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| Abraham Cahan | The Rise of David Levinsky — Abraham Cahan |
The Rise of David Levinsky “It is with a peculiar sense of duality one reads this ancient work. While your mind is absorbed in the meaning of the words you utter, the melody in which you utter them tells your…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Abraham Cahan | A Sweatshop Romance — Abraham Cahan |
A Sweatshop Romance “Poor thing; she did not know that when he lingeringly fondled her hand, on taking his leave in the hallway, the proposal lay on the tip of his tongue, and that lacking the strength…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Abraham Cahan | Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto — Abraham Cahan |
Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto “A few weeks later, on a Saturday morning, Jake, with an unfolded telegram in his hand, stood in front of one of the desks at the Immigration Bureau of Ellis Island. He was freshly …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Abraham Cahan | Circumstances — Abraham Cahan |
Circumstances “Hardly a fortnight had elapsed since Dalsky had installed himself and his scanty effects at the Luries', yet he seemed to have grown into the family, and the three felt as if they …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Abraham Cahan | The Imported Bridegroom — Abraham Cahan |
The Imported Bridegroom “Only nineteen and a poor orphan, the fame of the prospective bridegroom, as a marvel of acumen and memory, reached far and wide. Few of the subtlest rabbinical minds in the distric…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alice Dunbar Nelson | Lesie, the Choir Boy — Alice Dunbar Nelson |
Lesie, the Choir Boy “It did not take the news long to go through the length and breadth of 'Steenth street that Lesie was "doin' de heavy down at St. Stephen's." For a day, he was regarded with scorn u…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Alice Dunbar Nelson | Edouard — Alice Dunbar Nelson |
Edouard “The day came at last, and Mere and Pere and sister Jeanne were down at the bayou's edge to see Uncle Aristide's boat sail off with their idol. Edouard was brave, and waved cheerily…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Angel de Cora | Gray Wolf's Daughter — Angel de Cora |
Gray Wolf's Daughter “As she spoke, the mother drew out a basket from under the blankets and took from it a great pile of beads. These she hung around her daughter's neck till they reached half way up t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Angel de Cora | The Sick Child — Angel de Cora |
The Sick Child “He arrived about dark. He was a large man, with a sad, gentle face. His presence had always filled me with awe, and that night it was especially so, for he was coming as a holy man…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | The Grand Babylon Hotel — Arnold Bennett |
The Grand Babylon Hotel “By Arnold Bennett. Reportedly completed in three week's time...…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day — Arnold Bennett |
How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day “"But," someone may remark, with the English disregard of everything except the point, "what is he driving at with his twenty-four hours a day? I have no difficulty in living on twe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | Literary Taste — Arnold Bennett |
Literary Taste “The large majority of our fellow-citizens care as much about literature as they care about aeroplanes or the programme of the Legislature. They do not ignore it; they are not quite…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | The Grim Smile of the Five Towns — Arnold Bennett |
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns “People were talking to each other as they groped about in the road, and either making jokes at the expense of the new Electricity Department, or frankly cursing it with true Five T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | The Old Wives' Tale — Arnold Bennett |
The Old Wives' Tale “She did not reply. It did not occur to her to reply. But she certainly thought that this doctor--he was probably a doctor--was overestimating her case. She felt better than she had…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | Anna of the Five Towns — Arnold Bennett |
Anna of the Five Towns “Anna turned away in silence. 'I shall come up for tea, if I may,' Henry said, and then they parted, he to the singing-seat, she to the portico of the chapel. People were talking in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | Clayhanger — Arnold Bennett |
Clayhanger “He was very far from realizing the imperfections of his equipment for the grand entry; but still he was not without uneasiness. In particular the conversation incident to the canal…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | Helen With The High Hand — Arnold Bennett |
Helen With The High Hand “Helen poured out the tea. Emanuel took a cup and saucer in one hand and the plate of bread and butter in the other, and ceremoniously approached Sarah Swetnam. Sarah accepted the c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | Imperial Palace — Arnold Bennett |
Imperial Palace “"Then you must know a lot about our business," said Miss Maclaren, at the close of the talk. "I wish I'd known this morning. I shouldn't have been so nervous for you. Mr. Cousin or…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | Lord Raingo — Arnold Bennett |
Lord Raingo “"And the war won and all! That's the grateful public, that is. It's all along of calling up these men of forty-six, seven, eight, nine, and fifty. Fathers of families, Mainstays of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Arnold Bennett | Riceyman Steps — Arnold Bennett |
Riceyman Steps “Unpacking her trunk, she moved about, walked, stooped, knelt, rose, opened drawers, shut drawers, with the magnificent movements of a richly developed and powerful body. The expres…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bess Streeter Aldrich | A Long-Distance Call From Jim — Bess Streeter Aldrich |
A Long-Distance Call From Jim “"Oh, I don't think so -- and it would show her that we know how to do things right. She's probably a New York girl -- or she may be French, for all we know. Good land! I hope not. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bess Streeter Aldrich | Mother's Excitement Over Father's Old Sweetheart — Bess Streeter Aldrich |
Mother's Excitement Over Father's Old Sweetheart “So Marcia and Mother journeyed to Capital City and chose a navy blue tailored suit, and a stunning black and white silk, and a soft gray chiffon gown, "in which she looks perfectly…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bess Streeter Aldrich | Last Night When You Kissed Blanche Thompson — Bess Streeter Aldrich |
Last Night When You Kissed Blanche Thompson “Katherine it was who took upon herself the complete charge of his speech. Not an insignificant "have went" nor an infinitesimal "I seen" ever escaped the keen ears of his elder sis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | The Turmoil — Booth Tarkington |
The Turmoil “We must Grow! We must be Big! We must be Bigger! Bigness means Money! And the thing began to happen; their longing became a mighty Will. We must be Bigger! Bigger! Bigger! Get peop…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | The Flirt — Booth Tarkington |
The Flirt “"Why, Laura," said Cora, observing her sister with transient curiosity, "you haven't undressed. What have you been doing? Something's the matter with you. I know what it is," she a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | Seventeen — Booth Tarkington |
Seventeen “Thus a shrill voice, to his ears hideously different from that other, interrupted and dispersed his visions. Little Jane, his ten-year- old sister, stood upon the front porch, the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | Ramsey Milholland — Booth Tarkington |
Ramsey Milholland “He had not forgiven her four years later when he entered high school in her company, for somehow Ramsey managed to shovel his way through examinations and stayed with the class. By…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | Penrod — Booth Tarkington |
Penrod “The cotillon loomed dismally before Penrod now; but it was his duty to secure a partner and he set about it with a dreary heart. The delay occasioned by his fruitless attempt on Ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | Penrod and Sam — Booth Tarkington |
Penrod and Sam “PENROD SCHOFIELD, having been "kept-in" for the unjust period of twenty minutes after school, emerged to a deserted street. That is, the street was deserted so far as Penrod was co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | Monsieur Beaucaire — Booth Tarkington |
Monsieur Beaucaire “"Oh, no, no, no!" The Frenchman laughed. "'Tis not that. Am I not already one of these 'men of fashion'? I lack only the reputation of birth. Monsieur is goin' supply that. Ha, ha!…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | The Magnificent Ambersons — Booth Tarkington |
The Magnificent Ambersons “HAVING thus, in a word, revealed his ambition for a career above courts, marts, and polling booths, George breathed more deeply than usual, and, turning his face from the lovely co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | His Own People — Booth Tarkington |
His Own People “The following afternoon found him still in that enviable condition as he stood listening to the music on the Pincian Hill. He had it of rumor that the Fashion of Rome usually took …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | The Conquest of Canaan — Booth Tarkington |
The Conquest of Canaan “Only such unfortunates as have so far failed to visit Canaan do not know that the "National House" is on the Main Street side of the Courthouse Square, and has the advantage of bei…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | Alice Adams — Booth Tarkington |
Alice Adams “The device of the absentee partner has the defect that it cannot be employed for longer than ten or fifteen minutes at a time, and it may not be repeated more than twice in one eve…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | The Two Vanrevels — Booth Tarkington |
The Two Vanrevels “Mr. Vanrevel, of course, was not invited; no one would have thought of asking him to join a small party of which Robert Carewe's daughter was to be a member. But it was happiness e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | Mrs. Protheroe — Booth Tarkington |
Mrs. Protheroe “A few minutes later, without knowing how he bad got his hat and coat from the cloak-room, Alonzo Rawson found himself walking slowly through the marble vistas of the State-house to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | The Guest of Quesnay — Booth Tarkington |
The Guest of Quesnay “When she had spoken she rose, advanced a step, and stood looking out over the valley again, her skirts pressing the balustrade. One of the moments in my life when I have wished to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | The Beautiful Lady — Booth Tarkington |
The Beautiful Lady “What a ride it was to Venice that day! What magical airs we rode through, and what a thieving old trickster was time, as he always becomes when one wishes hours to be long! I think…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | Beasley's Christmas Party — Booth Tarkington |
Beasley's Christmas Party “I never met anybody else who looked so pleasantly communicative and managed to say so little. In fact, he didn't say anything at all; and I guessed that this faculty was not withou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Booth Tarkington | Harlequin and Columbine — Booth Tarkington |
Harlequin and Columbine “"It's because I'm so happy," she explained--to his way of thinking, divinely. "I'm so happy I just pour out everything. I want to sing every minute. You see, it seemed such a long …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Christopher Morley | Parnassus on Wheels — Christopher Morley |
Parnassus on Wheels “"Lord!'' he said, "when you sell a man a book you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue -- Christopher Morley's first book.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Christopher Morley | The Haunted Bookshop — Christopher Morley |
The Haunted Bookshop “Continues the adventures of Roger Mifflin -- from Parnassus on wheels.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Christopher Morley | Where the Blue Begins — Christopher Morley |
Where the Blue Begins “All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. Who shall tell me the truth about this one? Tragic? Even so, because wherever ambi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Christopher Morley | In the Sweet Dry and Dry — Christopher Morley |
In the Sweet Dry and Dry “If Bishop Chuff desired to make people stop thinking about alcohol, his plan of seizing them and shutting them up in the grounds of the Federal Home at Cana was a quaint way of att…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Christopher Morley | Kathleen — Christopher Morley |
Kathleen “Kathleen left the room, and it seemed to Blair as though the sparkle had fled from the glasses, the gleam of candlelight from the silver. Across the cloth he had watched her--girli…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| D H Lawrence | Sons and Lovers — D H Lawrence |
Sons and Lovers “But Clara was not satisfied. Something great was there, she knew; something great enveloped her. But it did not keep her. In the morning it was not the same. They had KNOWN, but sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| D H Lawrence | Adolf — D H Lawrence |
Adolf “Her command was in vain. We were driven to get dressed for school. There sat the rabbit. It was like a tiny obscure cloud. Watching it, the emotions died out of our breast. Useless…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| D H Lawrence | Monkey Nuts — D H Lawrence |
Monkey Nuts “The conversation was carried on in tiny voices, for fear of disturbing the householders. "I don't know," said Joe, turning. He looked full at Albert, the two men looked straight in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| D H Lawrence | Rex — D H Lawrence |
Rex “My sister gave a yell of despair, and dashed out with a rag and a pan of water, weeping wildly. She sat in the middle of the yard with the befouled puppy, and shedding bitter tears…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| D H Lawrence | The Rocking-Horse Winner — D H Lawrence |
The Rocking-Horse Winner “But he became a partner. And when the Leger was coming on, Paul was "sure" about Lively Spark, which was a quite inconsiderable horse. The boy insisted on putting a thousand on the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| D H Lawrence | Lady Chatterly's Lover — D H Lawrence |
Lady Chatterly's Lover “Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new litt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| D H Lawrence | Women in Love — D H Lawrence |
Women in Love “He knew that Ursula was referred back to him. He knew his life rested with her. But he would rather not live than accept the love she proffered. The old way of love seemed a dreadf…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| D H Lawrence | The Rainbow — D H Lawrence |
The Rainbow “He was very strange to her, and, in this church spirit, in conceiving himself as a soul, he seemed to escape and run free of her. In a way, she envied it him, this dark freedom and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| D H Lawrence | Aaron's Rod — D H Lawrence |
Aaron's Rod “Yet he struggled under it this morning as under the lid of a tomb. The terrible sudden weight of inertia! He knew the tray stood ready by the bed: he knew the automobile would be a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| David Graham Phillips | The Fortune Hunter — David Graham Phillips |
The Fortune Hunter “He put the ten in his pocket, when Dippel's eyes closed he stooped and retrieved the twenty with stealth--and skill. When the twenty was hidden, and the small but typical operation…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| David Graham Phillips | SUSAN LENOX: HER RISE AND FALL — DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS |
SUSAN LENOX: HER RISE AND FALL “The Susan Lenox who sat alone at the little table in the dining-room window, eating bread and butter and honey in the comb, was apparently the same Susan Lenox who had taken three …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| David Graham Phillips | The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig — David Graham Phillips |
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig “His eyes were surveying the splendid mansions round about--the beautiful window-gardens--the curtains at the windows, which he had learned were real lace, whatever that might be, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| David Graham Phillips | The Conflict — David Graham Phillips |
The Conflict “``Led by your sort of young men? I mean young men of your class. Led by young lawyers and merchants and young fellows living on inherited incomes? Don't you see that's impossible,'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| David Graham Phillips | The Cost — David Graham Phillips |
The Cost “"I thought it would cut him horribly," he was thinking. "And he's taking it as if he had only a friendly interest." Scarborough's face was again behind the newspaper. When he had f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| David Graham Phillips | The Deluge — David Graham Phillips |
The Deluge “"I'm the biggest single operator in the country," I went on. "And it's my methods that give me success--because I know how to advertise--how to keep my name before the country, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| David Moynihan | A Crowded Funeral — David Moynihan |
A Crowded Funeral “Hardly a phenomenal success. But I'd had this job where I listened to NPR for seven hours a day and had to pay attention to it -- coming back from that was rather hard, hard to wri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dorothy Canfield | A Bird Out of the Snare — Dorothy Canfield |
A Bird Out of the Snare “And always the pine tree had grown, insolent in the pride of a creature set in the right surroundings. The imprisoned man had felt himself dwarfed by its height. But now, he looked…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dorothy Canfield | The Bliss of Solitude — Dorothy Canfield |
The Bliss of Solitude “I jumped at the chance! I'd always been crazy to go abroad, but I didn't think of that at all. It only seemed to me a way of getting away from New York and all the hundred million …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dorothy Canfield | Ivanhoe and the German Measles — Dorothy Canfield |
Ivanhoe and the German Measles “As the fateful day approached his excitement grew more and more intense. His laughing, little gray eyes gleamed with a breathless interest in every detail, and his thin little hand…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dorothy Canfield | The Playmate — Dorothy Canfield |
The Playmate “Mary sometimes said, "After bringin' up a family of eight childer, -- and Mary Mother only knows how many more to come," -- that no queer freak that could enter a child's head woul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dorothy Canfield | Poet and Scullery-Maid — Dorothy Canfield |
Poet and Scullery-Maid “For that is the way with a poet. If he gets interested in somebody's point of view, he steps in and pushes the owner out of the way and lives his life for a while. The scullery-mai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dorothy Canfield | The Story of Ralph Miller — Dorothy Canfield |
The Story of Ralph Miller “For a moment the mother knew an instant's rest from the turmoil of anxiety about her son. But it surged up in her at the sound of the gate clicking behind her. She turned and saw M…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dorothy Canfield | The Scrubwoman — Dorothy Canfield |
The Scrubwoman “The man's smoothness broke into an ugly cold fury. He advanced upon his wife, so that she shrank into herself in terror. "Alice, your incompetence is simply maddening! You know the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dorothy Canfield | The Piano — Dorothy Canfield |
The Piano “She was still alive, although imprisoned in a tomb. But the thing that kept her alive was an emotion forever unsatisfied. She looked at the great piano, sprawling its ungainly bulk…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dorothy Canfield | The Rescue — Dorothy Canfield |
The Rescue “"So I feared, so I feared, although I cherished the wild hope that all women have, until it is crushed out of them, that somewhere there would be a man who would, by loving it, pro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dorothy Canfield | The Ugly Duckling — Dorothy Canfield |
The Ugly Duckling “"When we were inside the house he hurried to the piano and began the 'Spring Song.' I sat transfixed with astonishment and an odd pain, for I felt as though a powerful intruder had…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Dorothy Richardson | Pointed Roofs — Dorothy Richardson |
Pointed Roofs “Miriam paid her first visit to a German church the next day, her third Sunday. Of the first Sunday, now so far off, she could remember nothing but sitting in a low-backed chair in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Glimpses of the Moon — Edith Wharton |
The Glimpses of the Moon “IT rose for them--their honey-moon--over the waters of a lake so famed as the scene of romantic raptures that they were rather proud of not having been afraid to choose it as the s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The House of Mirth — Edith Wharton |
The House of Mirth “An impulse of curiosity made him turn out of his direct line to the door, and stroll past her. He knew that if she did not wish to be seen she would contrive to elude him; and it a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Touchstone — Edith Wharton |
The Touchstone “It pressed against him at every turn. He told himself that this was because there was no escape from the visible evidences of his act. The "Letters" confronted him everywhere. Peop…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Age of Innocence — Edith Wharton |
The Age of Innocence “He bent and laid his lips on her hands, which were cold and lifeless. She drew them away, and he turned to the door, found his coat and hat under the faint gas-light of the hall, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Summer — Edith Wharton |
Summer “SINCE her reinstatement in Miss Hatchard's favour Charity had not dared to curtail by a moment her hours of attendance at the library. She even made a point of arriving before the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Reef — Edith Wharton |
The Reef “Sitting opposite, in the compartment from which he had contrived to have other travellers excluded, Darrow looked at her curiously. He had never seen a face that changed so quickly…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Ethan Frome — Edith Wharton |
Ethan Frome “ETHAN WENT OUT into the passage to hang up his wet garments. He listened for Zeena's step and, not hearing it, called her name up the stairs. She did not answer, and after a moment…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Descent of Man, and Other Stories — Edith Wharton |
The Descent of Man, and Other Stories “"On the ground of immorality." The Bishop evaded her startled gaze. "Such a thing is inconceivable to you, of course; but I am only repeating what my publisher tells me. If, for in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories — Edith Wharton |
The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories “When the Hermit was a lad, and lived in the town, the crenellations of the walls had been square-topped, and a Guelf lord had flown his standard from the keep. Then one day a steel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | April Showers — Edith Wharton |
April Showers “No, there was no doubt about the merit of "April Showers." But would not an inferior work have had a better chance of success? Theodora recalled the early struggles of famous autho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Coming Home — Edith Wharton |
Coming Home “THE next day we started for Rechamp, not sure if we could get through, but bound to, anyhow! It was the coldest day we'd had, the sky steel, the earth iron, and a snow-wind howling…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Dilettante — Edith Wharton |
The Dilettante “Mrs. Vervain was at home -- as usual. When one visits the cemetery one expects to find the angel on the tombstone, and it struck Thursdale as another proof of his friend's good tas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Last Asset — Edith Wharton |
The Last Asset “She received the tribute with complacency. "The rooms are not bad, are they? We came over with the Woolsey Hubbards (you've heard of them, of course? -- they're from Detroit), and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Moving Finger — Edith Wharton |
The Moving Finger “The picture, then, for all its value, seemed a mere incident in the unfolding of their double destiny -- a foot-note to the illuminated text of their lives. It was not till afterwa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Other Times, Other Manners — Edith Wharton |
Other Times, Other Manners “Mrs. Lidcote returned his smile. "It's extraordinary. Everything's changed. Even Susy has changed; and you know the extent to which Susy stood for old New York. There's no old New …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Pot-Boiler — Edith Wharton |
The Pot-Boiler “At first he had taken a condescending interest in the fact of his friend's receiving an order, and had admonished him not to lose the chance of "showing up" his sitter and her envi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Quicksand — Edith Wharton |
The Quicksand “On the Fenno threshold a sudden sense of the futility of the attempt had almost driven Mrs. Quentin back to her carriage; but the door was already opening, and a parlor-maid who be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Reckoning — Edith Wharton |
The Reckoning “There had been no scandal connected with the divorce: neither side had accused the other of the offence euphemistically described as "statutory." The Arments had indeed been oblige…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Recovery — Edith Wharton |
The Recovery “They moved about from room to room without exchanging a word. The vast noiseless space seemed full of sound, like the roar of a distant multitude heard only by the inner ear. Had t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Writing a War Story — Edith Wharton |
Writing a War Story “There were plenty of people on the beach, and among them some whom she knew; but she dared not join them lest they should frighten away her "Inspiration." She knew that "Inspiratio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Best Man — Edith Wharton |
The Best Man “Mornway related the incident of Gregg's visit. "I could hardly buy my information at that price," he said, "and, besides, it is really Fleetwood's business this time. I suppose he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Bolted Door — Edith Wharton |
The Bolted Door “Good God -- as if he were likely to forget it! He re-lived it all now in a drowning flash: the persistent rejection of the play, his sudden resolve to put it on at his own cost, to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Bunner Sisters — Edith Wharton |
Bunner Sisters “It was perhaps with the idea of relieving the tension of their mood that Evelina, the following Sunday, suggested inviting Miss Mellins to supper. The Bunner sisters were not in a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Expiation — Edith Wharton |
Expiation “"Oh, the reviewers," Mrs. Clinch jeered. She gazed meditatively at the cold remains of her tea-cake. "Let me see,"she said, suddenly; "do you happen to remember if the first review…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Line of Least Resistance — Edith Wharton |
The Line of Least Resistance “HE drove to one of the hotels. He was breathing more easily now, restored to the safe level of conventional sensation. His late ascent to the rarefied heights of the unexpected had…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Long Run — Edith Wharton |
The Long Run “'Well -- I failed to sell the Works, and that increased my discontent. I went through moods of cold unsociability, alternating with sudden flushes of curiosity, when I gloated over…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Madame de Treymes — Edith Wharton |
Madame de Treymes “Madame de Malrive heard the confession calmly; she had been too prepared for it not to have prepared a countenance to receive it. Her first comment was: "I have never known them to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Introducers — Edith Wharton |
The Introducers “"Oh, yes, you can. That's my reason for asking you. You see, I really can't help Magraw much. It takes a woman to give a man a start. Aline will say, 'Oh, bring him, if you choose'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Other Two — Edith Wharton |
The Other Two “The scene left Waythorn deeply shaken. Shamefacedly, in indirect ways, he had been finding out about Haskett; and all that he had learned was favorable. The little man, in order to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Rembrandt — Edith Wharton |
The Rembrandt “Mrs. Fontage's smile took my homage for granted. "It is always," she conceded, "a privilege to be in the presence of the great masters." Her slim wrinkled hand waved me to a dusky …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | In Trust — Edith Wharton |
In Trust “"He's quite right to do nothing in a hurry -- to take advice and compare ideas and points of view -- to collect and classify his material in advance," Halidon argued, in answer to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Mission of Jane — Edith Wharton |
The Mission of Jane “The blow was bitter to Mrs. Lethbury; but she consoled herself with the idea that Jane had failed because she was too clever. Jane probably shared this conviction; at all events sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Refugees — Edith Wharton |
The Refugees “He had in truth a dramatic imagination without the power of expression. Instead of writing novels he read them; instead of living adventures he dreamed them. Being naturally modest…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Seed of the Faith — Edith Wharton |
The Seed of the Faith “"In any Christian country," he mused, "this would mean a thunder-storm and a cool-off. Here it just means months and months more of the same thing." And he thought enviously of Spi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Letter — Edith Wharton |
The Letter “"It was too terrible," she said, speaking of what the Countess had suffered after Emilio's death. "All the circumstances were too unmerciful. It seemed as if God had turned His fac…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Letters — Edith Wharton |
The Letters “UP the long hill from the station at St.-Cloud, Lizzie West climbed in the cold spring sunshine. As she breasted the incline, she noticed the first waves of wistaria over courtyard…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | AFTERWARD — Edith Wharton |
AFTERWARD “"Or, rather," Ned answered, in the same strain, "why, amid so much that's ghostly, it can never affirm its separate existence as THE ghost." And thereupon their invisible housemate…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD HAND — Edith Wharton |
THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD HAND “"Above all," the letter ended, "don't leave Siena without seeing Doctor Lombard's Leonardo. Lombard is a queer old Englishman, a mystic or a madman (if the two are not synonymous),…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | THE FULNESS OF LIFE — Edith Wharton |
THE FULNESS OF LIFE “She stepped forward, not frightened, but hesitating, and as her eyes began to grow more familiar with the melting depths of light about her, she distinguished the outlines of a lan…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | KERFOL — Edith Wharton |
KERFOL “I left my light burning all night, as he had predicted; but it was chiefly because, till near dawn, I was absorbed in my reading. The account of the trial of Anne de Cornault, wife…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | MRS. MANSTEY'S VIEW — Edith Wharton |
MRS. MANSTEY'S VIEW “She was, indeed, not quite lonely, for a few friends still toiled up now and then to her room; but their visits grew rare as the years went by. Mrs. Manstey had never been a sociab…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | THE VERDICT — Edith Wharton |
THE VERDICT “I had always thought Jack Gisburn rather a cheap genius--though a good fellow enough--so it was no great surprise to me to hear that, in the height of his glory, he had dropped his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | A VENETIAN NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT — Edith Wharton |
A VENETIAN NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT “In the dusk their hands met over the scabbard, and as she freed herself a shred of her lace flounce clung to Tony's enchanted fingers. Looking after her, he saw she was on the arm …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | XINGU — Edith Wharton |
XINGU “Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet alone. To this end she had founded the Lunch Club, an association composed of h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Roman Fever — Edith Wharton |
Roman Fever “There was nothing left but to mother her daughter; and dear Jenny was such a perfect daughter that she needed no excessive mothering. "Now with Babs Ansley I don't know that I shou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Souls Belated — Edith Wharton |
Souls Belated “She stayed there for a long time, in the hypnotized contemplation, not of Mrs. Cope's present, but of her own past. Gannett, early that morning, had gone off on a long walk--he had…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Lady's Maid's Bell — Edith Wharton |
The Lady's Maid's Bell “After a while I slept; but suddenly a loud noise wakened me. My bell had rung. I sat up, terrified by the unusual sound, which seemed to go on jangling through the darkness. My han…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | The Valley Of Decision — Edith Wharton |
The Valley Of Decision “At length the moon rose, and toward midnight Odo, spurring out of a dark glen, found himself at the opening of the valley of Donnaz. A cold radiance bathed the familiar pastures, t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Fighting France — Edith Wharton |
Fighting France “That night we went up once more to the rock of Cassel. The moon was full, and as civilians are not allowed out alone after dark a staff-officer went with us to show us the view fro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Crucial Instances — Edith Wharton |
Crucial Instances “I stood speechless, my gaze travelling from his worn grief-beaten features to the painted face above. It was not furrowed like his; but a veil of years seemed to have descended on …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edith Wharton | Sanctuary — Edith Wharton |
Sanctuary “It was to serve, on this occasion, as the scene of a tea designed, as Kate Peyton was vividly aware, to introduce a certain young lady to the scene of her son's labours. Mrs. Peyto…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edna Ferber | Buttered Side Down — Edna Ferber |
Buttered Side Down “Somewhere in your story you must pause to describe your heroine's costume. It is a ticklish task. The average reader likes his heroine well dressed. He is not satisfied with knowin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edna Ferber | One Basket — Edna Ferber |
One Basket “This was Orville Platt's method of attack: first, he chipped off the top, neatly. Then he bent forward and subjected it to a passionate and relentless scrutiny. Straightening--prep…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edna Ferber | Emma McChesney &Co. — Edna Ferber |
Emma McChesney &Co. “"It isn't Featherlooms. It's McChesney. Her line is no better than ours. It's her personality, not her petticoats. She's got a following that swears by her. If Maude Adams was to o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edna Ferber | Dawn O'Hara, the Girl who Laughed — Edna Ferber |
Dawn O'Hara, the Girl who Laughed “Therefore it was with a groan that I rose and prepared to follow Norah into the house. Something in my eye caused her to turn at the very door. "Don't you dare!" she hissed; then, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edna Ferber | Fanny Herself — Edna Ferber |
Fanny Herself “It was about this time that Fanny Brandeis began to realize, actively, that she was different. Of course, other little Winnebago girls' mothers did not work like a man, in a store.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edna Ferber | The Homely Heroine — Edna Ferber |
The Homely Heroine “The folks at home never joked with Pearlie about her weight. Even one's family has some respect for a life sorrow. Whenever Pearlie asked that inevitable question of the fat woman:…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edna Ferber | Roast Beef, Medium — Edna Ferber |
Roast Beef, Medium “Even as men judge one another by a Masonic emblem, an Elk pin, or the band of a cigar, so do women in sleeping-cars weigh each other according to the rules of the Ancient Order of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elia_Peattie | The Crime of Micah Rood — Elia_Peattie |
The Crime of Micah Rood “By twilight Geoffry had made his last visit, and with his pack somewhat lightened he tramped away in the raw dusk. He went straight down the road that led to the next village, unti…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elia_Peattie | Their Dear Little Ghost — Elia_Peattie |
Their Dear Little Ghost “"Come," she commanded, and waved the scepter in a fine manner. So we followed, each tiny boy gripping my hand tight. We were all three a trifle awed. Elsbeth led us into a dark und…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elia_Peattie | The Door — Elia_Peattie |
The Door “"Oh, it was such a benignant door! You may laugh, but actually, if it had not been for the door, I believe I should never have consented to be mistress of Cameron Meadows at all! I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elia_Peattie | The Esmeralda Herders — Elia_Peattie |
The Esmeralda Herders “Papin heard. He was glad to hear anything. He hastened to the gallery, and by the starlight he saw approaching a mounted figure in headlong haste, and heard a short barking cry, --…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elia_Peattie | Grizel Cochrane's Ride — Elia_Peattie |
Grizel Cochrane's Ride “"Then," she returned, hastily, "I will tell Mother; and we will meet thee in the twilight, at the side door under the balcony." She continued to look from the window, and the man s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elia_Peattie | Shehens` Houn` Dogs — Elia_Peattie |
Shehens` Houn` Dogs “"I believe yo' all ah a damned revinooer aftah all!" said Shehen. He did not raise his voice, but he spoke between closed teeth. His blue gray eyes had become like points of steel.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elia_Peattie | A Mountain Woman — Elia_Peattie |
A Mountain Woman “"I have married a mountain woman," he wrote. "None of your puny breed of modern femininity, but a remnant left over from the heroic ages, -- a primitive woman, grand and vast of sp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elia_Peattie | Mozart: A Fantasy — Elia_Peattie |
Mozart: A Fantasy “A comet's journey from this place, drifting in long shafts from the centremost sun, were other creatures, very wonderful and of potential loveliness, known to all the stars as Harm…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elia_Peattie | Painted Windows — Elia_Peattie |
Painted Windows “Few of us would exchange our memories for those of others. They have become a part of our personality, and we could not part with them without losing something of ourselves. Neithe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elia_Peattie | After the Storm: A Story of the Prairie — Elia_Peattie |
After the Storm: A Story of the Prairie “Sharpneck had been fool-drunk, and in no mood to listen to anything. Kitty said she would be home in the morning. But the whole forenoon passed without word from any of them. In th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elia_Peattie | Wilderness Station — Elia_Peattie |
Wilderness Station “Dave went back to his Anna and his station the next day, and Paul took up the round of life once more. He had thought himself reconciled to his pain; but after that night the old t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ellen Glasgow | A Point in Morals — Ellen Glasgow |
A Point in Morals “"I have never felt the romanticism of the Middle Ages," remarked the girl in the yachting-cap. "When I read of the glories of the Crusaders, I can't help remembering that a knight …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ellen Glasgow | The Shadowy Third — Ellen Glasgow |
The Shadowy Third “I could only murmur in response, and after a few carefully chosen words about his wife's illness, he rang the bell and directed the maid to take me up-stairs to my room. Not until …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ellen Glasgow | The Past — Ellen Glasgow |
The Past “"How do you think Mrs. Vanderbridge is looking?" she asked abruptly in a voice that held a breathless note of suspense. Her nervousness and the queer look in her face made me stare…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ellen Glasgow | The Battle-Ground — Ellen Glasgow |
The Battle-Ground “"Draw up to the hearth, my boy," said the Major, when the fire burned. "Even if you aren't cold, it looks cheerful, you know--draw up, draw up," and he at once began to question hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ellen Glasgow | The Deliverance; A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields — Ellen Glasgow |
The Deliverance; A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields “"I believe you," he declared. She was conscious of a slight thrill that passed quickly, leaving her white and weak. "I feel tired," she said, pressing hard against the tree. "Will …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ellen Glasgow | Virginia — Ellen Glasgow |
Virginia “Then the pain passed out of her eyes, and because it was impossible for her to look on any fact in life except through the transfiguring idealism with which the ages had endowed he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ellen Glasgow | The Voice of the People — Ellen Glasgow |
The Voice of the People “She had changed so little that he took her hand in sudden timidity, recalling the days when he had sold her chickens before her hen-house door. But when he had settled her in one o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | This Side of Paradise — F Scott Fitzgerald |
This Side of Paradise “There was, also, a curious strain of weakness running crosswise through his make-up ... a harsh phrase from the lips of an older boy (older boys usually detested him) was liable to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories — F Scott Fitzgerald |
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories “There were twelve men, so it was said, in the village of Fish, twelve somber and inexplicable souls who sucked a lean milk from the almost literally bare rock upon which a mysterio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | Bernice Bobs Her Hair — F Scott Fitzgerald |
Bernice Bobs Her Hair “"I want to be a society vampire, you see," she announced coolly, and went on to inform him that bobbed hair was the necessary prelude. She added that she wanted to ask his advice, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | The Camel's Back — F Scott Fitzgerald |
The Camel's Back “Before a wide mirror Perry tried on the head and turned from side to side appraisingly. In the dim light the effect was distinctly pleasing. The camel's face was a study in pessimi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | Head and Shoulders — F Scott Fitzgerald |
Head and Shoulders “"I don't care for this," he said as if he were talking to himself-- "at all. Not that I mind your being here-- I don't. You're quite a pretty little thing, but I don't like Charlie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | The Ice Palace — F Scott Fitzgerald |
The Ice Palace “She rose at six and sliding uncomfortably into her clothes stumbled up to the diner for a cup of coffee. The snow had filtered into the vestibules and covered the floor with a slip…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | The Jelly-Bean — F Scott Fitzgerald |
The Jelly-Bean “She stepped daintily out of the gasolene and began scraping her slippers, side and bottom, on the running-board of the automobile. The Jelly-bean contained himself no longer. He be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | A Luckless Santa Claus — F Scott Fitzgerald |
A Luckless Santa Claus “He reached Broadway and started slowly down the gaily lighted thoroughfare, intending to give money to the street Arabs he met. All around him was the bustle of preparation. Everyw…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | May Day — F Scott Fitzgerald |
May Day “Pulling her cloak close about her Edith darted across the Avenue. She started nervously as a solitary man passed her and said in a hoarse whisper --"Where bound, kid do?" She was r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | Myra Meets His Family — F Scott Fitzgerald |
Myra Meets His Family “She had lain there an hour perhaps when she was startled from a slow reverie by a sharp cry which seemed to proceed from the adjoining room. She sat up in bed and listened, and in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | The Pierian Springs and the Last Straw — F Scott Fitzgerald |
The Pierian Springs and the Last Straw “She'd never looked better than she had that night, never; and I had never been so much in love. I worked myself up to the highest pitch of emotional imagination and moods grow real…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | Sentiment — and the Use of Rouge |
Sentiment “"Did I?" her gaze wandered to the fire. "So I did, so I did." Then her eyes came back to him and the present. "Really, Clay, we must stop gazing at the fire. It puts our minds on t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | Winter Dreams — F Scott Fitzgerald |
Winter Dreams “There was all the ecstasy of an engagement about it, sharpened by his realization that there was no engagement. It was during those three days that, for the first time, he had aske…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | Flappers and Philosophers — F Scott Fitzgerald |
Flappers and Philosophers “No matter how beautiful or brilliant a girl may be, the reputation of not being frequently cut in on makes her position at a dance unfortunate. Perhaps boys prefer her company to t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | Tales of the Jazz Age — F Scott Fitzgerald |
Tales of the Jazz Age “The taller of the two was named Carrol Key, a name hinting that in his veins, however thinly diluted by generations of degeneration, ran blood of some potentiality. But one could s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | The Offshore Pirate — Scott Fitzgerald |
The Offshore Pirate “From time to time there was the bright flare of a match as one of them lighted a cigarette, but except for the low undertone of the throbbing engines and the even wash of the waves…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Franz Kafka | The Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka |
The Metamorphosis “Kafka's classic on family, fatherhood, salesmanship, wise men, and insects. This text is a translation from the German by Ian Johnston, Malaspina University-College Nanaimo, BC.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Franz Kafka | A Hunger Artist — Franz Kafka |
A Hunger Artist “So he lived for many years, with small regular intervals of recuperation, in visible glory, honored by the world, yet in spite of that, troubled in spirit, and all the more trouble…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Franz Kafka | The Trial, by Franz Kafka — Translated by David Wyllie. |
The Trial, by Franz Kafka “Was the lawyer trying to comfort K. or to confuse him? K. could not tell, but it seemed clear to him that his defence was not in good hands. Maybe everything the lawyer said was qu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Franz Kafka | Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka — Translated by David Wyllie |
Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka “One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gene Stratton-Porter | The Harvester — Gene Stratton-Porter |
The Harvester “As the man drew the covers over him, the dog's nose began making an opening, and a little later he quietly walked into the room. The Harvester rested, facing the lake. The dog snif…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gene Stratton-Porter | The Song of the Cardinal — Gene Stratton-Porter |
The Song of the Cardinal “She had taken possession of the sumac. The location was her selection and he loudly applauded her choice. She placed the first twig, and after examining it carefully, he spent the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gene Stratton-Porter | A Girl Of The Limberlost — Gene Stratton-Porter |
A Girl Of The Limberlost “"Along the old Limberlost trail, my girl, torn to pieces sobbing. Her courage always has been fine, but the thing she met to-day was too much for her. We ought to have known better…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gene Stratton-Porter | Laddie, A True Blue Story — Gene Stratton-Porter |
Laddie, A True Blue Story “That spring I decided if school didn't stop pretty soon, I'd run away again, and I didn't in the least care what they did to me. A country road was all right and it was good enough…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gene Stratton-Porter | Her Father's Daughter — Gene Stratton-Porter |
Her Father's Daughter “Linda slid down the side of the canyon with the deftness of the expert. At the first available crevice she thrust in her Alpine stick, and bracing herself, gained a footing. Then s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gene Stratton-Porter | At the Foot of the Rainbow — Gene Stratton-Porter |
At the Foot of the Rainbow “He shoved the bucket toward the barkeeper, and emptied his pocket on the bar. "There, Casey, you be the Sovereign Alchemist, and transmute that metal into Melwood pretty quick, for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gene Stratton-Porter | Freckles — Gene Stratton-Porter |
Freckles “The Boss showed him around the timber-line, and engaged him a place to board with the family of his head teamster, Duncan, whom he had brought from Scotland with him, and who lived…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gene Stratton-Porter | A Daughter Of The Land — Gene Stratton-Porter |
A Daughter Of The Land “"Of course I will," said Adam promptly. "And of course I can. Do you want to go to Hartley for anything? Because if you don't, we can cut across from the next road and get to Walde…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Moore | The Untilled Field — George Moore |
The Untilled Field “He had been thirteen years in America, and when the train stopped at his station, he looked round to sec if there were any changes in it. It was just the same blue limestone statio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Moore | Esther Waters — George Moore |
Esther Waters “"Perhaps you were right, Esther. I couldn't have kept you on, on account of the bad example to the younger servants. I might have helped you with money. But six months alone in Lon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Moore | Celibates — George Moore |
Celibates “'His death was very mysterious. The doctors could not account for it. There ought to have been a post-mortem examination.' Feeling that this was not sufficient reason, and remember…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Moore | Spring Days — George Moore |
Spring Days “A grand piano was indispensable in Frank's surroundings, both for its appearance in the studio and the relaxation it afforded in the various interludes. Several journeys to London …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| George Moore | A Mummer's Wife — George Moore |
A Mummer's Wife “It seemed to Kate that the play was never going to begin, so long had she been kept waiting. She did not consult Hender, but possessed her soul in patience till a thin young man ca…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Branch Cabell | The Cream of the Jest — James Branch Cabell |
The Cream of the Jest “... and Mr. Froser's Biography contains all it is necessary to know as to the facts of Kenneston's life. Yet most readers of the Biography, I think, must have felt that the great c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Branch Cabell | Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice — James Branch Cabell |
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice “IN Continental periodicals not more than a dozen articles in all would seem to have given accounts or partial translations of the Jurgen legends. No thorough investigation of this …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Branch Cabell | Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship — James Branch Cabell |
Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship “Eh, thus he chuckles and nudges me, with wicked whisperings. Indeed, madame, this rascal that shares equally in my least faculty is a most pitiful, ignoble rogue! and he has aforet…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Branch Cabell | The Certain Hour — James Branch Cabell |
The Certain Hour “He was hoping, while his fingers drummed in unison with the beat of his verse, that this last play at least would rouse enthusiasm in the pit. The welcome given its immediate prede…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Joyce | Dubliners — James Joyce |
Dubliners “Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance. On Saturday evenings when my aunt went marketing I had to go to carry some of the parcels. We walked through th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Joyce | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man — James Joyce |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man “Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Joyce | Chamber Music — James Joyce |
Chamber Music “The old piano plays an air,/Sedate and slow and gay;/She bends upon the yellow keys,/Her head inclines this way.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Joyce | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man — Updated |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man “This newer version supersedes the older one (missing a chapter...)…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| James Stephens | The Crock of Gold — James Stephens |
The Crock of Gold “The Thin Woman of Inis Magrath smacked the children and put them to bed, next she buried the two bodies under the hearthstone, and then, with some trouble, detached her husband fro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | Fraternity — John Galsworthy |
Fraternity “The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | The Country House — John Galsworthy |
The Country House “At the foot of the breakfast-table sat Mrs. Pendyce behind a silver urn which emitted a gentle steam. Her hands worked without ceasing amongst cups, and while they worked her lips …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | The Island Pharisees — John Galsworthy |
The Island Pharisees “After his journey up from Dover, Shelton was still fathering his luggage at Charing Cross, when the foreign girl passed him, and, in spite of his desire to say something cheering, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | The Patrician — John Galsworthy |
The Patrician “Eustace Cardoc, Viscount Miltoun, had lived a very lonely life, since he first began to understand the peculiarities of existence. With the exception of Clifton, his grandmother's …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | Awakening and To Let — John Galsworthy |
Awakening and To Let “Emerging from the "pastry-cook's," Soames' first impulse was to vent his nerves by saying to his daughter: 'Dropping your hand-kerchief!' to which her reply might well be: 'I picke…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | Indian Summer of a Forsyte and In Chancery — John Galsworthy |
Indian Summer of a Forsyte and In Chancery “The little spirits of the past which throng an old man's days had never pushed their faces up to his so seldom as in the seventy hours elapsing before Sunday came. The spirit of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | The Man of Property — John Galsworthy |
The Man of Property “A cut-glass chandelier filled with lighted candles hung like a giant stalactite above its centre, radiating over large gilt-framed mirrors, slabs of marble on the tops of side-tabl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | The Freelands — John Galsworthy |
The Freelands “The next day Stanley's car, fraught with Felix and a note from Clara, moved swiftly along the grass-bordered roads toward Joyfields. Lying back on the cushioned seat, the warm air …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | Five Tales — John Galsworthy |
Five Tales “In the last day of May in the early 'nineties, about six o'clock of the evening, old Jolyon Forsyte sat under the oak tree below the terrace of his house at Robin Hill. He was wait…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | The Dark Flower — John Galsworthy |
The Dark Flower “What did he know of women, that should make him understand? At his public school he had seen none to speak to; at Oxford, only this one. At home in the holidays, not any, save his …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | Beyond — John Galsworthy |
Beyond “They who have known the doldrums--how the sails of the listless ship droop, and the hope of escape dies day by day--may understand something of the life Gyp began living now. On a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | Saint's Progress — John Galsworthy |
Saint's Progress “In the dining-room of her father's house in that old London Square between East and West, Gratian Laird, in the outdoor garb of a nurse, was writing a telegram: "Reverend Edward Pi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | Villa Rubein and Other Stories — John Galsworthy |
Villa Rubein and Other Stories “Miss Naylor continued to peer across the rosebush; but her thin face, close to the glistening leaves, had become oddly soft, pink, and girlish. At a deeper breath from Greta, the l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | To Let — John Galsworthy |
To Let “Sipping weak tea with lemon in it, Jolyon gazed through the leaves of the old oak-tree at that view which had appeared to him desirable for thirty-two years. The tree beneath which…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | Beyond — John Galsworthy |
Beyond “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | The Dark Flower — John Galsworthy |
The Dark Flower “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | The Freelands — John Galsworthy |
The Freelands “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Galsworthy | The Burning Spear — John Galsworthy |
The Burning Spear “Note: John Galsworthy said of this work: "'The Burning Spear' was revenge of the nerves. It was bad enough to have to bear the dreads and strains and griefs of war." Several years …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | The Spirit of Crow Butte — John Neihardt |
The Spirit of Crow Butte “The warriors raised their eyes from staring at the flames, and sought the circle of anguished faces where the firelight danced. They saw the face of a youth made terrible with angu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | The End of the Dream — John Neihardt |
The End of the Dream “When he had stopped breathless with toiling up the long incline (for he was weak with fasting, he turned and looked back upon the jumbled village, and saw, indistinctly through the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | The Last Thunder Song — John Neihardt |
The Last Thunder Song “The blood of the prairie was impoverished, and the Sky would give no drink with which to fill the dwindling veins. When one wished to search the horizon for the cloud which was not…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | Little Wolf — John Neihardt |
Little Wolf “So, in accordance with infallible psychic laws, Little Wolf became what he was considered and fulfilled his wild name to the letter. One day in one of his most vulpine moods, while…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | The Look in the Face — John Neihardt |
The Look in the Face “"I heard a step -- and it was Paezha. She leaned over the spring and looked down; and there were then two Paezhas, so my wish for her was doubled, having the strength of two wishes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | A Prairie Borgia — John Neihardt |
A Prairie Borgia “What! Was this the way the great Wazhinga Saba took revenge? No! He would see the blood of this audacious Wazadi! Yet it could not be done with violence; for did not the people lov…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | The Singing of the Frogs — John Neihardt |
The Singing of the Frogs “WABISGAHA loved the tawny stretches of the prairie smiling like a rugged, honest face under the kiss of the sunlight; he loved the storm that frowned and shouted like an angry chie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | The Smile of God — John Neihardt |
The Smile of God “Those who sat about the smouldering fires, startled from their dumb terror by the cry, raised their faces and gazed upon that of the medicine man as he passed. They did not speak, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | When the Snows Drift — John Neihardt |
When the Snows Drift “A tall cottonwood pole had been placed erect in front of the lodge of the council, where the seven chiefs sat glorying in the prowess of the young men. As the braves rode at full g…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | The Triumph of Seha — John Neihardt |
The Triumph of Seha “As Ebahami listened to the wonderful thing that had befallen the youth, his heart grew cold with envy; for certainly Wakunda had great things in store for Seha, and might it not co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | The Fading of Shadow Flower — John Neihardt |
The Fading of Shadow Flower “Now the influence of the fading evening cooled the anger and hushed the shouting. From the height, whither the assaulting band withdrew to camp, one could hurl the triumphant gaze …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| John Neihardt | The Alien — John Neihardt |
The Alien “HE awoke, feeling a soft, warm rasping on his wounded cheek. A faint light came in at the entrance of the place; it was morning. In his sleep Antoine had moved his head near to the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | At the Bay — Katherine Mansfield |
At the Bay “Well, she was married to him. And what was more she loved him. Not the Stanley whom everyone saw, not the everyday one; but a timid, sensitive, innocent Stanley who knelt down ever…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | Bank Holiday — Katherine Mansfield |
Bank Holiday “The only ones who are quiet are the ragged children. They stand, as close up to the musicians as they can get, their hands behind their backs, their eyes big. Occasionally a leg ho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | Her First Ball — Katherine Mansfield |
Her First Ball “Laura passed and gave her the faintest little wink; it made Leila wonder for a moment whether she was quite grown up after all. Certainly her partner did not say very much. He coug…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | The Garden-party — Katherine Mansfield |
The Garden-party “"Jose, come here." Laura caught hold of her sister's sleeve and dragged her through the kitchen to the other side of the green baize door. There she paused and leaned against it. "…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | An Ideal Family — Katherine Mansfield |
An Ideal Family “By this time he had walked the length of fashionable Harcourt Avenue; he had reached the corner house, their house. The carriage gates were pushed back; there were fresh marks of w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | The Lady's Maid — Katherine Mansfield |
The Lady's Maid “. . . Well, you see, madam, he'd taken such pride in my hair. He used to sit me up on the counter, before the customers came, and do it something beautiful--big, soft curls and wav…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | The Daughters of the Late Colonel — Katherine Mansfield |
The Daughters of the Late Colonel “Father would never forgive them. That was what they felt more than ever when, two mornings later, they went into his room to go through his things. They had discussed it quite calm…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | Life of Ma Parker — Katherine Mansfield |
Life of Ma Parker “But the struggle she'd had to bring up those six little children and keep herself to herself. Terrible it had been! Then, just when they were old enough to go to school her husband…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | Marriage a la Mode — Katherine Mansfield |
Marriage a la Mode “The exquisite freshness of Isabel! When he had been a little boy, it was his delight to run into the garden after a shower of rain and shake the rose-bush over him. Isabel was that…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | Miss Brill — Katherine Mansfield |
Miss Brill “"It's her fu-ur which is so funny," giggled the girl. "It's exactly like a fried whiting."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | Mr. and Mrs. Dove — Katherine Mansfield |
Mr. and Mrs. Dove “But at the same time, to his immense surprise, Reggie heard himself saying, "Lord, Thou knowest, Thou hast not done much for me. . . ." That pulled him up; that made him realize ag…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | The Singing Lesson — Katherine Mansfield |
The Singing Lesson “"But, my darling, if you love me," thought Miss Meadows, "I don't mind how much it is. Love me as little as you like." But she knew he didn't love her. Not to have cared enough to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | The Stranger — Katherine Mansfield |
The Stranger “By Jove! So she was. At last! She was slowly, slowly turning round. A bell sounded far over the water and a great spout of steam gushed into the air. The gulls rose; they fluttered…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | The Voyage — Katherine Mansfield |
The Voyage “At the bottom grandma stopped; Fenella was rather afraid she was going to pray again. But no, it was only to get out the cabin tickets. They were in the saloon. It was glaring brig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | The Young Girl — Katherine Mansfield |
The Young Girl “Hennie squeezed past her and wriggled on to a stool at the end. He felt awfully out of it. She didn't even take her gloves off. She lowered her eyes and drummed on the table. When …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | In a German Pension — Katherine Mansfield |
In a German Pension “"We're in for a storm. That means I'm boxed up here all day. Well, there's one blessing; it'll clear the air." He heard the servant girl rushing importantly round the house, slammi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Katherine Mansfield | The Man Without a Temperament — Katherine Mansfield |
The Man Without a Temperament “Mrs. Salesby turned her chair to look; the Topknots laid the snakes down. They were a very dark young couple--black hair, olive skin, brilliant eyes and teeth. He was dressed "Engl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Kathleen Norris | Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby — Kathleen Norris |
Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby “But the hour was darker and colder for Alanna. She searched and she hoped and she prayed in vain. She stood up, after a long hands-and- knees expedition under the tables where she …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Kathleen Norris | Mother: A Story — Kathleen Norris |
Mother: A Story “But when Margaret began to grow up, she grasped the situation with all the keenness of a restless and ambitious nature. Weston, detested Weston, it must apparently be. Very well, s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Kathleen Norris | The Treasure — Kathleen Norris |
The Treasure “Mr. and Mrs. Salisbury settled down contentedly to double Canfield, the woman crushing out the last flicker of the late topic with a placid shake of the head, when the man asked he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Kathleen Norris | The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne — Kathleen Norris |
The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne “"And a sweet kiss!" further stipulated Mrs. Burgoyne, and grabbed it from his small, red, unresponsive mouth before she let him toddle away. "Yes," she resumed, going on with the t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Kathleen Norris | Martie The Unconquered — Kathleen Norris |
Martie The Unconquered “"I honestly think that some of us ought to go down to-night and see Grandma Kelly," said Lydia at luncheon a week later. November had come in bright and sunny, but with late dawns …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Kathleen Norris | Saturday's Child — Kathleen Norris |
Saturday's Child “"No, I'm not! You may be as decent as you please about it, Billy," said Susan with scarlet cheeks, "but--a thing like that will keep me from ever marrying, you know! Well. So I'm r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Kathleen Norris | The Story Of Julia Page — Kathleen Norris |
The Story Of Julia Page “Julia, laying her underwear neatly over a chair, was struck by the enormity of the task she had undertaken. A great blight of utter discouragement swept over her--she never could d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Kathleen Norris | The Heart of Rachael — Kathleen Norris |
The Heart of Rachael “"That was quite right, dear," Mrs. Haviland said to her oldest daughter, calmly ignoring the implied question, and to Isabelle she added kindly: "M'ma doesn't quite like to hear yo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Kathleen Norris | Undertow — Kathleen Norris |
Undertow “But Bert had his own ideas. When Nancy met him down town a day or two later, to go pick the coat, she found him quite unmanageable. He said that there was no hurry about the coat--…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Kathleen Norris | Sisters — Kathleen Norris |
Sisters “"Why, everyone has some alternative," Cherry pleaded. "It can't be that marriage is the only--the only irrevocable thing! If you had a partner that you couldn't go on with, you cou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Kathleen Norris | Harriet and the Piper — Kathleen Norris |
Harriet and the Piper “Harriet's heart ached deeply for them all as she watched the Jersey marshes from the car window a few hours later. The poor little pretty girls, gallantly soaking their small hands…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | THE TRUE STORY OF AH Q — Lu Hsun |
THE TRUE STORY OF AH Q “"Revolt? It would be fun. . . . A group of revolutionaries would come, all wearing white helmets and white armour, carrying swords, steel maces, bombs, foreign guns, double-edged k…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | THE DIVORCE — Lu Hsun |
THE DIVORCE “Ai-ku was staring at the awning above her, probably considering how best to raise such trouble that Old Beast's family would be ruined and he and Young Beast would have no way to t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | THE FLIGHT TO THE MOON — Lu Hsun |
THE FLIGHT TO THE MOON “A dozen paces further on, however, and his heart leaped with joy. On the flat ground outside a mud hut in the distance there was actually a fowl. Stopping to peck at every step, it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | FORGING THE SWORDS — Lu Hsun |
FORGING THE SWORDS “The huge wolf at the head of the pack hurled itself at the dark man. But with one sweep of the blue sword, its head fell on the green moss at his feet. With one bite the other wolv…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | A HAPPY FAMILY — Lu Hsun |
A HAPPY FAMILY “Hearing a man's voice outside the window he involuntarily turned his head to look. The sun shone through the curtains hanging by the window, dazzling his eyes, while he heard a sou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | AN INCIDENT — Lu Hsun |
AN INCIDENT “But the rickshaw man did not hesitate for a minute after the old woman said she was injured. Still holding her arm, he helped her slowly forward. I was surprised. When I looked ahe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | KUNG I-CHI — Lu Hsun |
KUNG I-CHI “From gossip I heard, Kung I-chi had studied the classics but had never passed the official examination. With no way of making a living, he grew poorer and poorer, until be was prac…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | A MADMAN'S DIARY — Lu Hsun |
A MADMAN'S DIARY “Don't let your imagination run away with you! Rest quietly for a few days! When I have grown fat, naturally they will have more to eat; but what good will it do me, or how can it b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | MEDICINE — Lu Hsun |
MEDICINE “Both of them suffered from failing eyesight, yet they could see these red and white flowers clearly. There were not many, but they were placed in a circle; and although not very fr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | THE MISANTHROPE — Lu Hsun |
THE MISANTHROPE “Once you knew him well, he was a good talker. He was full of ideas, many of them quite remarkable. What exasperated me were some of his guests. As a result, probably, of reading Yu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | THE NEW YEAR'S SACRIFICE — Lu Hsun |
THE NEW YEAR'S SACRIFICE “In case of necessity one could use veiled allusions, but unfortunately I did not know how to, so although questions kept rising to the tip of my tongue, I had to bite them back. Fr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | MY OLD HOME — Lu Hsun |
MY OLD HOME “Jun-tu's mind was a treasure-house of such strange lore, all of it outside the ken of my former friends. They were ignorant of all these things and, while Jun-tu lived by the sea, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | REGRET FOR THE PAST — Lu Hsun |
REGRET FOR THE PAST “I went straight to the table and pushed aside the bottle of vegetable oil and dish of vinegar, while Tzu-chun brought over the dim lamp. First I drew up the advertisement; then I m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | SOAP — Lu Hsun |
SOAP “"Yet they still shout 'New Culture! New Culture!' when the world's in such a state! Isn't this bad enough?" His eyes on the rafters, Ssu-min continued. "The students have no morals…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | STORM IN A TEACUP — Lu Hsun |
STORM IN A TEACUP “His learning gave him a little of the musty air of a departed age. He had a dozen volumes of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms annotated by Chin Sheng-tan, which he would sit readi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | TOMORROW — Lu Hsun |
TOMORROW “Meanwhile Fourth Shan's Wife sat on the edge of the bed crying. Pao-erh lay on the bed, and the loom stood silent on the floor. After a long time, when Fourth Shan's Wife had no mo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | VILLAGE OPERA — Lu Hsun |
VILLAGE OPERA “My heavy heart suddenly became light, and I felt as though I were floating on air. When we got outside, I saw in the moonlight a boat with a white awning moored at the bridge. We j…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lu Hsun | IN THE WINE SHOP — Lu Hsun |
IN THE WINE SHOP “He also asked what had happened to me since we separated. I gave him a rough idea, at the same time calling the waiter to bring a cup and chopsticks, so that he could share my wine…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Furman | The Course of True Love: Kentucky Mountain Sketch — Lucy Furman |
The Course of True Love: Kentucky Mountain Sketch “Not that Dilsey gave anybody active encouragement, her role being to tolerate and accept, never under any circumstances to give. She simply permitted herself to be the shrine befor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Furman | Hard-Hearted Barbary Allen. A Kentucky Mountain Sketch — Lucy Furman |
Hard-Hearted Barbary Allen. A Kentucky Mountain Sketch “"But all the world's getting trifling," she complained, "both women and men. Now, maybe you won't believe it when I tell you there's a sight of men nowadays would rather buy a beds…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lucy Furman | A Special Providence — Lucy Furman |
A Special Providence “He said the sight of her just natchully paralyzed him; that he had made allowances for a woman's natchul good opinion of herself, and hadn't set his expectations up too high. But h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Austin | Agua Dulce — Mary Austin |
Agua Dulce “The wind died along the sage and there was no sound under heaven louder than the grind of the wheels and the clink of the harness chains. Presently he returned upon his track to sa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Austin | Bitterness of Women — Mary Austin |
Bitterness of Women “Along about the time Orion's sword sloped down the west Chabot heard their gruntled noises and the scurry of the flock. Chabot was not a coward, perhaps because he knew that in gen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Austin | The Land of Little Rain — Mary Austin |
The Land of Little Rain “Whatever goes up or comes down the streets of the mountains, water has the right of way; it takes the lowest ground and the shortest passage. Where the rifts are narrow, and some o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Austin | The Mother of Felipe — Mary Austin |
The Mother of Felipe “The mother had urged the expedition forward with all possible speed. They were still many days distant from a physician to make him well, or a priest if he should die. "Mother of G…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Austin | The Politeness of Questa la Platta — Mary Austin |
The Politeness of Questa la Platta “But goat's milk cheese! The matrons of Questa la Platta to whom this was privately communicated put their hands over their mouths with astonishment; by which sign you may know that…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Austin | The Search for Jean Baptiste — Mary Austin |
The Search for Jean Baptiste “Jean Baptiste he knew must come to the hills as surely as the swallow to the eaves or the stork to her chimney, but he was perplexed by the thought that in the years that had passe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Austin | The Walking Woman — Mary Austin |
The Walking Woman “"For you see," said she, "I worked with a man, without excusing, without any burden of me of looking or seeming. Not fiddling or fumbling as women work, and hoping it will all turn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Austin | The Woman at Eighteen-Mile — Mary Austin |
The Woman at Eighteen-Mile “"And it was not until the next day," she went on, "it occurred to me that was a strange thing to say to a woman he had seen two or three times a week for nearly two years. But some…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Austin | The Wooing of the Senorita — Mary Austin |
The Wooing of the Senorita “In the fourth week of his enchantment, when the grape vines were misty with bloom, came to Los Vinos the Senorita De Silvierra. She said she was Spanish. She was the daughter of a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Austin | The Conversion of Ah Lew Sing — Mary Austin |
The Conversion of Ah Lew Sing “From that time on his growth in grace was astonishing. Within a week it carried him from a back seat near the door to the front row of shining examples beside Li Choi, who in the g…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Austin | The Readjustment — Mary Austin |
The Readjustment “Jossylin threw out, appeasingly. "It's to cost three hundred and fifty." The Presence stirred. The neighbor thought she could fairly see the controlled tolerance with which Emma Jo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Max Beerbohm | The Works of Max Beerbohm — Max Beerbohm |
The Works of Max Beerbohm “He did not raise his hat in answer to my salute, but smiled most graciously and made as though he would extend his hand to me, mistaking me, I doubt not, for one of his friends. Fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Max Beerbohm | And Even Now — Max Beerbohm |
And Even Now “But how few, after all, the books that are books! Charles Lamb let his kind heart master him when he made that too brief list of books that aren't. Book is an honourable title, not…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Max Beerbohm | A. V. Laider — Max Beerbohm |
A. V. Laider “A Very Old Envelop: He? Well, that's good! Ha, ha, ha! Why didn't he come last week, when YOU came? What reason have you for supposing he'll ever come now? It isn't as if he were a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Max Beerbohm | Enoch Soames — Max Beerbohm |
Enoch Soames “It occurs to you that he was a fool? It didn't to me. I was young, and had not the clarity of judgment that Rothenstein already had. Soames was quite five or six years older than e…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Max Beerbohm | James Pethel — Max Beerbohm |
James Pethel “I WAS shocked this morning when I saw in my newspaper a paragraph announcing his sudden death. I do not say that the shock was very disagreeable. One reads a newspaper for the sake…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Max Beerbohm | Zuleika Dobson — Max Beerbohm |
Zuleika Dobson “For a young man, sleep is a sure solvent of distress. There whirls not for him in the night any so hideous a phantasmagoria as will not become, in the clarity of next morning, a sp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Max Beerbohm | Hosts and Guests — Max Beerbohm |
Hosts and Guests “If I were a host, I should ignore those tomes. Being a guest, I sometimes glance into them, but with more of horror, I assure you, than of malicious amusement. I carefully avoid th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Max Beerbohm | Seven Men — Max Beerbohm |
Seven Men “`What I had done was not merely base: it was very dangerous. I was in terror that she might rally him on his devotion to London. I didn't dare to move away. I was immensely relieve…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Max Beerbohm | Yet Again — Max Beerbohm |
Yet Again “Yet, I know, many worthy folk would like the book blotted out of existence. These are they who understand and love the art of painting, but neither love nor understand writing as a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Piccadilly Jim — PG Wodehouse |
Piccadilly Jim “Come back, Jimmie, the Petts need you.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | A Damsel in Distress — PG Wodehouse |
A Damsel in Distress “The family of Lord Marshmoreton.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Something New — PG Wodehouse |
Something New “Also known as "Something Fresh."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Psmith, Journalist — PG Wodehouse |
Psmith, Journalist “When I gaze at your broad, bulging forehead, when I see the clear light of intelligence in your eyes, and hear the grey matter splashing restlessly about in your cerebellum, I say …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Indiscretions of Archie — PG Wodehouse |
Indiscretions of Archie “The jeweller, a stout, comfortable man, leaned on the counter and fingered lovingly the bracelet which he had lifted out of its nest of blue plush. Archie, leaning on the other sid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Love Among the Chickens — PG Wodehouse |
Love Among the Chickens “Nevertheless, I crawled into the bushes and administered to Aunt Elizabeth a prod in the lower ribs--if hens have lower ribs. The more I study hens, the more things they seem able …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | THE LOST BOWLERS: (A CRICKET STORY) — PG Wodehouse |
THE LOST BOWLERS: (A CRICKET STORY) “As a rule this smile of his is the forerunner of some bad news. He is apt to come up just before the Seaton match and tell me that he has strained his heart, or a lung, or somethin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | MIKE'S LITTLE BROTHER — PG Wodehouse |
MIKE'S LITTLE BROTHER “Nature seemed to have started out with the idea of making two faces and then to have decided to use all the material for one. A vast jaw was its principal feature. This was surmoun…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | PETTICOAT INFLUENCE: (A FOOTBALL STORY) — PG Wodehouse |
PETTICOAT INFLUENCE: (A FOOTBALL STORY) “"Why, I met the Oxford captain at Aunt Edith's dance, and I said how anxious you were to get your Blue, and I begged him to put you in the team. And the very next Saturday you were…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG — PG Wodehouse |
LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG “Etext creator Dagny says this is her favorite Wodehouse tale of all.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | THE PRO: (A CRICKET STORY) — PG Wodehouse |
THE PRO: (A CRICKET STORY) “He went home that night in an uplifted state of mind. The relief of having won Alice made him bowl as he had seldom bowled before. The wicket had crumbled a little at the other end…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | KEEPING IT FROM HAROLD — PG Wodehouse |
KEEPING IT FROM HAROLD “It was a constant source of amazement to Mrs. Bramble that she should have brought such a prodigy as Harold into the world. Harold was so different from ordinary children, so devot…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | A PRISONER OF WAR — PG Wodehouse |
A PRISONER OF WAR “Six months before Sybil had been what Mrs. Porter called undeveloped. That is to say, she had been content to live a peaceful life in her New York home, worshipping her husband, Mr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | PERSONALLY CONDUCTED: A CRICKET STORY — PG Wodehouse |
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED: A CRICKET STORY “"Wait. Let's think this thing over. Reece would take roll-call all right if I asked him, so that disposes of that. It would be out of bounds, of course, going to your place, but I …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Intrusion of Jimmy — PG Wodehouse |
The Intrusion of Jimmy “Spike sat up, groaning. Equipped though he was by nature with a skull of the purest and most solid ivory, the fall had disconcerted him. His eyes, like those of Shakespeare's poet,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | CREATURES OF IMPULSE — PG Wodehouse |
CREATURES OF IMPULSE “"It was a kind of what I might describe as an impulse, sir. I was just coming from behind with the piece of ice in the tongs, thinking of nothing except to put it in the glass, whe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | THE MILITARY INVASION OF AMERICA — PG Wodehouse |
THE MILITARY INVASION OF AMERICA “It was inevitable that at a time like August, when there is never anything very much going on, such a topic as the simultaneous invasion of America by Germany and Japan, should be …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | THE SPRING SUIT — PG Wodehouse |
THE SPRING SUIT “And it's got to be done right, or you might as well not do it at all. You can't go offending people. But gee, you've no idea what an amount of gall women have! Why, the first week …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | AGAINST THE CLOCK: A CRICKET STORY — PG Wodehouse |
AGAINST THE CLOCK: A CRICKET STORY “I said: "How do you do, Mr. Rastrick?" in a cold voice I usually keep for horrid boys, who forget that I have grown up, and call me by my Christian name because we used to play ten…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | THE FIFTEENTH MAN — PG Wodehouse |
THE FIFTEENTH MAN “In short, that, owing to being clubless, Bray Lench had for years groaned beneath the scorn of its neighbour. Then Neville-Smith, aided by the curate, had started the club, and cha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Plum Punch: Four Short Tales — PG Wodehouse |
Plum Punch: Four Short Tales “"What could I do? Nothing beyond throwing my stick in the hope of stunning the oojoobwa. It was a forlorn hope, but I did it; and it saved Egbert's life, though not in the way I ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | THE COLOUR LINE (THE GOLDEN FLAW) — PG Wodehouse |
THE COLOUR LINE (THE GOLDEN FLAW) “There are some men who in the battle of life seem consistently to get the loser's end, and this after a time tends to remove the steel from their character. Lancelot Purvis was one…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | A JOB OF WORK — PG Wodehouse |
A JOB OF WORK “"It isn't a case of but. I know exactly what you're trying to say, that there wasn't any need for you to work, and so on. I know all that. That's not the point. The point is that t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | SIX SHORT STORIES — PG Wodehouse |
SIX SHORT STORIES “It is assumed -- in England, at any rate -- that the United States leads the world in the matter of divorce: and it will probably be a severe blow to our patriots to learn that thi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT: A School Story — PG Wodehouse |
HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT: A School Story “Buxton protested. Was he a slave? That was what Buxton would like to know. He was sure that there was no school rule against the use of scent as a precaution against germs. He didn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | JACKSON'S EXTRA — PG Wodehouse |
JACKSON'S EXTRA “Fortunately for him, Mr Spence--who was the master of his form as well as of his house--was the master who looked after the school cricket. So, where other masters would have set h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | LADIES AND GENTLEMEN V. PLAYERS — PG Wodehouse |
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN V. PLAYERS “Quite without meaning it, I really won the Gentlemen v. Players match the summer I was eighteen. They don't say anything about me in the reports, but all the time I was really the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | SIGNS AND PORTENTS: A CRICKET STORY — PG Wodehouse |
SIGNS AND PORTENTS: A CRICKET STORY “"That settles it," he said gloomily, "I'm safe for an egg now; there was just a chance before that I might scratch up a few, even without my Golliwog; but one can't stand up agains…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | THE GUARDIAN — PG Wodehouse |
THE GUARDIAN “"Well, anyhow," he said, "you'll soon get it knocked out of you, that's one comfort. Look here, if you do get scrapping with anybody, don't forget all I've taught you. And I should…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | BETWEEN THE INNINGS — PG Wodehouse |
BETWEEN THE INNINGS “He joined Dalgliesh at the window. Summer lightning flickered across the dark opening. It was oppressively hot. Too hot to last. The rain was bound to come soon. But it might delay…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Reginald's Record Knock — PG Wodehouse |
Reginald's Record Knock “Reginald thought this charming; but at the same time he could not conceal from himself the fact that Margaret's passion for the poetic cut, as it were, both ways. He admired and lo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | A BENEFIT MATCH — PG Wodehouse |
A BENEFIT MATCH “"So a battered relic in here was telling me just now. Dash along. You've interrupted me in the middle of my tea, and I've had to leave half a crumpet alone with the battered one, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Plum Punch: To Marry or Not to Marry — PG Wodehouse |
Plum Punch: To Marry or Not to Marry “"SMYTHE," he said, "after roughing it for four years at Oxford, came down without, of course, the remotest notion of what he intended to do for a living. The Civil Service was out …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Plum Punch: School Days — PG Wodehouse |
Plum Punch: School Days “"Wonderful. Simply wonderful. This year, which is neither above nor below our usual standard, we have won no less than fourteen important trophies at the Universities. I will not r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | THE WIRE PULLERS — PG Wodehouse |
THE WIRE PULLERS “The match that was to be played on Monday was against Sir Edward Cave's team. Sir Edward was a nasty little man who had made a great deal of money somehow or other and been knighte…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Plum Punch: The Game's the Thing — PG Wodehouse |
Plum Punch: The Game's the Thing “I am a comparatively poor man, but, if I were half as poor as the work in front of goal of the Hanley Wolves, I should be tempted to give up the Stock Exchange altogether as too ri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | ALL ABOUT THE INCOME TAX — PG Wodehouse |
ALL ABOUT THE INCOME TAX “At first, I felt toward the U.S.G. as I would feel toward any perfect stranger who insinuated himself into my home and stood me on my head and went through my pockets. The only dif…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Plum Punch: Crime and the Courts — PG Wodehouse |
Plum Punch: Crime and the Courts “"Why, surely," he said, "it is perfectly obvious. In a few years everyone will be wearing spectacles, and how are you to write a novel of a hundred thousand words, full of strong h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Plum Punch: Life at Home — PG Wodehouse |
Plum Punch: Life at Home “The trouble was this. My old friend Lord SANGAZURE, finding it necessary, owing to the expenses connected with the marriage of his eldest daughter, to retrench, had resolved to dis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Plum Punch: The Life of Writers — PG Wodehouse |
Plum Punch: The Life of Writers “"Well, he was, as I say, prospering very fairly, when in an unlucky moment he began to make a collection of editorial rejection forms. He had always been a somewhat easy prey to sc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Reformation of Study Sixteen — PG Wodehouse |
The Reformation of Study Sixteen “Study sixteen was under discussion, not for the first time. Bellwood and Davies, its joint occupants, had been a thorn in Trevor's side ever since he had become captain of football…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | A Damsel in Distress — PG Wodehouse |
A Damsel in Distress “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Piccadilly Jim — PG Wodehouse |
Piccadilly Jim “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Psmith, Journalist — PG Wodehouse |
Psmith, Journalist “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Something New — PG Wodehouse |
Something New “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Indiscretions of Archie — PG Wodehouse |
Indiscretions of Archie “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Little Nugget — PG Wodehouse |
The Little Nugget “It is my belief that, if assistant-masters were allowed to wear white masks and carry automatic pistols, keeping order in a school would become child's play. A silence such as no t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Uneasy Money — PG Wodehouse |
Uneasy Money “It is an ironical fact that Lady Wetherby was by nature one of the firmest believers in existence in the policy of breaking things gently to people. She had a big, soft heart, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Psmith in the City — PG Wodehouse |
Psmith in the City “'Physically,' said Psmith, 'no. Spiritually much. Do you realize, Comrade Jackson, the thing that has happened? I am riding in a tram. I, Psmith, have paid a penny for a ticket on …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Man Upstairs and Other Stories — PG Wodehouse |
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories “Although this story is concerned principally with the Man and the Maid, the Miasma pervades it to such an extent that I feel justified in putting his name on the bills. Webster's D…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Little Warrior — PG Wodehouse |
The Little Warrior “Puzzling over this problem, Jill missed much of the beginning of the second act. Hers was a detachment which the rest of the audience would gladly have shared. For the poetic drama…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Three Men and a Maid — PG Wodehouse |
Three Men and a Maid “"When I said I would marry you, you were a hero to me. You stood to me for everything that was noble and brave and wonderful. I had only to shut my eyes to conjure up the picture o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Coming of Bill — PG Wodehouse |
The Coming of Bill “Bailey came poorly through the ordeal. William Bannister, a stern critic, weighed him up in one long stare, found him wanting, and announced his decision with all the strength of p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Gold Bat — PG Wodehouse |
The Gold Bat “"We've got jolly near, though, lots of times," said Harvey. "Last Saturday I swear I wasn't more than a quarter of an inch off one of them. If it had been a decent-sized rabbit, I …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Head of Kay's — PG Wodehouse |
The Head of Kay's “Walton, on the other hand, having everything to gain and nothing to lose, and happy in the knowledge that no amount of bruises could do him any harm, except physically, came on wit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The White Feather — PG Wodehouse |
The White Feather “It did not occur to Sheen immediately that his boat had actually gone. The full beauty of the situation was some moments in coming home to him. At first he merely thought that some…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Prince and Betty — PG Wodehouse |
The Prince and Betty “"On the contrary, it is, very much. I happen to have some self-respect. I've only just found it out, it's true, but it's there all right. I don't want to be a prince--take it from …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | A Prefect's Uncle — PG Wodehouse |
A Prefect's Uncle “The fourth ball of the over was too wide to hit with any comfort, and the batsman let it alone. The fifth went for four to square leg, almost killing the umpire on its way, and the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Pothunters — PG Wodehouse |
The Pothunters “'You have been misinformed, I fear, Sir Alfred. I have not trespassed in your grounds for--ah--a considerable time.' The Head could not resist this thrust. In his unregenerate 'Var…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Tales of St. Austin's — PG Wodehouse |
Tales of St. Austin's “It scarcely seemed possible. And yet--Bradshaw was generally right. If he said he had a scheme for doing--though it was generally for not doing--something, it rarely failed to come…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Clicking of Cuthbert — PG Wodehouse |
The Clicking of Cuthbert “How few men, says the Oldest Member, possess the proper golfing temperament! How few indeed, judging by the sights I see here on Saturday afternoons, possess any qualification at a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England — PG Wodehouse |
The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England “The attitude of the British public, too, was getting on their nerves. They had been prepared for fierce resistance. They had pictured the invasion as a series of brisk battles--pai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Not George Washington — PG Wodehouse |
Not George Washington “Full title: NOT GEORGE WASHINGTON An Autobiographical Novel by P. G. Wodehouse and Herbert Westbrook…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | William Tell Told Again — PG Wodehouse |
William Tell Told Again “Friesshardt and Leuthold lay on the ground beside the pole, feeling very sore and bruised, and thought that perhaps, on the whole, they had better stay there. There was no knowing …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | Mike — PG Wodehouse |
Mike “"I try to think so," said Mr. Spence, "but it's a struggle. There's a Napoleonic touch about the business that appeals to one. Disorder on a small scale is bad, but this is immense…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Adventures of Sally — PG Wodehouse |
The Adventures of Sally “I went exploring there this morning. It's an enormous place, with hot-houses and things, and there's the cunningest farm at one end with a stable yard full of puppies that just tea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| PG Wodehouse | The Man With Two Left Feet — PG Wodehouse |
The Man With Two Left Feet “He lit his cigar. Among his friends at the Green-Room Club it was unanimously held that Walter Jelliffe's cigars brought him within the scope of the law forbidding the carrying of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rex Beach | The Spoilers — Rex Beach |
The Spoilers “Sluicing had begun on the Midas. Long sinuous lengths of canvas hose wound down the creek bottom from the dam, like gigantic serpents, while the roll of gravel through the flumes m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rex Beach | The Barrier — Rex Beach |
The Barrier “She seemed to be very happy, her mood being in marked contrast to that of Poleon and the trader, both of whom had fallen silent and gloomy, and in whom the hours wrought no change.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rex Beach | The Auction Block — Rex Beach |
The Auction Block “"The boys like to see Dick trimmed--it's a matter of principle with them never to let him win a bet--and they'd do anything for me. You're the best tailor in the city, but too cons…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rex Beach | The Iron Trail — Rex Beach |
The Iron Trail “He cursed aloud and made his way down the sloping deck to the square iron door, or port, through which he had loaded them. But he found that it was jammed, or held fast by the pres…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rex Beach | The Ne'er-Do-Well — Rex Beach |
The Ne'er-Do-Well “They rushed him with the ferocity of mad dogs, and he knocked them spinning, one after another. A whistle blew shrilly, other uniforms came running, more whistles piped, and almost…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rex Beach | The Silver Horde — Rex Beach |
The Silver Horde “It was this "air" of hers, in fact, which had originally attracted him. He recalled how excited he had been in that far-away time when he had first learned her identity--for the na…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rex Beach | The Net — Rex Beach |
The Net “Every crash was the signal for a shout from the multitude, and when the door finally gave way a triumphant roar arose. The armed men swarmed into the opening and disappeared one by…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rex Beach | Flowing Gold — Rex Beach |
Flowing Gold “Stoner and McWade exchanged a meaning glance--it was not lost upon their attentive audience--but the latter shrugged and smiled provocatively. "That's our business," he declared, l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rex Beach | Going Some — Rex Beach |
Going Some “Full title: GOING SOME A ROMANCE OF STRENUOUS AFFECTION SUGGESTED BY THE PLAY BY REX BEACH AND PAUL ARMSTRONG…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | The Golden Honeymoon — Ring Lardner |
The Golden Honeymoon “Hartsell, the man who was engaged to Mother till I stepped in and cut him out, fifty-two years ago! Yes, sir! You can imagine Mother's surprise! And Mrs Hartsell was surprised, too…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | Alibi Ike — Ring Lardner |
Alibi Ike “They was together every mornin' and evenin' for the five days we was there. In the afternoons Ike played the grandest ball you ever see, hittin' and runnin' the bases like a fool a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | CARMEN — Ring Lardner |
CARMEN “So her and the Missus looked at the paper again and found out where Friday night was goin' to be a big special night and the bill was a musical show called Carmen, and all the star…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | GULLIBLE'S TRAVELS — Ring Lardner |
GULLIBLE'S TRAVELS “The Poinciana station's a couple hundred yards from one end o' the hotel, and that means it's close to five miles from the clerk's desk. By the time we'd registered and been gave o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | Harmony — Ring Lardner |
Harmony “Well, said Ryan, if you're really hard up I suppose I might as well come through. Only there's really no mystery at all about it; it's just what I consider the most remarkable piec…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | Horseshoes — Ring Lardner |
Horseshoes “I had met Grimes one day during the spring he was with the Cubs, but I knew he wouldn't remember me. A ball player never recalls a reporter's face on less than six introductions or…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | You Know Me Al — Ring Lardner |
You Know Me Al “I suppose you and the rest of the boys in Bedford will be surprised to learn that I am out here, because I remember telling you when I was sold to San Francisco by the White Sox th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | My Roomy — Ring Lardner |
My Roomy “I guess he'd about made up his mind to do it; but that afternoon they had us three to one in the ninth, and we got the bases full, with two down and Larry's turn to hit. Elliott ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | THREE WITHOUT, DOUBLED — Ring Lardner |
THREE WITHOUT, DOUBLED “"Another thing," I says: When it come our turn to have the party, where would we stick 'em all? We'd have to spread a sheet over the bathtub for one table, and have one couple set …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | THREE KINGS AND A PAIR — Ring Lardner |
THREE KINGS AND A PAIR “Well, we walked round till our feet was froze and then we went home, and Bishop says he would have to go, but the Missus ast him to stay to supper, and when he made the remark abou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | Transcendental Wild Oats — Ring Lardner |
Transcendental Wild Oats “"We shall spade it," replied Abel, in such perfect good faith that Moses said no more, though he indulged in a shake of the head as he glanced at hands that had held nothing heavie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | THE WATER CURE — Ring Lardner |
THE WATER CURE “You see, I had it doped that Bishop was afraid o' water or else he wouldn't of turned down all our swimmin' parties. I wouldn't leave him a chance to duck out o' this because I wou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | The Big Town — Ring Lardner |
The Big Town “Well, they's some truth in that. I don't want to go nowheres and I'll take a job if it's the right kind. We could get along on the interest from Ella's money, but I'm tired of layi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | I Can't Breathe — Ring Lardner |
I Can't Breathe “I wrote to Gordon yesterday, but I didn't say anything about Walter because I don't think it is a thing a person ought to do by letter. I can tell him when he gets to New York and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ring Lardner | The Real Dope — Ring Lardner |
The Real Dope “Well Al I will tell you what I pulled on him and I bet you will bust your sides. Well it seems like Johnny has got a girl in his home town Riverside, Ill. near Chi and that is he d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sherwood Anderson | Winesburg, Ohio — Sherwood Anderson |
Winesburg, Ohio “Through street after street went George Willard, avoiding the people who passed. He crossed and recrossed the road. When he passed a street lamp he pulled his hat down over his fac…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sherwood Anderson | An Apology for Crudity — Sherwood Anderson |
An Apology for Crudity “Why should we Americans aspire to a subtlety that belongs not to us but to old lands and places? Why talk of intellectuality and of intellectual life when we have not accepted the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sherwood Anderson | The Door of the Trap — Sherwood Anderson |
The Door of the Trap “"Well, there is this woman, this person I married, she has the air of something accomplished," he said, as though speaking aloud. Sometimes it almost seemed to him he had spoken al…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sherwood Anderson | The New Englander — Sherwood Anderson |
The New Englander “She did not feel like a staid thin woman with a back like the back of a drill sergeant, but like something new and as strange as the new land into which she had come to live. For a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sherwood Anderson | The Rabbit-pen — Sherwood Anderson |
The Rabbit-pen “Out at the back door of the house came Gretchen, the housekeeper. She ran rapidly down the gravel path. Seeing the struggle going on in the wire pen, she knelt, and, tearing open a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sherwood Anderson | The Triumph of the Egg — Sherwood Anderson |
The Triumph of the Egg “One might write a book concerning our flight from the chicken farm into town. Mother and I walked the entire eight miles -- she to be sure that nothing fell from the wagon and I to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sherwood Anderson | I Want to Know Why — Sherwood Anderson |
I Want to Know Why “Sunstreak is different. He is a stallion and nervous and belongs on the biggest farm we've got in our country, the Van Riddle place that belongs to Mr. Van Riddle of New York. Suns…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sherwood Anderson | Marching Men — Sherwood Anderson |
Marching Men “It is evening and the people of Chicago go home from work. Clatter, clatter, clatter, go the heels on the hard pavements, jaws wag, the wind blows and dirt drifts and sifts through…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sherwood Anderson | Triumph of the Egg and Other Stories — Sherwood Anderson |
Triumph of the Egg and Other Stories “They got to the entrance to the apartment building and stepped into a dark hallway. Then quite suddenly and apparently without thought the man took a knife out of his pocket. "Supp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sherwood Anderson | Poor White — Sherwood Anderson |
Poor White “Hugh arose and stood in the moonlight in the cabbage field, his arms still going stiffly up and down. The great length of his figure and his arms was accentuated by the wavering un…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sherwood Anderson | Windy McPherson's Son — Sherwood Anderson |
Windy McPherson's Son “In the restaurant the young man began talking of himself. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. His father had died while he was yet in school and had left him a mod…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sinclair Lewis | Main Street — Sinclair Lewis |
Main Street “The town is, in our tale, called Gopher Prairie,' Minnesota. But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohio or Montana, in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sinclair Lewis | Our Mr. Wrenn — Sinclