyes; for, so rapid had been the events of the day; so sudden the discovery of a person at the feet of his daughter, whom he knew he could no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theodore S. Fay | Norman Leslie: A Tale of the Present Times — Theodore S. Fay |
Norman Leslie: A Tale of the Present Times “"Rash, careless man!" said the priest, in a more severe tone, perceiving that he had fully aroused the childish superstition of the sick man, "it is in vain! It is in vain! The fie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Dixon | The Foolish Virgin — Thomas Dixon |
The Foolish Virgin “Thomas Dixon's novel, rather an antebellum south attack on women's suffrage. What the heck, the book was dedicated to author Getrude Atherton.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Dixon | The One Woman — Thomas Dixon |
The One Woman “A crowd of relatives and friends were pressing close to the ropes. Many of them had stood there all night, crazed with grief, wringing their hands, hoping and praying they might fi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Dixon | The Clansman — Thomas Dixon |
The Clansman “This book was the source of material for DW Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" and is to blame for the questionable content of that masterpiece.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Dixon | The Leopard's Spots — Thomas Dixon |
The Leopard's Spots “I've decided, Thomas Dixon is among the least politically correct authors of all time, and has as much claim as anyone to Mencken's theory about pre-Dreiser Southern writing going …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | Jude the Obscure — Thomas Hardy |
Jude the Obscure “An attack on marriage? Or a description...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | The Return of the Native — Thomas Hardy |
The Return of the Native “Along the road walked an old man. He was white-headed as a mountain, bowed in the shoulders, and faded in general aspect. He wore a glazed hat, an ancient boat-cloak, and shoes; hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | Tess of the D'Ubervilles — Thomas Hardy |
Tess of the D'Ubervilles “A young member of the band turned her head at the exclamation. She was a fine and handsome girl--not handsomer than some others, possibly--but her mobile peony mouth and large inno…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | The Mayor of Casterbridge — Thomas Hardy |
The Mayor of Casterbridge “"Now," said the woman, breaking the silence, so that her low dry voice sounded quite loud, "before you go further, Michael, listen to me. If you touch that money, I and this girl g…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion and Other Stories — Thomas Hardy |
The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion and Other Stories “So far from being as gay as its uniform, the regiment was pervaded by a dreadful melancholy, a chronic home-sickness, which depressed many of the men to such an extent that they co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | Far From the Madding Crowd — Thomas Hardy |
Far From the Madding Crowd “She was the young woman of the night before. Gabriel instantly thought of the hat she had mentioned as having lost in the wind; possibly she had come to look for it. He hastily sca…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | The Woodlanders — Thomas Hardy |
The Woodlanders “Winterborne sped on his way to Sherton Abbas without elation and without discomposure. Had he regarded his inner self spectacularly, as lovers are now daily more wont to do, he mig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | A Pair of Blue Eyes — Thomas Hardy |
A Pair of Blue Eyes “Bede's Inn has this peculiarity, that it faces, receives from, and discharges into a bustling thoroughfare speaking only of wealth and respectability, whilst its postern abuts on a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | Under the Greenwood Tree, or the Mellstock Quire — Thomas Hardy |
Under the Greenwood Tree, or the Mellstock Quire “William Dewy--otherwise grandfather William--was now about seventy; yet an ardent vitality still preserved a warm and roughened bloom upon his face, which reminded gardeners of the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | The Trumpet-Major — Thomas Hardy |
The Trumpet-Major “Anne was so flurried by the military incidents attending her return home that she was almost afraid to venture alone outside her mother's premises. Moreover, the numerous soldiers,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid — Thomas Hardy |
The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid “A fine-framed dark-mustachioed gentleman, in dressing-gown and slippers, was sitting there in the damp without a hat on. With one hand he was tightly grasping his forehead, the oth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | A Group of Noble Dames — Thomas Hardy |
A Group of Noble Dames “It was apparently an idea, rather than a passion, that inspired Lord Uplandtowers' resolve to win her. Nobody ever knew when he formed it, or whence he got his assurance of success…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | Life's Little Ironies and a Few Crusted Characters — Thomas Hardy |
Life's Little Ironies and a Few Crusted Characters “Whether the utilitarian or the intuitive theory of the moral sense be upheld, it is beyond question that there are a few subtle-souled persons with whom the absolute gratuitousness…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | Desperate Remedies — Thomas Hardy |
Desperate Remedies “The day of their departure was one of the most glowing that the climax of a long series of summer heats could evolve. The wide expanse of landscape quivered up and down like the fl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | A Changed Man and Other Tales — Thomas Hardy |
A Changed Man and Other Tales “They had pursued their rounds for many years without meeting with any incident of an unusual kind, but to-night, according to the assertions of several, there prevailed, to begin w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | Two on a Tower — Thomas Hardy |
Two on a Tower “All night the astronomer's mind was on the stretch with curiosity as to what the Bishop could wish to say to him. A dozen conjectures entered his brain, to be abandoned in turn as …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | A LAODICEAN: A STORY OF TO-DAY — Thomas Hardy |
A LAODICEAN: A STORY OF TO-DAY “She wore a summer hat, beneath which her fair curly hair formed a thicket round her forehead. It would be impossible to describe her as she then appeared. Not sensuous enough for a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | The Well-Beloved — Thomas Hardy |
The Well-Beloved “The pedestrian was what he looked like--a young man from London and the cities of the Continent. Nobody could see at present that his urbanism sat upon him only as a garment. He wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | The Hand of Ethelberta — Thomas Hardy |
The Hand of Ethelberta “'Perhaps not. And when a man checks all a woman's finer sentiments towards him by marrying her, it is only natural that it should find a vent somewhere. However, she probably does …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | Squire Petrick's Lady — Thomas Hardy |
Squire Petrick's Lady “But men do not always know themselves. The imbittered state of Timothy Petrick's mind bred in him by degrees such a hatred and mistrust of womankind that though several specimens o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | The Three Strangers — Thomas Hardy |
The Three Strangers “A dancing-party was the alternative; but this, while avoiding the foregoing objection on the score of good drink, had a counterbalancing disadvantage in the matter of good victuals…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hardy | The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved — Thomas Hardy |
The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved “Serial version that Hardy later reworked into the longer tale.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Vernon Lee | Miss Brown, Vol. 1 — Vernon Lee |
Miss Brown, Vol. 1 “He stopped a moment, and looked Hamlin in the face, as if to find out what sort of man he might be. He himself might be any age between thirty and forty, of the darkest possible Sc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Vernon Lee | Miss Brown, Vol. 3 — Vernon Lee |
Miss Brown, Vol. 3 “The only person who seemed displeased was Hamlin; and the only person who seemed cold was Miss Brown. Hamlin always required to absorb the whole attention of any person to whom he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Vernon Lee | Miss Brown, Vol. 2 — Vernon Lee |
Miss Brown, Vol. 2 “"He is a monk," she used to say; "he ought to have lived in the middle ages. What we want nowadays are disagreeable, rough-and-ready men like Cousin Dick--men who don't merely feel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Vernon Lee | Vanitas — Vernon Lee |
Vanitas “"Because as things exist at present, art can minister only to the luxury of the rich, idle classes. The people, the people that works and requires to play, and requires something t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Victor Hugo | Les Miserables — Victor Hugo |
Les Miserables “Since geniuses, like demons, recognize the presence of a superior God by certain signs, Thenardier comprehended that he had to deal with a very strong person. It was like an intuit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Victor Hugo | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) — Victor Hugo |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) “When this species of cyclops appeared on the threshold of the chapel, motionless, squat, and almost as broad as he was tall; squared on the base, as a great man says; with his doub…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Victor Hugo | A FIGHT WITH A CANNON — Victor Hugo |
A FIGHT WITH A CANNON “The captain promptly recovered his presence of mind and ordered everything that could check and impede the cannon's mad course to be thrown through the hatchway down on the gun-dec…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Washington Irving | TALES OF A TRAVELLER, Vol. 1 — Washington Irving |
TALES OF A TRAVELLER, Vol. 1 “In truth, he was but a small descendant from such great warriors. When you looked at their bluff visages and brawny limbs, as depicted in their portraits, and then at the little Ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Washington Irving | TALES OF A TRAVELLER, Vol. 2 — Washington Irving |
TALES OF A TRAVELLER, Vol. 2 “I think it was but the very next evening that in coming out of Covent Garden Theatre with my eccentric friend Buckthorne, he proposed to give me another peep at life and character.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Washington Irving | A History of New York — Washington Irving |
A History of New York “Subtitled: from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dufrom the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty; in two volumes.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Washington Irving | Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada — Washington Irving |
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada “The parties fought backward and forward through the breach of the wall and in the narrow and winding streets adjacent with alternate success, and the vicinity of the tower was stre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Washington Irving | Little Britain — Washington Irving |
Little Britain “The good old king, notwithstanding that he had lived eighty-two years, had all at once given up the ghost; another king had mounted the throne; a royal duke had died suddenly,--ano…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Washington Irving | The Beauties of Washington Irving — Washington Irving |
The Beauties of Washington Irving “I was lonely and listless, and wanted amusement. My room soon became insupportable. I abandoned it, and sought what is technically called the traveller's-room. This is a public roo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Washington Irving | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Washington Irving |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow “About two hundred yards from the tree, a small brook crossed the road, and ran into a marshy and thickly-wooded glen, known by the name of Wiley's Swamp. A few rough logs, laid sid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Washington Irving | The Adventures of Captain Bonneville — Irving |
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville “IT WAS ON THE 20TH of July that Captain Bonneville first came in sight of the grand region of his hopes and anticipations, the Rocky Mountains. He had been making a bend to the sou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Washington Irving | Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey — Washington Irving |
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey “We had not walked much further before we saw the two Miss Scotts advancing along the hillside to meet us. The morning studies being over, they had set off to take a ramble on the h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Washington Irving | The Crayon Papers — Washington Irving |
The Crayon Papers “On the contrary, I have always admired the degree of magnanimity exhibited by the French on the occupation of their capital by the English. When we consider the military ambition o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | A Man of Letters as a Man of Business — William Dean Howells |
A Man of Letters as a Man of Business “He can say that, as the thing is, unless he sells his art he cannot live, that society will leave him to starve if he does not hit its fancy in a picture, or a poem, or a statue; a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | The Rise of Silas Lapham — William Dean Howells |
The Rise of Silas Lapham “Brought up by nothing but hisself.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | A Traveller from Altruria — William Dean Howells |
A Traveller from Altruria “I confess that with all my curiosity to meet an Altrurian, I was in no hospitable mood towards the traveller when he finally presented himself, pursuant to the letter of advice sen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | An Open-Eyed Conspiracy — William Dean Howells |
An Open-Eyed Conspiracy “The girl had never known a mother's care, and it was affecting to see how willing she was to be mothered by the chance kindness of a stranger. She probably felt more and more her i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | A Hazard of New Fortunes V5 — William Dean Howells |
A Hazard of New Fortunes V5 “"Oh, you did, did you?" said the girl, scarcely less insolently than she had spoken to Mrs. Mandel. "I should like to know what you did it for? I'd like to know what made you think…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | A Hazard of New Fortunes V4 — William Dean Howells |
A Hazard of New Fortunes V4 “First and last, the Marches did a good deal of travel on the Elevated roads, which, he said, gave you such glimpses of material aspects in the city as some violent invasion of othe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | A Hazard of New Fortunes V3 — William Dean Howells |
A Hazard of New Fortunes V3 “It was clear to Beaton that Dryfoos distrusted him; and the fact heightened his pleasure in Christine's liking for him. He was as sure of this as he was of the other, though he was…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | A Hazard of New Fortunes V2 — William Dean Howells |
A Hazard of New Fortunes V2 “Arnus Beaton's studio looked at first glance like many other painters' studios. A gray wall quadrangularly vaulted to a large north light; casts of feet, hands, faces hung to nails…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | A Hazard of New Fortunes V1 — William Dean Howells |
A Hazard of New Fortunes V1 “"No, I know that," he said; and with this a perverse desire to tempt her to the impossibility awoke in him, though he was really quite cold about the affair himself now. "Fulkerson…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Their Wedding Journey — William Dean Howells |
Their Wedding Journey “As the train stopped, Isabel's heart beat with a child-like exultation, as I believe every one's heart must who is worthy to arrive at Niagara. She had been trying to fancy, from t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | The Kentons — William Dean Howells |
The Kentons “Breckon had not seen the former interest between himself and Ellen lapse to commonplace acquaintance without due sense of loss. He suffered justly, but he did not suffer passively,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Fennel and Rue — William Dean Howells |
Fennel and Rue “Even in the time which was then coming and which now is, when successful authors are almost as many as millionaires, Verrian's book brought him a pretty celebrity; and this celebri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Dr. Breen's Practice — William Dean Howells |
Dr. Breen's Practice “Libby introduced Grace as Dr. Breen, and drove on, and Maynard gave her the title whenever he addressed her, with a perfect effect of single- mindedness in his gravity, as if it we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | The Landlord At Lions Head, V1 — William Dean Howells |
The Landlord At Lions Head, V1 “When he could lift his face to look round he heard a shrill, accusing voice, "Oh, Jeff Durgin!" and he saw another storm of apples fly through the air toward the little Whitwell gi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Their Silver Wedding Journey, V1 — William Dean Howells |
Their Silver Wedding Journey, V1 “They began to amass maps and guides. She got a Baedeker for Austria and he got a Bradshaw for the continent, which was never of the least use there, but was for the present a mine …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | The Landlord At Lions Head, V2 — William Dean Howells |
The Landlord At Lions Head, V2 “Bessie did not smile at a comedy which was apt to be repeated every evening that she and her aunt spent at home together; they parted for the night with the decencies of family aff…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Their Silver Wedding Journey, V2 — William Dean Howells |
Their Silver Wedding Journey, V2 “It appeared, while Miss Triscoe was shaking hands with March, that it was last night, and her father was finishing his breakfast, and it was one of the hotels on the hill. On the w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Ragged Lady, V1 — William Dean Howells |
Ragged Lady, V1 “Gregory had an habitual severity with his own behavior which did not stop there, but was always passing on to the behavior of others; and his days went by in alternate offence and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Ragged Lady, V2 — William Dean Howells |
Ragged Lady, V2 “The entertainment was to be the second night after that, and Mrs. Milray at first took the whole affair into her own hands. She was willing to let the others consult with her, but …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | April Hopes — William Dean Howells |
April Hopes “The elder Mavering had been trying, without success, to think of something to say to Miss Pasmer, he had twice cleared his throat for that purpose. But this comedy between his son …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | An Imperative Duty — William Dean Howells |
An Imperative Duty “"They're not so very common, and they're not so very well ascertained. You find them mentioned in the books, but vaguely, and on a kind of hearsay, without the names of persons and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Editha — William Dean Howells |
Editha “Her heart stopped a beat before it pulsed on with leaps that she felt in her neck. She had noticed that strange thing in men: they seemed to feel bound to do what they believed, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Questionable Shapes — William Dean Howells |
Questionable Shapes “"I see that you think I took a liberty, and I did. But that's nothing. That isn't the point. How I do keep beating about the bush! Mrs. Rock says it was a great deal worse to tell …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Suburban Sketches — William Dean Howells |
Suburban Sketches “She and her late partner were the parents of eleven children, some of whom were dead, and some of whom were wanderers in unknown parts. During his life-time she had kept a little s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | The Leatherwood God — William Dean Howells |
The Leatherwood God “"What makes you say all-powerful? Haven't you seen time and time again when good didn't prevail against evil, and don't you suppose He'd have helped it if He could? And why do you …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Indian Summer — William D. Howells |
Indian Summer “"I think that the friends of progress must abandon assassination as invariably useless. The trouble was not that Alessandro was alive, but that Florence was dead. Assassination alw…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | The Minister's Charge — William Dean Howells |
The Minister's Charge “Lemuel could not help lifting himself in bed to look at it. "Did it kill him?" he asked. "Kill him? No! You can't kill a drunk. One night there was a drunk got loose, here, and he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | Annie Kilburn — William Dean Howells |
Annie Kilburn “Annie said she thought she would at least like to go to the seaside somewhere during the summer, but "No," Lyra said; "it would be too much trouble, and you know, Annie, I always d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | The Lady of the Aroostook — W. D. Howells |
The Lady of the Aroostook “"I don't go round criticisn' my superior officers, and I don't say anything about the responsibility the old man took. The old man's all right, accordin' to his lights; he ain't ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Dean Howells | A Foregone Conclusion — William Dean Howells |
A Foregone Conclusion “"Yes, I think he has; but I know as little about the matter as you do." He sat down beside her, and picking up a twig from the gravel, pulled the bark off in silence. Then, "Miss V…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The Bedford-Row Conspiracy — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The Bedford-Row Conspiracy “"What a howwid thmell of whithkey!" lisped Cornet Fitch, of the Dragoons, to Miss Lucy, confidentially. "And thethe are what they call Whigth, are they? He! he!"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The Great Hoggarty Diamond — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The Great Hoggarty Diamond “First we went into lodgings,--into three sets in three weeks. We quarrelled with the first landlady, because my aunt vowed that she cut a slice off the leg of mutton which was serv…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Vanity Fair — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Vanity Fair “Without knowing how, Captain William Dobbin found himself the great promoter, arranger, and manager of the match between George Osborne and Amelia. But for him it never would have …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Catherine: A Story — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Catherine: A Story “In this woeful plight, moneyless, wifeless, horseless, corporalless, with a gag in his mouth and a rope round his body, are we compelled to leave the gallant Galgenstein, until his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The Fatal Boots — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The Fatal Boots “"You have been fool enough, sir," says the Doctor, looking very stern, "to let this boy impose on you as a lord; and knave enough to charge him double the value of the article you …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh “And first, then, with regard to the city of Paris, it is to be remarked, that in that metropolis flourish a greater number of native and exotic swindlers than are to be found in an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan “As soon as I entered the tents a host of menials sprang forward, some to ease me of my armour, some to offer me refreshments, some with hookahs, attar of roses (in great quart bott…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. “'Tis not to be imagined that Harry Esmond had all this experience at this early stage of his life, whereof he is now writing the history--many things here noted were but known to h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | On Being Found Out — William Makepeace Thackeray |
On Being Found Out “And yet to be found out, I know from my own experience, must be painful and odious, and cruelly mortifying to the inward vanity. Suppose I am a poltroon, let us say. With fierce mu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The Second Funeral of Napoleon — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The Second Funeral of Napoleon “In the succeeding debates, then, various opinions were given with regard to the place to be selected for the Emperor's sepulture. "Some demanded," says an eloquent anonymous Captai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Burlesques — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Burlesques “The gabion was ours. After two hours' fighting we were in possession of the first embrasure, and made ourselves as comfortable as circumstances would admit. Jack Delamere, Tom Dela…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh “He has clogs, too, like Minchin: but nobody laughs at HIM. He gives himself no airs; but walks into a house with a knock and a demeanor so tremulous and humble, that the servants r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | THE CHRONICLE OF THE DRUM — William Makepeace Thackeray |
THE CHRONICLE OF THE DRUM “Midst a dozen of wooden-legged warriors/ May haply fall in with old Pierre./ On the sunshiny bench of a tavern/ He sits and he prates of old wars,/ And moistens his pipe of tobacco…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | THE DIARY OF C. JEAMES DE LA PLUCHE, ESQ., WITH HIS LETTERS — William Makepeace Thackeray |
THE DIARY OF C. JEAMES DE LA PLUCHE, ESQ., WITH HIS LETTERS “"Merrits and vuttues such as his coodnt long pass unperseavd in the world. Admitted to the most fashnabble parties, it wasn't long befor sevral of the young ladies viewed him with …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | COX'S DIARY — William Makepeace Thackeray |
COX'S DIARY “Jemima was, you see, a lady herself, and of very high connections: though her own family had met with crosses, and was rather low. Mr. Tuggeridge, her father, kept the famous tripe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo “From this scene we rushed off somewhat discomposed to make a breakfast off red mullets and grapes, melons, pomegranates, and Smyrna wine, at a dirty little comfortable inn, to whic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | DOCTOR BIRCH AND HIS YOUNG FRIENDS — William Makepeace Thackeray |
DOCTOR BIRCH AND HIS YOUNG FRIENDS “The only persons in the house who are not afraid of her are Miss Rosa and I--no, I am afraid of her, though I DO know the story about the French usher in 1830--but all the rest tre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE. — William Makepeace Thackeray |
THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE. “I burst out in a scornful laugh. "THAT!" I say; "he is a captain of dragoons, and his father an attorney in Bedford Row. The whiskers of a roturier, my good Lankin, grow as long as…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | A LEGEND OF THE RHINE — William Makepeace Thackeray |
A LEGEND OF THE RHINE “Over the entrance of a little cavern in one of the rocks hanging above the Rhine-stream at Rolandseck, and covered with odoriferous cactuses and silvery magnolias, the traveller of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | THE HISTORY OF THE NEXT FRENCH REVOLUTION — William Makepeace Thackeray |
THE HISTORY OF THE NEXT FRENCH REVOLUTION “"Grand Dieu! are we not happy under the tricolor? Do we not repose under the majestic shadow of the best of kings? Is there any name prouder than that of Frenchman; any subject mor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS — William Makepeace Thackeray |
NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS “Reglar every evening there came to the "Constantanople" a young gent etired in the igth of fashn; and indead presenting by the cleanlyness of his appearants and linning (which was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | OUR STREET — William Makepeace Thackeray |
OUR STREET “It is as good as a coronation to see him and Mrs. Bumpsher go to Court. I wonder the carriage can hold them both. On those days Mrs. Bumpsher holds her own drawing-room before her …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | MRS. PERKINS'S BALL — William Makepeace Thackeray |
MRS. PERKINS'S BALL “The gray morning was in Pocklington Square as she drove away in her fly. So did the other people go away. How green and sallow some of the girls looked, and how awfully clear Mrs. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | REBECCA AND ROWENA: A ROMANCE UPON ROMANCE — William Makepeace Thackeray |
REBECCA AND ROWENA: A ROMANCE UPON ROMANCE “It was not until the King wanted to interfere with the sport of every gentleman in England (as we know by reference to the Historic Page that this odious monarch did), that Athelst…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Roundabout Papers — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Roundabout Papers “"Mr. Roundabout," says a lady sitting by me, "how comes it that in your books there is a certain class (it may be of men, or it may be of women, but that is not the question in poi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | THE ROSE AND THE RING — William Makepeace Thackeray |
THE ROSE AND THE RING “Between the kingdoms of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, there lived a mysterious personage, who was known in those countries as the Fairy Blackstick, from the ebony wand or crutch whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | THE BOOK OF SNOBS, BY ONE OF THEMSELVES — William Makepeace Thackeray |
THE BOOK OF SNOBS, BY ONE OF THEMSELVES “If you, who are a person of the middle ranks of life, are a Snob,--you whom nobody flatters particularly; you who have no toadies; you whom no cringing flunkeys or shopmen bow out …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Men's Wives — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Men's Wives “Crump married Miss Budge, so well known to the admirers of the festive dance on the other side of the water as Miss Delancy; and they had one daughter, named Morgiana, after that c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush “I spose Mr. Frederic looked black, for I was ONLY listening, and he said, in a voice hagitated by emotion, "Mary," said he, "if you love me, ask me this no more: let it be sfishnt …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The Adventures of Philip — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The Adventures of Philip “Full title: The Adventures of Philip on His Way Through the World; Shewing Who Robbed Him, Who Helped Him, and Who Passed Him by…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Barry Lyndon — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Barry Lyndon “Full Title: The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq., of the Kingdom of Ireland…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The History of Pendennis — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The History of Pendennis “The pit thrilled and thumped its umbrellas; a volley of applause was fired from the gallery: the Dragoon officers and Foker clapped their hands furiously; you would have thought th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Denis Duval — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Denis Duval “"Oh, you storyteller!" cries the other. "What have you done with your three guineas which you were bragging about and showing to the boys at school? I suppose they were in the box …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century “Harry was away from home with some other sporting friends (it is to be feared the young gentleman's acquaintances were not all as eligible as Mr. Washington), when the latter came …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | A Shabby Genteel Story — William Makepeace Thackeray |
A Shabby Genteel Story “The Misses Macarty were excessively indignant that Mr. Fitch should have had the audacity to fall in love with their sister; and poor Caroline's life was not, as may be imagined, m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. “Was Thomas Newcome a foundling--a workhouse child out of that village, which has now become a great manufacturing town, and which bears his name? Such was the report set about at t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Little Travels and Roadside Sketches — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches “One begins to grow sick of these churches, and the hideous exhibitions of bodily agonies that are depicted on the sides of all the chapels. Into one wherein we went this morning wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | Vanity Fair — William Makepeace Thackeray |
Vanity Fair “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Caged Lion |
The Caged Lion “Historical fiction (time of James I) by an early blockbuster author.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Madame Bovary |
Madame Bovary “Gustave Flaubert's tale of adultery and destruction.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mauprat |
Mauprat “You live not very far from Roche-Mauprat, and must have often passed by the ruins. Thus there is no need for me to describe them...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Virginian |
The Virginian “Smile when you say that. By Owen Wister.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Prophet of Berkeley Square — Robert Smythe Hichens |
The Prophet of Berkeley Square “The great telescope of the Prophet was carefully adjusted upon its lofty, brass-bound stand in the bow window of Number One Thousand Berkeley Square. It pointed towards the remarka…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Clotelle |
Clotelle “Or, the Colored Heroine (seen three names for this book.) Inspired, perhaps, by Jeffersonian rumors in the 1800s.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lavengro |
Lavengro “The scenes of action lie in the British Islands; - pray be not displeased, gentle reader, if perchance thou hast imagined that I was about to conduct thee to distant lands, and did…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Colomba |
Colomba “Now that every one is asleep--the beautiful Colomba, the colonel, and his daughter--I will seize the opportunity to acquaint my reader with certain details of which he must not be …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Yellow Wall-Paper |
The Yellow Wall-Paper “The "rest cure" was prescribed to Gilman by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, author of the Autobiography of a Quack…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Sketch-Book Of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. |
The Sketch-Book Of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. “Short stories by Washington Irving, includes Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Tom Brown's School Days. By an Old Boy |
Tom Brown's School Days. By an Old Boy “" Gone to ground, eh?" roared Flashman. "Push 'em out then, boys; look under the beds." And he pulled up the little white curtain of the one nearest him. "Who-o-op!" he roared, pul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Golden Dog (Le Chien d'Or) |
The Golden Dog (Le Chien d'Or) “Historical fiction by Canadian author William Kirby -- OK, I'll put in a Canada category.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War |
With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War “Sometimes Ashley would draw together a score of troopers, and crossing the river in a ferryboat, would ride twenty miles north, and, dashing into quiet villages, astonish the inhab…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Imaginary Portraits |
Imaginary Portraits “Fictionalized accounts of historic figures, all of them searching for a new aesthetic. By Walter Pater.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Andersen's Fairy Tales |
Andersen's Fairy Tales “Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers; …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Grimm's Fairy Tales |
Grimm's Fairy Tales “One summer's morning a little tailor was sitting on his table by the window; he was in good spirits, and sewed with all his might. Then came a peasant woman down the street crying:…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Golden Fleece |
The Golden Fleece “"You are just as ridiculous, Meschines, as you were thirty or fifty years ago," said the general, tranquilly. "You declaim for the sake of hearing your own voice. Besides, what you…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Otto of the Silver Hand |
Otto of the Silver Hand “This tale that I am about to tell is of a little boy who lived and suffered in those dark middle ages; of how he saw both the good and the bad of men, and of how, by gentleness and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hard Cash |
Hard Cash “THE subsiding sea was now a liquid Paradise: its great pellucid braes and hillocks shone with the sparkle and the hues of all the jewels in an emperor's crown. Imagine--after three…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Tour on the Prairies |
A Tour on the Prairies “Nothing, however, could restrain the romantic ardor of the Count for a campaign of buffalo hunting with the Osages, and he had a game spirit that seemed always stimulated by the id…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Flamingo Feather |
The Flamingo Feather “SALUTING his commandant, the sergeant of the guard, who held the prisoner on the right, reported that this young savage had been seen skulking in the forest near the fort, and that…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Remember the Alamo |
Remember the Alamo “The keenest sufferings entailed by war are not on the battle- field, nor in the hospital. They are in the household. There are the maimed affections, the slain hopes, the broken ti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dora Thorne |
Dora Thorne “The passion and despair of that undisciplined heart were something painful to see. Reason, sense, and honor, for a time were all dead. If Dora could have stamped out the calm beaut…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Man Between |
The Man Between “TRADE and commerce have their heroes as well as arms, and the struggle in which Tyrrel Rawdon at last plucked victory from apparent failure was as arduous a campaign as any militar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Country of the Pointed Firs |
The Country of the Pointed Firs “GAFFETT WITH HIS good bunk and the bird-skins, the story of the wreck of the Minerva, the human-shaped creatures of fog and cobweb, the great words of Milton with which he describe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor |
Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor “What a fool I must have been not to know it at once! Tom Faggus, the great highwayman, and his young blood-mare, the strawberry! Already her fame was noised abroad, nearly as much …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | What Diantha Did |
What Diantha Did “"It's not because I don't love you, Mother. It's because I do. And it's not because I don't love Ross either:--it's because I do. I want to take care of you, Mother, and make life …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Other Things Being Equal |
Other Things Being Equal “It was just three, --the time stated as the limit of his office-hours; but when Ruth entered the handsome waiting-room, two or three patients were still awaiting their turns. Seate…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Westward Ho! |
Westward Ho! “If the Rose of Torridge herself had walked into the room, she could hardly have caused more blank astonishment than Frank's bold speech. Every guest turned red, and pale, and red a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry — "Written by Herself" |
Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry “For once the madcap girl got the better of the practised courtier. M. de Soubise, taken in his own snare, politely excused himself, and left me with an assurance that he would spea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Adventures Of Gil Blas Of Santillane |
The Adventures Of Gil Blas Of Santillane “Thus did I get rid of all my tutors, till at last I met with one to my mind. He was a bachelor of Alcala. This was the master for a young man of fashion. Women, wine, and gaming, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Samantha at Saratoga: or, Racin' After Fashion |
Samantha at Saratoga: or, Racin' After Fashion “But the thought kep a naggin' me stiddy, and then -- here is the curious part of it -- the thought nagged me, and I nagged Josiah, or not exactly nagged; not a clear nag; I despise…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Alhambra |
The Alhambra “TO THE traveller imbued with a feeling for the historical and poetical, so inseparably intertwined in the annals of romantic Spain, the Alhambra is as much an object of devotion as…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Autobiography of a Slander |
The Autobiography of a Slander “The sound waves set in motion by Mrs. O'Reilly's words were tumultuously heaving in the atmosphere when I sprang into being, a young but perfectly formed and most promising slander…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Two Captains |
The Two Captains “"That depends, Senor," said a man, stepping close, and as he thought unobserved, before Fadrique; but the latter had already been informed of his approach by a sign from his watchf…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fortunes of Oliver Horn |
The Fortunes of Oliver Horn “If you were his friend, and most men who knew him were, he would have slipped his arm through your own, and after a brief moment you would have found yourself poring over a detaile…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Pepita Jimenez |
Pepita Jimenez “I confess that I know not what to think of all these singularities. I know so little of women! What the vicar tells me of Pepita surprises me; and yet, though on the whole I believ…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Skipper Worse |
Skipper Worse “Lauritz is so funny, I can't help laughing at him. Just imagine! they stretched a rope across the street when it got dark, and two of them held each end. When any one came whom the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Banner of the Upright Seven |
The Banner of the Upright Seven “The seventeen-year-old beauty delivered this speech in an apparently cold and matter-of-fact tone, at the same time picking up her oars and heading for the shore. Karl rowed beside…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE GREEN CARNATION |
THE GREEN CARNATION “Fictionalized account of Oscar Wilde's life in the days leading up to his trial -- by Robert Smythe Hichens…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Futility: Or, The Wreck of the Titan |
Futility: Or, The Wreck of the Titan “A book that came out 15 years too early as "Futility," was then released around 1912 or other with a new name. For some reason. About a boat hitting an ice cube or something.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Gadfly |
The Gadfly “"I have not subjected him to any particular severities, but I have been obliged to be rather strict with him--especially as it is a military prison--and I thought that perhaps a li…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | David Elginbrod |
David Elginbrod “"I'm no jist prepared to say sae muckle, Janet," replied David; "there's mony a thing 'at's lees, as ye ca't, 'at's no lees a' through. Ye see, Maister Sutherlan', I'm no gleg at t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Tom Grogan |
Tom Grogan “Quigg's failure to coax away one of Tom's men ended active operations against Tom, so far as the Union was concerned. It continued to listen to McGaw's protests, but, with an eye o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lemorne Versus Huell |
Lemorne Versus Huell “We had been in Newport two weeks when Mr. Van Horn, Aunt Eliza's lawyer, came. He said that he would see Mr. Edward Uxbridge. Between them they might delay a term, which he thought…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Cruise of the Dolphin |
The Cruise of the Dolphin “Binny Wallace had been absent five or six minutes when we heard him calling our several names in tones that indicated distress or surprise, we could not tell which. Our first thoug…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Marjorie Daw |
Marjorie Daw “I lie from morning till night on a lounge, staring into the hot street. Everybody is out of town enjoying himself. The brown-stone- front houses across the street resemble a row of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cousin Maude |
Cousin Maude “She was an enthusiastic admirer of beauty, and Nellie had made an impression upon her at once; so, when the latter said, "What makes you look at me so funny?" she answered, "Becaus…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ruby of Kishmoor |
The Ruby of Kishmoor “Finding himself once more in the open street, Jonathan Rugg stood for a while in the moonlight, endeavoring to compose his mind into somewhat of that sobriety that was habitual wit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | KING BILLY OF BALLARAT — MORLEY ROBERTS |
KING BILLY OF BALLARAT “The mind of King Billy was not a big mind; it would no more have taken in an abstract idea than his gunyah would have accommodated a grand piano. He was as simple as sunlight, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Elected Mother — Maria Thompson Daviess |
The Elected Mother “"I never did before," answered Mrs. Pettibone as she shooed an inquisitive bee away with a gentle but determined hand. "I've been so busy that I hadn't got 'round to it. You see, t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Knowledge is Power — Freeman Tilden |
Knowledge is Power “But the thing that most envenomed Mr. Coppins's former associates of the stuffy room at the rear of the barber-shop was the fact that Caleb had gained no small credit with the femi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Main-Travelled Roads — Hamlin Garland |
Main-Travelled Roads “"But I'll see her-just once more. And then-" And again the mighty significance, responsibility of life fell upon him. He felt as young people seldom do the irrevocableness of livin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Woodbine Cottage — Sarah Josepha Hale |
Woodbine Cottage “Truly, evil-speaking is the sin which, in social life, requires our most constant watchfulness. Let us pray each morning not to be led into this temptation, but that we may have ou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Child of the Covenant — Eva Wilder McGlasson |
A Child of the Covenant “The girl wondered dimly as to the color of his sinning. Then remembering the acrimony of the voice which daily arraigned the three servants of the house, and brought forth a flood …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Imogen: A Pastorial Romance From the Ancient British — William Godwin |
Imogen: A Pastorial Romance From the Ancient British “THE song of Llewelyn was heard by the shepherds with reverence and mute attention. Their blameless hearts were lifted to the skies with the sentiment of gratitude; their honest bos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The King's Highway — G.P.R. James |
The King's Highway “"Names, indeed, are nothing," said the other with a smile. "What I have got to say, sir, is this, that I have undoubted reason to know that the life of the High Personage we refer …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of a White Blackbird — Alfred de Musset |
The Story of a White Blackbird “"Ah, Mademoiselle," I cried, "or rather Madame, for I regard you as my lawful wife from this very moment, is it possible that so charming a creature should have existed in the worl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Insurgent — Ludovic Halevy |
The Insurgent “"The Revolution of 1848 made itself. The shopkeepers were stupid and cowardly. They didn't go with us, nor against us. Only the city guards defended themselves. We had a little tro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mrs. Knollys — Frederic J. Stimson |
Mrs. Knollys “"Triple blockhead!" said he; "triple blockhead, thou art so bad as Splüthner." No self-condemnation could have been worse to him than this. Thinking again of Mrs. Knollys, he gave …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mateo Falcone — Prosper Merimee |
Mateo Falcone “Some minutes later six men with brown uniform with yellow collars, commanded by an adjutant, stood before Mateo's door. This adjutant was a distant relative of the Falcones. (It is…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Substitute — Francois Coppee |
The Substitute “Not intelligent, lazy, especially clumsy with his hands, he could learn there only a poor trade,--to reseat straw chairs. Yet he was obedient, naturally quiet and taciturn; and he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Master's Degree — Margaret McCarter |
A Master's Degree “And to add to all this responsibility he must send me his pet Greek scholar, Vincent Burgess, to try out as a professor in Sunrise. A Burgess, of all men in the world, to be sent t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Malbone: An Oldport Romance — Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
Malbone: An Oldport Romance “PHILIP MALBONE had that perfectly sunny temperament which is peculiarly captivating among Americans, because it is so rare. He liked everybody and everybody liked him; he had a tho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mae Madden — Mary Murdoch Mason |
Mae Madden “The rich life in Mae's blood was surging in her veins and must be let off in some way. If she had had her music and a piano she might have thrown her soul into some great flood-wav…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Big Bear of Arkansas — Thomas Bangs Thorpe |
The Big Bear of Arkansas “"What season of the year do your hunts take place?" inquired a gentlemanly foreigner, who, from some peculiarities of his baggage, I suspected to be an Englishman, on some hunting …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Derrick Vaughan — Novelist--Edna Lyall |
Derrick Vaughan “He pointed to a few lines in the paper which mentioned the heroic conduct of Lieutenant L. Vaughan, who at the risk of his life had rescued a brother officer when surrounded by the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Our Nig — Harriet E. Wilson |
Our Nig “Subtitled: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, In A Two-Story White House, North.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Turned — Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
Turned “Mrs Marroner had laboured long to teach her more reserve with men, and flattered herself that her words were at last effective. She suspected the girl of homesickness, which was de…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Under the Lion's Paw — Hamlin Garland |
Under the Lion's Paw “Haskins worked like a fiend, and his wife, like the heroic woman that she was, bore also uncomplainingly the most terrible burdens. They rose early and toiled without intermission …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Return of a Private — Hamlin Garland |
The Return of a Private “A man in a blue coat, with a musket on his back, was toiling slowly up the hill, on the sun-bright, dusty road, toiling slowly, with bent head half-hidden by a heavy knapsack. So t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Old Creole Days — George W. Cable |
Old Creole Days “THE roundest and happiest-looking priest in the city of New Orleans was a little man fondly known among his people as Pere Jerome. He was a Creole and a member of one of the city's…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE FAVORITE OF THE HAREM-- |
THE FAVORITE OF THE HAREM-- “"I listened in mute pain. The power of the new passion that now filled my heart seemed to deny all authority, and the very thing for which I had so long worked and longed had becom…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE BURIAL OF THE GUNS — Thomas Nelson Page |
THE BURIAL OF THE GUNS “This had happened in turn to every gun, the men at times working like beavers in mud up to their thighs and under a murderous fire to get their guns out. Many a man had been killed…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Herb of Grace — Rosa Nouchette Carey |
Herb of Grace “"You may as well shut your mouth, Caleb, if you have got nothing better to say than that, and if you have not eyes to see the dear lamb is dwindling more and more every day in this…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | CAFÉ DES EXILES — George W. Cable |
CAFÉ DES EXILES “"Who knows?" resumed Galahad, when those who understood English had explained in Spanish to those who did not, "but they may soon need the services not only of our good doctor heer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hobomok — Lydia Child |
Hobomok “"It is a shame on us that an Indian must teach us who is 'our shield and our buckler," observed Mr. Conant. "To my mind there is more danger of Satan's killing us with the rat's-ba…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hope Leslie, Volume 1 |
Hope Leslie, Volume 1 “The house at Bethel had, both in front and in rear, a portico, or, as it was more humbly, and therefore more appropriately named, a shed; that in the rear, was a sort of adjunct to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hope Leslie, Volume 2 — Catharine Maria Sedgwick |
Hope Leslie, Volume 2 “. It was not even surmised by the popular voice, that the bold attempt had been made on account of the Indian woman. The magistrates had very discreetly refrained from disclosing h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Kavanagh — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Kavanagh “"Ungrateful people! Could you not watch with me one hour?" exclaimed he, in that excited and bitter moment; as if he had thought that on that solemn night the whole parish would ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Linwoods, Volume 2 — Catharine Maria Sedgwick |
The Linwoods, Volume 2 “The resemblance of the dress of an insane person to the ill-sorted and imperfect equipment in a dream, verifies Rush's remark, that derangement is a long dream--a dream a short der…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Linwoods, Volume 1 |
The Linwoods, Volume 1 “"Ah, thank you, Bessie, better late than never; but it is sad to be forgotten. You are much less changed than I, undoubtedly; but I should have known you if nothing were unaltered …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Philothea — Lydia Maria Child |
Philothea “Eudora drew more closely to her friend, and said, timidly: "Oh, Philothea, do not talk of the gods. Such discourse has a strange and fearful power when the radiant daughter of Zeus…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wigwam and the Cabin, volume 1 — William Gilmore Simms |
The Wigwam and the Cabin, volume 1 “"Not so much as you think for," replied the major, giving an involuntary and uneasy glance at the Scotchman, who was seeminglysound asleep on the opposite side of the fire. "There …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wigwam and the Cabin, volume 2 |
The Wigwam and the Cabin, volume 2 “By this time the troopers, accustomed to sudden rousings, were awake and in possession of the intelligence. It was greedily listened to by all but Arthur Holt. John Houstonwas part…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Devil and Daniel Webster — Stephen Vincent Benet |
The Devil and Daniel Webster “Dan'l walked up and down as he listened, hands behind his back, now and then asking a question, now and then plunging his eyes at the floor, as if they'd bore through it like gimle…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Castle Rackrent — MARIA EDGEWORTH |
Castle Rackrent “My lady had a sort of fit, and it was given out she was dead, by mistake; this brought things to a sad crisis for my poor master--one of the three ladies shewed his letters to her …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Bald Eagle — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
The Bald Eagle “In the mean time, the news took wing. There was a crowd at the door of the post-office talking with becoming zeal upon the subject; the boys in the street gave three cheers, and sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Beauchampe, Volume 1 — William Gilmore Simms |
Beauchampe, Volume 1 “Meanwhile, the work of mischief was in full progress. Every body knows the degree of familiarity which exists among all classes in a country village, particularly when the parties …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Beauchampe, Volume 2 — William Gilmore Simms |
Beauchampe, Volume 2 “"Life then promises me nothing. The talent which I have, lies with me idle and without hope of use. The pure name of the woman is lost to me for ever. Shame dogs my footsteps. Scor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Conscience — Eliza Lee Follen |
Conscience “The man hesitated, and then got in. My friend, who was a clergyman, began immediately to talk earnestly about many interesting things, and kept up a lively conversation. At last, h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dorothy Forster — Sir Walter Besant |
Dorothy Forster “Conduct so blameless, gravity so singular, wisdom so remarkable, never before seen in a man so young, could not fail to command, before long, the confidence of all. Mr. Forster ent…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Richard Hurdis, volume 1 — William Gilmore Simms |
Richard Hurdis, volume 1 “"I would be unwilling to believe, and am quite as unwilling to hear, any thing which could be prejudicial to the good name of any of your family, your brother or yourself. I have l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Richard Hurdis, volume 2 — William Gilmore Simms |
Richard Hurdis, volume 2 “The murderer hurried homewards when this dark conference was ended. The affair in which he had acted so principal, yet secondary a part, had exercised a less obvious influence upon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Adventures of Harry Franco, Volume 1 — Charles Frederick Briggs |
The Adventures of Harry Franco, Volume 1 “How nicely it is filled, how smooth and white on its surface: it looks like a piece of alabaster inserted in a crystal. How fine and spotless! look, it scarce touches the steak bef…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Adventures of Harry Franco, Volume 2 |
The Adventures of Harry Franco, Volume 2 “I liked this proposition very well; for the rate of interest which he offered me, would pay my daily expenses, and I could select some lots, either from his city or from Mr. Worhos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life — George Washington Cable |
The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life “As to her infantine bones, they were such as needed not to fail of straightness in the limbs, compactness in the body, smallness in hands and feet, and exceeding symmetry and comel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Nix's Mate: An Historical Romance of America. Volume 1. — Rufus Dawes |
Nix's Mate: An Historical Romance of America. Volume 1. “"Well, may be I had," replied Morgan; "but it's no yarn, I assure you; I'll bet a shilling the main part of what I'm going to tell you is registered down in the chronicles of Bosto…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sheppard Lee, Volume 1 — Robert Montgomery Bird |
Sheppard Lee, Volume 1 “Thus, in a few years, there remained but two of all the eleven children,--to wit, my oldest sister Prudence and myself. My mother (from whom I had my Christian name Sheppard, that …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sheppard Lee, Volume 2. — Robert Montgomery Bird |
Sheppard Lee, Volume 2. “While I was making these virtuous resolutions, the faithful Abel Snipe came to my bedside, and told me there were divers suffering creatures, widows with nine small children, widow…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A New Home — Caroline Matilda Kirkland |
A New Home “Full title: A New Home -- Who'll Follow? Or, Glimpses of Western Life…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow, Volume 1 — Robert Montgomery Bird |
The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow, Volume 1 “Astounded at such an unexpected mode of salutation, the painter could do little more than express his alarm and confusion, by echoing the word, "Surrender?" when Elsie interfered i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow, Volume 2 — Robert Montgomery Bird |
The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow, Volume 2 “Such as he was, however, he seemed to be the happiest creature in existence; and as Colonel Falconer drew nigh, he saw that he was one while engaged flourishing his bow, the next h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fleetwood — Epes Sargent |
Fleetwood “"And are they then a necessary part of civilization--the wretchedness, the squalor, the precarious subsistence, the absence of regular employment of the lowest and most numerous la…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Village Inn — Henry William Herbert |
The Village Inn “Full title: The Village Inn; or The Adventures of Bellechassaigne.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lodore — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
Lodore “It was, perhaps, strange that Fitzhenry, alive to the smallest evil that might approach his darling child, and devoted to her sole guardianship, should have been blind to the sort …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Nemesis of Faith — James Anthony Froude |
The Nemesis of Faith “It would have been nothing but a "You must not." He would defend the place against me as an enemy; but of my own soul might become what I could myself make of it; he would have bee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Woman Who Did — Grant Allen |
The Woman Who Did “This is the controversial book, about a woman who refuses to marry her lover because of stifling marriage laws, that Allen dedicated to his wife.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Warwick Woodlands — Henry William Herbert |
The Warwick Woodlands “Full title: The Warwick Woodlands; or, Things as They Were There Ten Years Ago…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wilderness and the War Path — James Hall |
The Wilderness and the War Path “In ascending the chain of lakes, the voyager, after passing the Sault de Sainte Mary, no longer sees the fertile lands, the rich green forests, and the attractive scenery which del…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Brothers: A Tale of the Fronde — Henry William Herbert |
The Brothers: A Tale of the Fronde “The east grew pale, the morning broke brightly, and, like a harbinger of happy tidings, the great sun heaved his rim above the horizon, shooting his slant rays over field and fores…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Moonfleet — J. Meade Falkner |
Moonfleet “"Ay, 'twas a cruel, cruel thing to fire on so young a lad," Ratsey said, as he stepped back a pace to study the effect of a Bag that he was chiselling on the Revenue schooner, "and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE COQUETTE — Hannah Webster Foster |
THE COQUETTE “Full title: THE COQUETTE; OR, THE HISTORY OF ELIZA WHARTON; A NOVEL; FOUNDED ON FACT.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford — William Hale White |
The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford “For some months I continued without much change in my monotonous existence. I did not see Mardon often, for I rather dreaded him. I could not resist him, and I shrank from what I s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Authorship: A Tale — John Neal |
Authorship: A Tale “Very fair--but I would not have you suppose, reader--my dear fellow--that I said to the girl in question all that I have said here. By no means--for long and long before I had come…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | At the Mercy of Tiberius — Augusta Evans Wilson |
At the Mercy of Tiberius “Standing with one foot on the terrace step, close to the marble vases where heliotropes swung their dainty lilac chalices against her shoulder, and the scarlet geraniums stared una…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ira and Isabella; or, The Natural Children — William Hill Brown |
Ira and Isabella; or, The Natural Children “My dear madam, said he with a more earnest tone of voice than usual, to Mrs. Savage, you cannot conceive how truly I am delighted with every motion and act of the graceful Isabella…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In The Roar Of The Sea — Sabine Baring-Gould |
In The Roar Of The Sea “Judith walked backward, facing him, and he turned with his horse and went after her. She stooped and gathered up a splinter of glass. The sun striking through the gaps in the hedge…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Charlotte's Daughter — Mrs. Rowson |
Charlotte's Daughter “Subtitled: or, The Three Orphans. A Sequel to Charlotte Temple…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sarah; or, The Exemplary Wife — Mrs. Rowson |
Sarah; or, The Exemplary Wife “"I think, Mr. Darnley," said I, "that the respect due to your own honor, will prevent your wishing to asseciate your wife with a person whose good name had been tarnished by any wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Beulah — Augusta J. Evans |
Beulah “"I mean, keep your eyes open." Harriet vanished in the dark passage, and Beulah locked the door, feeling that now she was indeed alone, and could freely indulge the grief that had …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Glenarvon — Caroline Lamb |
Glenarvon “The morning sun, when it arose, shone bright and brilliant upon the valley of Altamonte--its gay castle, and its lake. But a threatening cloud obscured the sky, as Camioli raised h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Real Charlotte — Somerville and Ross |
The Real Charlotte “"Ah, well, we made it up, d'ye remember," said Francie, regarding him with a laughing eye, in which there was a suspicion of sentiment; "and after all you were able to change the t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Lord of the Manor — Henry William Herbert |
The Lord of the Manor “Full Title: The Lord of the Manor; or, Rose Castleton's Temptation. An Old English Story…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Quest of the Golden Girl — Richard le Gallienne |
The Quest of the Golden Girl “"There's one feature of the place I might introduce you to if you care for a stroll," he said presently. "Have you heard of The Twelve Golden-Haired Bar-maids?" I hadn't, but the f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Window-Gazer — Isabel Ecclestone Mackay |
The Window-Gazer “"It can't be that. Li Ho can take the Tillicum' over on the darkest night. It has something to do with father. He seems to think that the full moon affects him. And it's true that …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The True History of Joshua Davidson — E. Lynn Linton |
The True History of Joshua Davidson “Then it must be remembered, that Joshua was one of the handsomest men you could see in a long summer's day; a real man; no sickly, effeminate, half-woman, but a tall, broad-shoulde…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Vanitas — Vernon Lee |
Vanitas “"Dear me, dear me, what a dreadful place!" he kept ejaculating, as he followed Lady Atalanta, carrying her bags of oranges and rolls, among the vociferating, grabbing beldames in b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cromwell: An Historical Novel — Henry William Herbert |
Cromwell: An Historical Novel “Not a man moved in his saddle, not a sound broke the quiet of their discipline, save now and then the stamp and neigh of an unruly charger, or the sharp clatter of his steel capari…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. — Robert Smith Surtees |
Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. “What a bustle it created in Handley Cross! The poor milliner-girls stitched their fingers into holes, and nothing was seen at the tailors' windows but sky-blue coats lined with pin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Tides of Barnegat — F. Hopkinson Smith |
The Tides of Barnegat “"No; that's just what I don't want. I've got too much practice now. Somehow I can't keep my people well. No, mother, dear, don't bother your dear head over the old doctor and his w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Watersprings — A.C. Benson |
Watersprings “He returned somewhat late, to find tea over and Mrs. Graves gone to her room; but there was tea waiting for him in the library; he went there, and for a while turned over his book,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero |
Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero “Not that he favored any such innovation: "Move up-town! Why, my dear sir!" he protested, when the subject was first mentioned, "is there nothing in the polish of these old tables a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Marmaduke Wyvil; or, The Maid's Revenge — Henry |
Marmaduke Wyvil; or, The Maid's Revenge “"Sit down, then--sit down, Alice, and tell me all about it--if there be brief space, so much the more need for good haste;" and he pulled forward, as he spoke, a settee from the co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | St. Elmo — Augusta J. Evans |
St. Elmo “When the echo of her retreating footsteps died away, St. Elmo threw his cigar out of the window, and walked up and down the quaint and elegant rooms, whose costly bizarrerie would …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Deerstalkers — Henry William Herbert |
The Deerstalkers “Full title: The Deerstalkers; or, Circumstantial Evidence. A Tale of the South-western Counties.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wedding Guest — T.S. Arthur |
The Wedding Guest “"Why, soon after you went away, you know, I wrote to you that she had gone to the--School. You know her parents are willing to do everything for her--and Mary was very ambitious. T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Good Time Coming — T.S. Arthur |
The Good Time Coming “"I am far from believing, Edward," said his wife, "that a discontented present is any preparation for a happy future. Rather, in the wooing of sweet Content to-day, are we making a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Uncle William — Jennette Lee |
Uncle William “"A leetle," admitted Uncle William, "over 'n the southeast corner, She's weather-tight all but that." He gazed at the little structure affectionately. The sun flamed at the windows…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Outpost — J.G. Austin |
Outpost “Dora looked thoughtful, and presently said slowly, "I know it, Karl; but it does seem to me rather unjust that she should hate poor Pic's memory so bitterly even now. He did not kn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Our World — F. Colburn Adams |
Our World “Full title: Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Manuel Pereira — F. C. Adams |
Manuel Pereira “Full title: MANUEL PEREIRA; OR, The Sovereign Rule of South Carolina. WITH VIEWS OF SOUTHERN LAWS, LIFE, AND HOSPITALITY.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | God's Good Man — Marie Corelli |
God's Good Man “Seldom in the placid course of years had St. Rest ever belied its name, or permitted itself to suffer loss of dignity by any undue display of excitement. The arrival of John Walden…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Town and Country, or, Life at Home and Abroad — John S. Adams |
Town and Country, or, Life at Home and Abroad “Then he handed the lad a small, very small seed, and, leading him a short distance, bade him make a small hole in the ground and place the seed within it. He did so. And the old ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Darkness and Daylight — Mary J. Holmes |
Darkness and Daylight “As they crossed the threshold of the door, he struck his foot against it, and instantly there rang in his ear the words which little Edith had said to him so pityingly, "Poor blind…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Kennedy Square — F. Hopkinson Smith |
Kennedy Square “Outside the sick-room such guests as could be trusted were gathered together in the colonel's den, where they talked in whispers. All agreed that the ladies and the older men must …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Veiled Lady — F. Hopkinson Smith |
The Veiled Lady “Up in these rooms on the third floor he was dear old Peter--or Pete--or Griggsy--or whatever his many friends loved best to call him. Up here, too, he was the merriest companion po…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dawn — Mrs. Harriet A. Adams |
Dawn “"I am not at all surprised at this," said Miss Evans, after the statement had been made, "for well I know the dark surmisings that the dwellers in this little village have worked u…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Circassian Slave — Lieutenant Maturin Murray |
The Circassian Slave “It was on a fair summer's afternoon, that the Sultan, strolling in the flower gardens of the palace, either by design or accident, came upon a spot where Komel was half reclining u…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Lilac Sunbonnet — S.R. Crockett |
The Lilac Sunbonnet “"STAN' BACK, YE MUCKLE SLABBER!" said Jess, suddenly and emphatically, in a voice that could have been heard a hundred yards away. Speckly was pushing sideways against her as if to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Love, The Fiddler — Lloyd Osbourne |
Love, The Fiddler “Frank Rignold too was a son of Bridgeport, and the sea which ran in that blood for generations bade him in manhood to rise and follow it. He had gone into the engine-room, and at t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Justice in the By-Ways — F. Colburn Adams |
Justice in the By-Ways “Mr. Soloman, with an air of legal profundity, says: "This is all very well in its way, George, but it won't stand in law. The law is what you have got to get at. And when you have …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Leah Mordecai — Mrs. Belle Kendrick Abbott |
Leah Mordecai “It was only the life of Leah Mordecai that apparently was marked by no change. She was older by a few years-that was all the world saw of change in her life. To strangers' eyes, sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Katherine's Sheaves — Mrs. George Sheldon |
Katherine's Sheaves “The child's chair had indeed been transformed! No one would have recognized it, covered as it was with a wealth of pure white blossoms and dark-green leaves, for it looked more lik…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne — William J. Locke |
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne “I have spent a pleasant month in this little place. It is the mouth of a gorge in the midst of a cliff-bound coast. The bay, but a quarter of a mile in sweep, is shut in at each en…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Confessions of a Thug — Philip Meadows Taylor |
Confessions of a Thug “A strange page in the book of human life is this! thought I, as he left the room. That man, the perpetrator of so many hundred murders, thinks on the past with satisfaction and ple…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Whole Family — A Novel by Twelve Authors |
The Whole Family “In fact, it's got chapters by by William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Heaton Vorse, Mary Stewart Cutting, Elizabeth Jordan, John Kendrick Bangs, Henry James, Elizabe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Path of a Star — Mrs. Everard Cotes |
The Path of a Star “A marigold lay in the path, an orange-coloured scrap with a broken stem, dropped from some coolie's necklace. Hilda picked it up, and drew in the crude, warm pungency of its smell.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stuart of Dunleath — Caroline Norton |
Stuart of Dunleath “And in the morning the poor Dagon is really unwell, for he requires a great deal of care; and the Dagoness is frightened; for though it was her sovereign will and pleasure to torme…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare — Walter Savage Landor |
Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare “About one hour before noontide the youth WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE, accused of deer-stealing, and apprehended for that offence, was brought into the great hall at Charlecote, where, havin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Rodney Stone — Arthur Conan Doyle |
Rodney Stone “She spoke in a beautiful, rich voice, with the most heart-broken thrill in it, but I could not conceal from myself that she appeared to be one of the most robust persons that I had…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | How the Man Came to Twinkling Island — Melville Chater |
How the Man Came to Twinkling Island “To this she vouchsafed nothing, but swung onward, shifting her heavy basket from one hand to the other; then a strong grasp intervened, and she found herself burdenless. In the vil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In Maytime — Anne Maynard Kidder |
In Maytime “The victim serenely played into their hands. When the conspirators appeared Timothy was just in the agony of trying to hide his near-sightedness and at the same time discover which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fifth String — J. P. Sousa |
The Fifth String “He sat looking into the fire. The violin had brought back memories of the past and its dead. He mumbled, as if to the fire, ``she loved me; she loved my violin. I was a devil; my v…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | KIRSTEEN — Margaret Oliphant |
KIRSTEEN “They made her sick at heart; and London, people said, was bigger (if that were possible) and no doubt more dreadful still! Oh that it could all turn out a dream from which she migh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | At Midnight — Ada Cambridge |
At Midnight “Still protesting, she fetched a cloak and hat, and procured a lantern from the kitchen. The maid-of-all-work was out for the evening, like all bush-town maids on this day of the we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mighty Atom — Marie Corelli |
The Mighty Atom “Then, look at our sun!--we should not be able to live without it,--but there are millions of other suns and systems,--all separate universes. Now if all these things are atoms, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Treasure of Heaven — Marie Corelli |
The Treasure of Heaven “'For what, after all, does it matter to me?' he mused. 'Why should I hesitate to destroy a dream? Why should I care if another rainbow bubble of life breaks and disappears? I am to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Woman Who Didn't — Victoria Cross |
The Woman Who Didn't “And, no, she doesn't. Over to you, Grant Allen.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Why Paul Ferroll Killed His Wife — Caroline Wigley Clive |
Why Paul Ferroll Killed His Wife “Without the least hesitation. or embarrassment, Elinor came forward from the trees, and caught his sight, making a motion inviting him to speak to her. He immediately rode up to th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Innocent — Marie Corelli |
Innocent “"Now the way is clear!" she said--"I can do what I like--I have my wings, and I can fly away! Oh Dad, dear Dad!--you would be so unhappy if you knew what I mean to do!--it would br…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE ITALIAN'S DAUGHTER. A True Story of the English Poor. — Dinah Maria Craik |
THE ITALIAN'S DAUGHTER. A True Story of the English Poor. “So the two wanderers sat down, and soon the cottage-hearth was blazing with a friendly brightness which is at the will of the poorest labourer in this plentiful land of coal. Oh, t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE LAST OF THE RUTHVENS. — Dinah Maria Craik |
THE LAST OF THE RUTHVENS. “Lord Gowrie turned quickly and looked at Lettice--rapturously, yet bashfully, as a youth looks at his first idol. Then he repeated his intention of departure, though in a tone less…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | One Doubtful Hour — Ella Hepworth Dixon |
One Doubtful Hour “WHAT was the fortune of Flora? Nobody seemed to know, and what was more curious, nobody seemed to like to ask; yet it was impossible for a young couple to be more light-hearted on …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE SELF-SEER. — Dinah Maria Craik |
THE SELF-SEER. “"I am sinful; I think only of myself, and remember not him who struggles with hopeless love. Shame! that I should dream of piercing another's breast with the same arrow that almost…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of a Modern Woman — Ella Hepworth Dixon |
The Story of a Modern Woman “A quarter to ten? He would hardly come now; he always had a nice eye to the proprieties. But his cab might have broken down; he might have been detained at the club. The march up a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | John Greswold, Vol. I — Caroline Wigley Clive |
John Greswold, Vol. I “Being new to her, she took a pride and a delight in seeing her brother appealed to, as the friend of all occasions; not as the richer man whose purse was thought of, but as the wis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | John Greswold, Vol. II — Caroline Wigley Clive |
John Greswold, Vol. II “But my next thought was indignant concern for Ruth. Was she to suffer mortification? Had she been led to form expectations and wishes by a man who preferred another? If I could but…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Paul Ferroll — Caroline Wigley Clive |
Paul Ferroll “OK, so elsewhere on this site we've got "Why Paul Ferroll Killed His Wife"--I hope I didn't give anything away there.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Year After Year — Caroline Wigley Clive |
Year After Year “And, alas! he who had been so wrong hitherto was too right now. There was no possibility of seeing Mr. Lockfield that night; and again I had to wait. There is a word which implies …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Inheritance of Evil — Felicia Skene |
The Inheritance of Evil “Full title: The Inheritance of Evil, Or, the Consequence of Marrying a Deceased Wife's Sister…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Potter's Thumb, Vol. 1 — Flora Annie Webster Steel |
The Potter's Thumb, Vol. 1 “It was a foolish, aimless little cry, yet somehow it raised a new idea in her mind. What if he had lost his way in that hideous tangle? She was at the blot of shadow in an instant …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Potter's Thumb, Vol. 3 |
The Potter's Thumb, Vol. 3 “In fact, like many another woman of her type--many a man also--Gwen Boynton had taken refuge from the greater remorse in the lesser one--if indeed there was a greater one?--if inde…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Potter's Thumb, Vol. 2 |
The Potter's Thumb, Vol. 2 “Up-stairs on the roof, the connection between Azizan's tears and Zainub's sciatica would have seemed far-fetched, obscure; down-stairs, however, it was self-evident, clear as dayli…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Tutor's Ward, Vol. 1 — Felicia Skene |
The Tutor's Ward, Vol. 1 “"I never wait for any one," replied Mr. Egerton, shouldering a huge commentary (with which he daily confused the intellects of his servants,) and taking his accustomed seat. It aff…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Tutor's Ward, Vol. 2 — Felicia Skene |
The Tutor's Ward, Vol. 2 “It will not be supposed that Arthur Egerton, with his fierce will, and subtle mind, could remain inactive or content with an arrangement which rendered Stephen Aylmer perfectly hap…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Case of Summerfield — William Henry Rhodes |
The Case of Summerfield “"Summerfield," said I calmly," there must be some strange error in all this. You are self-deluded. The weapon which you claim to wield is one that a good God and a beneficent Creat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Their Mariposa Legend — Charlotte Herr |
Their Mariposa Legend “Then, after a moment: "Right well knowest thou my only wish is to make thee happy." Again his voice, though gentle, grew serious almost to sadness. "No mere whim it is that counsel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Siren — Thomas Adolphus Trollope |
A Siren “But not even the low iron gateway was closed when Paolina reached the church. It stood partially open. After having stood a minute or two before the building to look round upon the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Depot Master — Joseph C. Lincoln |
The Depot Master “"Then 'twas through one bedroom after another, and each one more crowded with noisy, smashable things than that previous. Nate said he could remember the professor roarin' 'Fire!' …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Keziah Coffin — Joseph C. Lincoln |
Keziah Coffin “He paused in spite of himself. His church, his first church! He had accepted the call with pride and a determination to do his best, the very best that was in him, for the society …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Shavings — Joseph C. Lincoln |
Shavings “But she interrupted. "But that doesn't make any difference," she cried. "Don't you see it doesn't! The salary and all that won't count--now. It will be a start for Charles, an oppo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Charles James Lever |
Confessions of Harry Lorrequer “I rambled through the streets for some hours, revolving such thoughts as pressed upon me involuntarily by all I saw. The same little grey homunculus that filled my "prince's mixtur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Felix O'Day — F. Hopkinson Smith |
Felix O'Day “Who Felix was, or what he had done, or what he was about to do, were questions never considered, either by Kelsey or by his friends. That he was part of the driftwood left stranded…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | John Halifax, Gentleman — Mrs. Craik |
John Halifax, Gentleman “"Ay!" It was one of the few things he had mentioned about that same London journey, for he had grown into a painful habit of silence now. Yet I dreaded to break it, lest any wounds…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Duet — A. Conan Doyle |
A Duet “They could never understand why he begged for that extra five minutes. Perhaps it was that he had some mad hope of persuading the bank manager to allow him to overdraw to that amou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | KNOCKNAGOW, OR THE HOMES OF TIPPERARY — CHARLES J. KICKHAM |
KNOCKNAGOW, OR THE HOMES OF TIPPERARY “"'Twas your Uncle Dan, God be good to him, that lint me the wan I read. An' by the same token 'twas the same day he gave me the 'Coravoth.' I was the fust that ever sung id in thos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE SILVER FOX — E.OE. Somerville &Martin Ross |
THE SILVER FOX “THERE was an air of calamity and yet of Sunday about the Quins' farmyard. The pigs were shut up, tubs and buckets were put out of sight, and Tom Quin's little nephew, in his best f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Patty's Butterfly Days — Carolyn Wells |
Patty's Butterfly Days “"Never mind; don't interrupt. I think you are the most adorable fluff of femininity in the world,--and I KNOW I love you, and I want you for all my very own. Patty,--DARLING,--tell…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Down-Easters, Volume 1 — John Neal |
The Down-Easters, Volume 1 “I had seen her in my youth, I knew her when the war of 1812 broke out, and I knew her at the close of that war, when it began to be considered a very proper thing for people to go …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Down-Easters, Volume 2 |
The Down-Easters, Volume 2 “But while he stood in the door-way, holding his breath (continues the narrative) something glided past him like a shadow. His blood thrilled as it swept by; but the next moment he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of a Bad Boy — Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
The Story of a Bad Boy “Lest the title should mislead the reader, I hasten to assure him here that I have no dark confessions to make. I call my story the story of a bad boy, partly to distinguish myself …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Driven Back to Eden — E. P. Roe |
Driven Back to Eden “But my words were scarcely heard, so violent was the gust that burst upon us. For a few moments it seemed as if everything would go down before it, but the old house only shook and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Falkner; A Novel — Mary Shelley |
Falkner; A Novel “She did not only recall his conversation, but conjectured the causes of his sorrow, and felt deeply interested by the mystery that hung about him. So young and so unhappy! And he h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Roman Traitor, V1 — Henry William Herbert |
The Roman Traitor, V1 “Full title: The Roman Traitor: A True Tale of the Republic, Volume 1…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Roman Traitor, Volume 2 |
The Roman Traitor, Volume 2 “At length Aulus Fulvius had threatened in the plainest language outrages so enormous, that the poor girl's spirit sank, and that she took an oath, in order to avoid immediate indig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Imperialist — Sara Jeannette Duncan |
The Imperialist “Wallingham certainly invited them to dinner one Sunday, in a body, an occasion which gave one or two of them some anxiety until they found that it was not to be adorned by the ladi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Rob of the Bowl: A Legend of St. Inigoe's — John Pendleton Kennedy |
Rob of the Bowl: A Legend of St. Inigoe's “"Much and manifold, our most noble Lord, touching the rumors," replied the confused innkeeper, with a thick utterance. "And it is the most notable thing about it that Robert Swale-…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mark Rutherford's Deliverance — Mark Rutherford |
Mark Rutherford's Deliverance “I put my hand in my pocket for my pocket-book, but I could not find it. We had now reached a part of our road familiar enough to both of us. Along that very path Ellen and I had wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Castle Craneycrow — George Barr McCutcheon |
Castle Craneycrow “Blood was streaming down his arm and he was beginning to feel an excruciating pain. Pedestrians were few, and they made no effort to obstruct the flight of the fugitive. Instead, t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | If I Were King — Justin Huntly McCarthy |
If I Were King “The girl whom purple-coated René had kissed so rudely shivered a little. "A strange reason for liking a man," she whispered, "that he make you sad." She glanced wistfully round at …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Old Rose and Silver — Myrtle Reed |
Old Rose and Silver “Juliet bloomed with pleasure and her eyes sparkled. "Isabel came out to see us," she continued, "and I don't think she had a good time. We showed her all our fishing rods, and let …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Masquerader — Katherine Cecil Thurston |
The Masquerader “Eve, looking back, saw the expression. It attracted and held her, like a sudden glimpse into a secret room. In all the years of her marriage, in the months of her courtship even, s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The White Company — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The White Company “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Eben Holden: a Tale of the North Country — Irving Bacheller |
Eben Holden: a Tale of the North Country “There was a little clearing around that big pine tree when David Brower settled in the valley. Its shadows shifting in the light of sun and moon, like the arm of a compass, swept t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jan of the Windmill — Juliana Horatia Ewing |
Jan of the Windmill “"What's ten shillings a week to you?" cried the windmiller, who was fairly exasperated, in tones so loud that they were audible in the dwelling room, where the stranger, standing b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Stillwater Tragedy — Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
The Stillwater Tragedy “"In the first place," he continued, "I want to remind you, especially the newer men, that Slocum's Yard has always given steady work and prompt pay to Stillwater hands. No hand has…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Cardinal's Snuff-Box — Henry Harland |
The Cardinal's Snuff-Box “"The trouble with him?" Peter pondered. "Oh, it would be too long and too sad a story. Should I anatomise him to you as he is, I must blush and weep, and you must look pale and won…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | At Last — Marion Harland |
At Last “The cool contempt of the reply to his imperative dismissal of whatever claims the presumptuous adventurer his aunt had encouraged believed he had upon Mabel's notice or affection, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Aurora Floyd — M. E. Braddon |
Aurora Floyd “Is not life altogether a long comedy, with Fate for the stage-manager, and Passion, Inclination, Love, Hate, Revenge, Ambition, and Avarice, by turns, in the prompter's box? A tire…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | ADVENTURES OF A NEW-YEAR'S EVE — HEINRICH ZSCHOKKE |
ADVENTURES OF A NEW-YEAR'S EVE “"Hush!" whispered the Carmelite, "we are watched here; away from this." She replaced her mask, stood up, and placing her arm within that of the supposed Prince, they crossed the ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Various |
Stories by Foreign Authors: German “Yes, he loved his books with passion and tenderness; but not having means wherewith to buy them, he read every book that was entrusted to him to bind. Not being the collector of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Winding Paths — Gertrude Page |
Winding Paths “To add to her unrest, her mother paid her an early visit, of a sort that had been growing too frequent of late. It was not enough that Lorraine paid her rent, and gave her a handso…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Three Lives — Gertrude Stein |
Three Lives “It was not now any longer that she wanted to stay near Mrs. Lehntman. There was no one now that made anything important, but Anna was certain that she did not want to take a place …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Paul and Virginia — Bernardin de Saint Pierre |
Paul and Virginia “To this scene I loved to resort, as I could here enjoy at once the richness of an unbounded landscape, and the charm of uninterrupted solitude. One day, when I was seated at the fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE LIGHT-HOUSE KEEPER OF ASPINWALL — HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ |
THE LIGHT-HOUSE KEEPER OF ASPINWALL “Through his field-glass the old man could see not only trees and the broad leaves of bananas, but even legions of monkeys and great marabous and flocks of parrots, rising at times …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS — MAURICE MAETERLINCK |
THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS “There was no one to be seen on the Place, for it froze bitterly. Only the dogs and chickens roamed about under the trees, or the sheep nibbled at a three-cornered bit of grass, whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE PLAIN SISTER — DEMETRIOS BIKELAS |
THE PLAIN SISTER “The judge stopped in surprise. He had heard of the old gentleman's temper, but had not imagined that anger could raise to such a pitch a voice usually so calm and dignified. He was…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | STORIES BY FOREIGN AUTHORS |
STORIES BY FOREIGN AUTHORS “Full title: STORIES BY FOREIGN AUTHORS POLISH, GREEK, BELGIAN, HUNGARIAN…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky — Ambrose Bierce |
A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky “Galloping rapidly along in the edge of the open ground comes a young officer on a snow-white horse. His saddle-blanket is scarlet. What a fool! No one who has ever been in battle b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | SAINT NICHOLAS EVE — CAMlLLE LEMONNIER |
SAINT NICHOLAS EVE “Tobias went up the ladder now and again to see if Dolf were not coming back. The little port-hole of the Guldenvisch reflected its red light on the dark water; there was no other w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Double Story — George MacDonald |
A Double Story “Not that the child was a fool. Had she been, the wise woman would have only pitied and loved her, instead of feeling sick when she looked at her. She had very fair abilities, and w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | FOR BRAVERY ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE — Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
FOR BRAVERY ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE “The lists of dead, wounded, and missing were always read with interest or anxiety, as might happen, for one had friends and country acquaintances, if not fellow-townsmen, with the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Cousin the Colonel — Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
My Cousin the Colonel “As the mint and one or two other necessary ingredients were lacking to our family stores, the idea of julep was dismissed as a vain dream, and its place supplied by iced Congress w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Queen of Sheba — Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
The Queen of Sheba “"The thousandth part of a minute late!" cried Flemming, throwing open the door. "There's no excuse for me. When a man lives in a city where they manufacture a hundred thousand watc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Janice Meredith — Paul Leicester Ford |
Janice Meredith “"Severe?" laughed Janice. "If dear dadda is really angry, I'll let tears come into my eyes, and then he'll say he's sorry he hurt my feelings, and kiss me; but if he's only doing i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A GREAT DAY — EDMONDO DE AMICIS |
A GREAT DAY “"Over by the church steps I noticed a lot of officers and gentlemen moving about and giving orders, which seemed to be handed on through the crowd. The excitement was increasing. E…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | IT SNOWS — ENRICO CASTELNUOVO |
IT SNOWS “How many thoughts are thronging through his head, how many affections are contending in his heart! If he could but banish the vision of Signora Evelina--but he tries in vain. He is…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Professional Aunt — Mary C.E. Wemyss |
The Professional Aunt “To begin with, Aunt Anna proceeded to explain, she could never place herself in a position to which she was not born; she did not think it right. She said that Claud then urged her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | PEREAT ROCHUS — ANTONIO FOGAZZARO |
PEREAT ROCHUS “This troubled face, this affectionate tone, softened poor Don Rocco's heart, petrified by pain and surprise. This time two real tears fell from his palpitating eyelids. His mouth, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian — Various |
Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian “It was a damp, cloudy night in November. Little Don Rocco was limping along towards his hermitage of St. Luke with awkward steps, his arms in parentheses, and his back arched, knit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Beyond the City — A. Conan Doyle |
Beyond the City “He must have known or noticed something before he would speak upon such a subject. And then again Mrs. Westmacott had herself said that she hoped to change her style of living shor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Balcony Stories — Grace Elizabeth King |
Balcony Stories “"Quick, quick, it was all arranged. All my friends did something for me. One made my peignoirs for me, one this, one that --ma foi! I did not recognize myself. One made all the toi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Georgia Scenes — Augustus Baldwin Longstreet |
Georgia Scenes “The young ladies had generally collected before any of the young men appeared. It was not long, however, before a large number of both sexes were assembled, and they adjourned to t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | To Have and To Hold — Mary Johnston |
To Have and To Hold “As I sat down upon the bank at her feet, she turned to me with a sudden passion. "I am weary of it all!" she cried. "I am tired of being pent up in this house and garden, and of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | LAVENGRO — George Borrow |
LAVENGRO “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Maid of Maiden Lane — Amelia E. Barr |
The Maid of Maiden Lane “Thus his passionate grief and anger tortured him until midnight. Then he had a high fever and a distracting headache, and, the physical torment being the most insistent and distres…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Many Cargoes — W.W. Jacobs |
Many Cargoes “The mate smiled feebly, and glanced uneasily at the girl, who, with a fine colour and an air of vast unconcern, was looking straight in front of her; and it was a relief to both of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Monsieur Motte — Grace Elizabeth King |
Monsieur Motte “"I told Goupilleau, 'Goupilleau, nonsense! You don't know whom you are talking to! Can't get money out of this people! bah! Giving balls, going to balls, and not pay house-rent, no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Planter's Northern Bride — Caroline Lee Hentz |
The Planter's Northern Bride “"Yes!" said her mother, " they used to call her pretty Nancy. Her cheeks were as rosy as you ever saw, and she had pretty holes in them, when she laughed; and now, they are so holl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Portrait of a Philosopher — Dorothy Canfield |
Portrait of a Philosopher “"That awful, awful picture! I know it now as plain as if I'd been there. He hadn't seen it all the time he was sitting for it, though he'd already put in his will that he wanted th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Swamp Doctor's Adventures — Henry Clay Lewis |
The Swamp Doctor's Adventures “Full title: The Swamp Doctor's Adventures in the South-west: containing the whole of the Louisiana swamp doctor, Streaks of squatter life, and Far-western scenes, in a series of fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dona Perfecta — B. Perez Galdos |
Dona Perfecta “"What! Have you never heard of Caballuco?" said the countryman, amazed at the crass ignorance of Dona Perfecta's nephew. "He is a very brave man, a fine rider, and the best connois…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories of Red Hanrahan — W. B. Yeats |
Stories of Red Hanrahan “But Hanrahan crossed the floor and brushed the others away, and said it was with him she must dance, after the long road he had travelled before he came to her. And it is likely he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Secret Rose — W. B. Yeats |
The Secret Rose “A man, with thin brown hair and a pale face, half ran, half walked, along the road that wound from the south to the town of Sligo. Many called him Cumhal, the son of Cormac, and ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Youth Challenges — Clarence B Kelland |
Youth Challenges “Bonbright was really curious to meet this man, whose story had reached him even in Harvard University. Here was a man who, in ten years of such dogged determination as affected one…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dawn — Eleanor H. Porter |
Dawn “"Pay! And do you think you'd live long--" Just in time the doctor pulled himself up short. Thrusting his hands into his pockets he took a nervous turn about the kitchen; then sharp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Michael's Crag — Grant Allen |
Michael's Crag “"Fight him down in your own heart, then, dear," Mrs. Trevennack said, gently. "Remember, we all may fall. Lucifer did--and he was once an archangel. Fight him down in your own hear…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood — --George MacDonald |
Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood “"Do I now hear any of my friends saying in their hearts: Let the rich take that! It does not apply to us. We are poor enough? Ah, my friends, I have known a light-hearted, liberal …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Many Kingdoms — Elizabeth Jordan |
Many Kingdoms “At the beginning of her breakdown the intervals between intelligent consciousness and insanity had been long. She was herself, or was able to keep herself fairly in hand, the great…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Oh, Money! Money! — Eleanor Hodgman Porter |
Oh, Money! Money! “"Well, of course Maggie had to come home right away. None of the rest wanted to take care of him and Maggie had to. There was another Duff sister then--a married sister (she's died…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Fascinating Traitor — Col. Richard Henry Savage |
A Fascinating Traitor “The rearrangement of the furniture seemed to be satisfactory, and Madame Berthe Louison composedly busied herself with the arrangement of a writing case, and a few womanly articles…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lovey Mary |
Lovey Mary “Without a word she sprang forward, and grasping the child by his feet, held him at arm's-length and shook him violently. Mrs. Redding screamed, and the nurse, who was rushing in wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Kent Knowles: Quahaug — Joseph C. Lincoln |
Kent Knowles: Quahaug “I shall condense the record of that day as much as possible. I should omit it altogether, if I could. We tried to trace her, of course. That is, I tried and Hephzy did not dissuade…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Clara Hopgood — Mark Rutherford |
Clara Hopgood “Whenever anybody whom we love dies, we discover that although death is commonplace it is terribly original. We may have thought about it all our lives, but if it comes close to us,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Little Lady of Lagunitas — Richard Henry Savage |
The Little Lady of Lagunitas “Long years have passed since both the colossus of the North and the great Governor entered into the unbroken silence of the grave. Their immortal words ring still down the columned…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Midnight Passenger — Richard Henry Savage |
The Midnight Passenger “"If Hugh Worthington lurks on the Pacific Coast until he has made the coup, I will find him out there. You can be in hiding near, ready to appear, and then boldly claim your rights…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | What's Bred In the Bone — Grant Allen |
What's Bred In the Bone “They glanced nervously right and left every minute in haste, but returned after each excursion straight to Guy and Cyril. The Colonel noted narrowly all they said and did; and Elma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Kentucky Cardinal — James Lane Allen |
A Kentucky Cardinal “The old doctor, who always fears for my health at this season, stopped by nearly every day to repeat how he had warned me, and always walked back to his gig in a roundabout way, wh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Catherine Furze — Mark Rutherford |
Catherine Furze “"A canting, hypocritical parson, type not uncommon, described over and over again in novels, and thoroughly familiar to theatre-goers." Such, no doubt, will be the summary verdict …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE PHILOSOPHER IN THE APPLE ORCHARD — ANTHONY HOPE |
THE PHILOSOPHER IN THE APPLE ORCHARD “"Dear me! And it's quite an interesting case! Yes, I see. The question is, Will she act most wisely in accepting the offer of the man who loves her exceedingly, but for whom she en…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories by English Authors: England |
Stories by English Authors: England “"We won't quarrel about the animal, my dear madam, but you may depend upon it, my solution's right. A hardened villain, like myself, say, would never have got into such a scrape, b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories by English Authors: Ireland |
Stories by English Authors: Ireland “On the contrary, every one of his friends--or, in other words, every man in the parish--was ready to support him. He was clapped on the back until his bones were nearly dislocated …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lecturers — Douglas Jerrold |
Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lecturers “"Ha! you are an aggravating creature, Caudle; lying there like the mummy of a man, and never as much as opening your lips to one. Just as if your own wife wasn't worth answering! I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Confession — W. Gilmore Simms |
Confession “Full title: Confession; or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fran — John Breckenridge Ellis |
Fran “Bob tugged at his straw-colored mustache; he would not swear, for whatever happened, he was resolved to lead the spiritual life. "See here, Sapphira, I'm going to tell you somethin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Desired Woman — Will N. Harben |
The Desired Woman “She glanced through the open door into the house as if to see if any one was within hearing. Then she came nearer to him, looking down on him from the higher step on which she stoo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bricks Without Straw — Albion W. Tourgee |
Bricks Without Straw “"Dar! 'Liab," he said, as he entered and handed the paper which he had been examining to the person addressed, "I reckon I'se free now. I feel ez ef I wuz 'bout half free, ennyhow.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Devil and Daniel Webster — Stephen Vincent Benet |
The Devil and Daniel Webster “Well, with that the argument began -- and it went hot and heavy. At first, Jabez Stone had a flicker of hope, but when he saw Dan'l Webster being forced back at point after point, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Their Yesterdays — Harold Bell Wright |
Their Yesterdays “The man's work demanded freedom and the man was not free. In his dreams, at the beginning of his manhood, he had thought himself free to work out his dreams. He had said to himself…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Miss Gibbie Gault — Kate Langley Bosher |
Miss Gibbie Gault “"Is not to have a taste. And mine can take care of itself. I sent for you to tell you I want vegetable soup for dinner to-night, thick and greasy. The fish must be cold and no sauc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers, Vol. I. — Thomas De Quincey |
Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers, Vol. I. “Oh! verdure of human fields, cottages of men and women, (that now suddenly seemed all brothers and sisters,) cottages with children around them at play, that are so far below--oh! …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Vicky Van — Carolyn Wells |
Vicky Van “Victoria Van Allen was the name she signed to her letters and to her cheques, but Vicky Van, as her friends called her, was signed all over her captivating personality, from the to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hypatia — Charles Kingsley |
Hypatia “Poor Hypatia! At first she determined not to lecture--then to send for Orestes--then to call on her students to defend the sanctity of the Museum; but pride, as well as prudence, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Pastor's Son — William W. Walter |
The Pastor's Son “Here Walter entered the room, his face more flushed than usual, and his father's watchful eye took note of it, but he spoke up cheerfully, "Just look at that turkey, Walter, isn't …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Self-Raised — Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth |
Self-Raised “Ishmael approached it from behind and walked around to the front. He opened the little wooden gate of the front yard and saw seated in the front door, enjoying that early autumn mo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cornelli — Johanna Spyri |
Cornelli “"Who picked all the fine berries and the yellow plums, the juicy, dark red cherries from the young trees over there, so that it was a pleasure to see her? Cornelli, of course! And …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment. — Calvin Henderson Wiley |
Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment. “Now, Phil Blister noticed the frequent visits of the judge, and, inflamed with jealousy, and satisfied that the lady of his heart was an object of interest to every one, he briskly…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Eoneguski, Vol. II — Robert Strange |
Eoneguski, Vol. II “Early the next morning persons came pouring in from every direction, to witness the obsequies of one so distinguished. Most unvarying solemnity was in the manner of all, but there …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Eoneguski, Vol. I — Robert Strange |
Eoneguski, Vol. I “Full title: Eoneguski, or, The Cherokee Chief: A Tale of Past Wars. Vol. I.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | That Printer of Udell's — Harold Bell Wright |
That Printer of Udell's “But the deacon continued with a frown at the interruption, "As far as that goes, the whole thing is unscriptural and I was opposed to it at the first, as Brother Wicks here can tel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Once Aboard The Lugger — Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson |
Once Aboard The Lugger “Full title: ONCE ABOARD THE LUGGER-- THE HISTORY OF GEORGE AND HIS MARY…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | This Freedom — A. S. M. Hutchinson |
This Freedom “Like a tame cat! She never had met a man she despised so much. You'd think a man like that couldn't help but be above such things as Cousin Laetitia and Aunt Belle made of him. "Oc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Colonel Carter of Cartersville — Francis Hopkinson Smith |
Colonel Carter of Cartersville “He began pacing the floor, recounting for my benefit the various courtesies he had received since he had lived at the North,--not only from the proprietors of the office, but from …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In Simpkinsville: Character Tales — Ruth McEnery Stuart |
In Simpkinsville: Character Tales “"Of co'se, Brother Binney"--he spoke with painful hesitation --"of co'se she'll look for you to come an' to put up a prayer, an' maybe read a po'tion o' Scripture. An' I've thought…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Yemassee: a Romance of Carolina — William Gilmore Simms |
The Yemassee: a Romance of Carolina “The determination of the whole was soon made. Huspah, the superior but superannuated chief, tottering in advance, and singing mournfully the song of death with which the Indian alw…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains — Charles Egbert Craddock |
The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains “The "gang o' men"--actively described by his mother as "lopin' roun' the mill"--lingered long in conclave this morning. Perhaps their views had a more confident and sturdy effect f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In the Tennessee Mountains — Charles Egbert Craddock |
In the Tennessee Mountains “At the lowest ebb of his fortunes there came to him a letter from a young lawyer, much in his own professional position, but who had confessed himself beaten and turned sheep-farme…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Law of the Land — Emerson Hough |
The Law of the Land “He must find Miss Lady, must see her once more; must tell her this one thing indisputably sure, that the paths of earth had been shaped solely that they two might walk therein for …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Castle Nowhere — Constance Fenimore Woolson |
Castle Nowhere “'No one knows. He came here fifty years ago, and after officiating on the island a few years, he retired to a little Indian farm in the Chenaux, where he has lived ever since. Occa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Greifenstein — F. Marion Crawford |
Greifenstein “Greifenstein saw before him a tall man, with abundant white hair and a snowy beard, of bronzed complexion, evidently strong in spite of his years, chiefly remarkable for the heavy …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Elsie Dinsmore — Martha Finley |
Elsie Dinsmore “"Hush, hush, Lora," said her mother, a little impatiently; "how can you be sure of any such thing; Miss Day, I must beg of you to excuse Arthur this once, for I have quite set my h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Philistia — Grant Allen |
Philistia “Of course the house was not vulgarly furnished, at least in the conventional sense of the word; Lady Le Breton was far too rigid in her social orthodoxy to have admitted into her r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Short Cruises — W.W. Jacobs |
Short Cruises “"It ain't the way," said Mr. Harris, impatiently. "Girls like a man o' spirit; not a chap who hangs about without speaking, and looks as though he has been caught stealing the cat'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dialect Tales — Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell |
Dialect Tales “"Attracted by that picture?" said Dr. Alonzo, affably, his fingers on Aunt Anniky's pulse. "My par had that struck off the first time I ever got a tooth out. That's par with the gr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Northern Georgia Sketches — Will Nathaniel Harben |
Northern Georgia Sketches “Sanders crossed his legs and cleared his throat. "That was the understandin' when we agreed to take 'er," he said, rather consequentially. "She was to make 'erse'f handy whenever s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | John March, Southerner — George Washington Cable |
John March, Southerner “"Oh, Mr. Ravenel; we can't. We just can't! It's the strangest thing in the world, sir! Nobody wants it but lumbermen, and to let them, faw a few cents an acre, sweep ove' it like w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dora Deane — Mary J. Holmes |
Dora Deane “Very pleasantly to Dora did the remainder of the winter pass away. She was appreciated at last, and nothing could exceed the kindness of both Mr. and Mrs. Hastings, the latter of w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker — S. Weir Mitchell |
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker “"My Virginia fox-hunter," said my aunt, "is having evil days with the New England farmers. He is disposed to be despotic, says--well, no matter who. He likes the whipping-post too …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lady Mary and her Nurse — Catherine Parr Traill |
Lady Mary and her Nurse “The nurse smiled, and said, "It is not a fish at all, my dear; it is a dried beaver's tail. I brought it from the back lakes when I was at home, that you might see it. See, my lady…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi — Joseph Glover Baldwin |
Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi “Full title: The Flush times of Alabama and Mississippi: a series of sketches…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches — Joel Chandler Harris |
Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches “"Ef it's my beliefs you want," continued the old man, "I'll pitch 'em at you fair and free. My beliefs is that Spite Calderwood is gone an' took Lucindy outen the county. Bless you…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mr. Pratt — Joseph C. Lincoln |
Mr. Pratt “The Twins was pretty well wore out by this time, so neither of them would wash dishes. They chucked 'em into the kitchen sink and left them there. Then they put in three or four ho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sut Lovingood: Yarns Spun — George Washington Harris |
Sut Lovingood: Yarns Spun “"I wer wonderin my levil bes', keepin a skin'd eye an' a open year fur trubbil ur a skeer, whan I hearn a tarin big fuss on tuther side, squawkin, cussin, hollerin, an' a gineral s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Grey Lady — Henry Seton Merriman |
The Grey Lady “I do not mind telling you that the smallness of that proportion does away with the argument that the agreement was the ordinary 'rotas' of the Baleares. We know nothing--we can pro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Old Mission Stories of California — Charles Franklin Carter |
Old Mission Stories of California “And now began a time of happiness for Apolinaria; busy all day, sometimes at the roughest toil, she worked with her whole heart, full of joy because she was busy, and was doing som…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bessie Bradford's Prize — Joanna H. Mathews |
Bessie Bradford's Prize “"Seems as if it was a callin' of Providence," she murmured to herself, as she slowly and thoughtfully mounted the stairs and returned to the nursery; and had any one known the circ…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Thaddeus of Warsaw — Jane Porter |
Thaddeus of Warsaw “"When I recovered, I found myself at the foot of that statue beneath which my unfortunate destiny had been fixed. My husband was leaning over me. He raised me with tenderness from …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Social Cancer — Jose Rizal |
The Social Cancer “When her husband was sleeping off the wine he had drunk, or was snoring through the siesta, and she could not quarrel with him, Doña Consolacion, in a blue flannel camisa, with a b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill — Alice Hegan Rice |
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill “"See him!" he exploded. "What in the name of the devil do you want to see him for? No siree! Not while Bob Carsey's got any buckshot left in his gun! Do you think there's any chanc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories by English Authors in London |
Stories by English Authors in London “A dark, desolate December night, a night that clung to the metropolis like a wet black shroud, a night in which the heavy, low-hanging vapours melted every now and then into a slow…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Immensee — Theodore W. Storm |
Immensee “Straight opposite, in the middle of all this forest verdure, there lay a patch of white, like driven snow. This was an expanse of blossoming fruit-trees, and out of them, up on the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In ole Virginia — Thomas Nelson Page |
In ole Virginia “Full title: In ole Virginia, or, Marse Chan and other stories.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In Midsummer Days and Other Tales — August Strindberg |
In Midsummer Days and Other Tales “The cavaliers cheered, and the swimmer could read the promise of love in his lady's eyes. But when he struck out for the shore, he found that he could not move from the spot. He ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Scouts of the Valley |
The Scouts of the Valley “Henry awoke only once, and that was about half way between midnight and morning, when his senses, never still entirely, even in sleep, warned him that something was at the door. He…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Drusilla with a Million — Elizabeth Cooper |
Drusilla with a Million “"It's an awful thing to be poor, Daphne--real poor. Yet--" she said musingly, "even when you're real poor you can always find somethin' to give. Like Mis' Sweet. Did I ever tell yo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mogens and Other Stories — Jens Peter Jacobsen |
Mogens and Other Stories “And they struck up a miserere. Every note of it sounded like a cry for the rain of fire that overwhelmed Sodom, for the strength which Samson possessed when he pulled down the colu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wide Wide World — ELIZABETH WETHERELL |
The Wide Wide World “And away they went. Ellen drew two or three sighs at first, but she could not help brightening up soon. It was early--not sunrise; the cool freshness of the air was enough to give …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Doctor's Daughter — "Vera" |
The Doctor's Daughter “I had my own private opinion about him, which never prevented me from openly admiring his tactics, from enjoying his company, and, in a sense, from coveting his attentions. Strange…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Beverly of Graustark — George Barr McCutcheon |
Beverly of Graustark “"All right. I think I can get him into good humor without half trying. Oh, Count Marlanx! Come here, please. You aren't angry with me, are you? Wasn't it awful for me to run away a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mary Anerley — R. D. Blackmore |
Mary Anerley “"The mouth of that cave is two fathoms wide for a longish bit of channel; and, Mary dear, if I had not been supported by continual thoughts of you, I must have gone against the sid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Elephant's Track and Other Stories — Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis |
An Elephant's Track and Other Stories “The bundle of rags at her feet stirred. He lifted his head and threw back the long, matted hair from his forehead. A pair of dim blue eyes looked up at her appealingly; a wan smile…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cytherea — Joseph Hergesheimer |
Cytherea “"It is foolish of me," Fanny agreed, "and not complimentary to our love. I have kept you so long over nothing that you will be late for dinner. I don't care!" Her manner bore a for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Lady of the North — Randall Parrish |
My Lady of the North “Full title: My Lady of the North, The Love Story of a Gray Jacket…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Average Jones — Samuel Hopkins Adams |
Average Jones “"There's been no quarrel. We're as much engaged now as ever, in spite of the return of the ring. It's only her infern--her deep-rooted superstition that's caused this trouble. One …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ideala — Sarah Grand |
Ideala “It was not always--although, unfortunately, it was oftenest at critical moments--that she was beset with this inability to see more than one side of a subject at a time. The odd th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Esther — Rosa Nouchette Carey |
Esther “"No, I must be sure it is a safe gap first, and not a short cut to nowhere," was my inexplicable response. I do not know if Mr. Lucas understood me, for just then Miss Ruth gave th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Battle Ground — Ellen Glasgow |
The Battle Ground “A hot flush overspread Dan's face; he forgot the smart and the wounded pride--he forgot even Champe staring from the window seat. The Governor's voice was like salve to his hurt; t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | From Wealth to Poverty — Austin Potter |
From Wealth to Poverty “Full title: FROM WEALTH TO POVERTY; OR, THE TRICKS OF THE TRAFFIC. A Story of the Drink Curse…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Across the Years — Eleanor H. Porter |
Across the Years “Plaits were "out" next year, and the Heath sisters were among the first to read it in the fashion notes. Once more on a bright spring morning Miss Priscilla and Miss Amelia left th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The City of Fire — Grace Livingston Hill |
The City of Fire “"Mother! Did you think I was such a spoiled baby that I couldn't be courteous to a stranger even if she was a detestable little vamp? You're not to bother about it any more. She'll…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Gone to Earth — Mary Webb |
Gone to Earth “Afterwards he walked part way home with Hazel, and coming back under the driving sky--that seemed to move all in a piece like a sliding window, and showed the moon as a slim lady w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | We Can't Have Everything — Rupert Hughes |
We Can't Have Everything “Kedzie was proud to know people who had been as famous as these two said they had been, but Bottger and Jambers used to fight bitterly over their respective schools of expression. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Idol of Paris — Sarah Bernhardt |
The Idol of Paris “Esperance grew pale; she took the card from her mother's hands, fearing that she might be mistaken. It was indeed the Countess and not the Count. She breathed again! Marguerite and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Carding-Mill Valley — Rosa Mackenzie Kettle |
Carding-Mill Valley “There was never any lack of sympathy in Stella's reception of some grand new system or theory for benefiting her fellow-creatures. Her cheek is flushing now as Althea reads slowly,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Little Immigrant — Eva Stern |
The Little Immigrant “Jaffray was some years older than Renestine and was aware that she was but a school girl, untutored in the ways of the world, even less than most girls of her age. But Renestine's …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Aunt Rachel — David Christie Murray |
Aunt Rachel “Reuben pushed the green gate aside, and entering upon the lawn found Fuller in the act of carrying the table to its customary place. He had been so free of the house, and had been …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jessica's First Prayer — Hesba Stretton |
Jessica's First Prayer “Without a shade of change upon her small face, she covered the penny with her foot, and drew it in carefully towards her, while she continued to chatter fluently to him. For a mome…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Frobishers — Sabine Baring-Gould |
The Frobishers “"I've been ailing some time," said Cissie, "and I knowed it would be on me soon. Charlie Mangin heard of it through our bailie, and he came right into our room and straight up to m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Life for a Life — Dinah Craik |
A Life for a Life “I am not, the least in the world! which I would fain have explained, only mere friends can never understand the ins and outs of a family. If I offered to assist her in the house, h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Overdale — Emma Jane Worboise |
Overdale “Unheard, Mr. Aylmer had joined the party. Kate was talking so loudly--for loud talking was one of her accomplishments--that she had not heard the door gently opened and closed agai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Seven for a Secret — Mary Webb |
Seven for a Secret “The cornelian heart shone in the sun. The yellow catkins swung. A thrush sang loud and sweet from a brown-budded chestnut in the hedge of the far pasture. There was the inn. They h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Heart-Song of To-day — Annie Gregg Savigny |
A Heart-Song of To-day “He should not wed Vaura Vernon, if a woman's tongue sharp as a two-edged sword could cut their lives apart. She would be content to repeat the little act of barter that the young m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Miser Married — Catherine Hutton |
The Miser Married “Now yo knos I have lived with the Squire, sixteen yeres, come Martlemas, and in all that time, I never seed him speke to no woman but myself. You and me has oftens said he mite tak…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wisdom of Folly — Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler |
The Wisdom of Folly “Gwynneth burst into tears. Though a very intelligent woman, she was not a wise one, and she had no smattering of the art of managing a man. Mrs. Frisby, old as she was, could have …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Channings — Mrs. Henry Wood |
The Channings “"How uncommonly stupid it was of you to do so! "said Bywater, pretending to take the remark literally. "I would not keep a duplicate pair of keys by me--I should make sure they'd b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sweet Cicely — Marietta Holley |
Sweet Cicely “Full title: SWEET CICELY OR JOSIAH ALLEN AS A POLITICIAN BY "JOSIAH ALLEN'S WIFE"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Handy Andy, Vol. 2 — Samuel Lover |
Handy Andy, Vol. 2 “"'An honest man would make no objection to be sarched,' said the Squire; 'and I insist on it,' says he, laying hold o' the bag, and Tom purtending to fight all the time; but, my je…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Tom Cringle's Log — Michael Scott |
Tom Cringle's Log “"Now," said the Irish sergeant, "I could brain you, but it is not worth while!"--I question if he could, however, knowing as I did the thickness of their skulls, "Ah, here they com…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Brought Home — Hesba Stretton |
Brought Home “Mrs, Bolton could not escape her share of these troubles; though she never accused herself for a moment as having had any part in causing them. It was the archdeacon who had obtain…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An American Politician — F. Marion Crawford |
An American Politician “"Mr. John Harrington has made a great discovery. He has discovered that we require a Civil Service. This is apparently the ground on which he states himself to be a Democrat. If we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life at High Tide — Various |
Life at High Tide “Note: Harper's Novelettes, Edited By William Dean Howells and Henry Mills Alden…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) — Dumas, fils |
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) “"No, at Point du Jour, where we had dinner, the duke and I. While he was admiring the view, I asked Mme. Arnould (she is called Mme. Arnould, isn't she?) if there were any suitable…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Theft Condoned — Gertrude Smith |
A Theft Condoned “"Well, I mustn't sit here gettin' the cramps," she said, getting up from the step. "I do say I ain't seen them mover wagons before. I wonder now if they've stopped since I been sit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Duke of Stockbridge — Edward Bellamy |
The Duke of Stockbridge “Full title: THE DUKE OF STOCKBRIDGE A ROMANCE OF SHAYS' REBELLION…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A DESPERATE ADVENTURE — Max Adeler |
A DESPERATE ADVENTURE “"My hope," said Captain Cowgill, "is that you will safely reach your destination, and safely return. But you fully understand that the chances are against you. For my own protectio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Monitress Merle — Angela Brazil |
Monitress Merle “"I suppose I shall have to go!" yawned Gwen. "These village concerts of Mother's are such a nuisance! Why can't the people get up their own instead of always expecting her to bothe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | O. T., A Danish Romance — Hans Christian Andersen |
O. T., A Danish Romance “Several days had passed; the sky was gray; the young people assembled round the table; they were at no loss for a subject of conversation. All those who have brothers or sons who s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Snow-Blind — Katharine Newlin Burt |
Snow-Blind “Hugh took his reward, none the less sweet to his strange nature, in that it was only potentially earned. And joy, like a warm flood, crept up again to his heart. He sat on the hill…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fan — Henry Harford |
Fan “Full tite: FAN. THE STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL'S LIFE. Note: The novel Fan was originally published in 1892, under the pseudonym of "Henry Harford." It now makes its appearance under th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Nest Builder — Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale |
The Nest Builder “In memory Stefan followed himself home. The word was used to denote the house in which he and his father lived. A portrait of his mother hung over the parlor stove. It was a chalk …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Samantha on the Woman Question — Marietta Holley |
Samantha on the Woman Question “Why, her sufferin's date back before she wuz born, and that's goin' pretty fur back. Her father and mother had some difficulty and he wuz took down with billerous colick, voylent f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Ambitious Man — Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
An Ambitious Man “"You judge others by your own true heart," he said. "But I know the world as it is. Yes, the members of my church would forgive Miss Adams for her sin--and cut her dead. They would…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | SHENAC'S WORK AT HOME — MARGARET MURRAY ROBERTSON |
SHENAC'S WORK AT HOME “Hamish alone hesitated; all the rest declared that he must go, and none more decidedly than Shenac. In the first delighted moment, she thought only of the good that Hamish was to g…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | St. Winifred's, or The World of School — Frederic W. Farrar |
St. Winifred's, or The World of School “"Well then, after that I was nearly caught. I think, Walter, that even you would be a coward if you had such long long frights. You know that to get to Dan's, after the gates are l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Historical Miniatures — August Strindberg |
Historical Miniatures “They became silent, as the sun rose and the heat increased. The low-growing tamarisk, wormwood, and soda-bushes afforded no shade. Wild fowl and larks were the only creatures that …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Married — August Strindberg |
Married “Higher and higher rose the swing, until it struck the topmost branches of the maple. The girl screamed and fell forward, into his arms; he was pushed over, on to the seat. The trem…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Behind the Bungalow — EHA |
Behind the Bungalow “All this time sit I, like Tantalus, with the savoriest of Domingo's "beefysteaks" before me and am not allowed to taste it. But I know that in every operation he is animated by an …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | White Lilac — Amy Walton |
White Lilac “Lilac pushed her hand through the palings and managed to pick some sweet-peas which were trailing themselves helplessly about for want of support, then she went on to the next gate…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Post Haste — -R.M. Ballantyne |
Post Haste “So it ever is with mankind. People make mistakes, or are guilty of carelessness, and straightway they lay the blame -- not only without but against reason -- on broader shoulders t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Fountain Sealed — Anne Douglas Sedgwick |
A Fountain Sealed “Since the shock of the announcement, conveyed in a long, tender cable over a week ago, she had had no time, as it were, to cast up these accounts with the past. Her mind had known …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Chrystabel — Emma Jane Worboise |
Chrystabel “"Are you both possessed?" fiercely demanded Miss Judith, terrified herself past self-control at the situation of both sister and brother. But Mona was not senseless; she lay moanin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The History of David Grieve — Mrs. Humphry Ward |
The History of David Grieve “Out of doors, he found David already at work in the cowhouse, but as surly and uncommunicative as before when he was spoken to. That the lad had turned 'agen his wark,' and was on …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Notwithstanding — Mary Cholmondeley |
Notwithstanding “Perhaps, after all, Lady Louisa had some grounds for feeling that everything had gone against her. Dick was dying, and her second son Harry--what of him? She was doggedly convinced…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In Prison and Out — Hesba Stretton |
In Prison and Out “Who can tell how long the hours of that night were? Darkness without, and within the utter blackness of despair. The craving hunger of disease, and the soul's hunger after the welf…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |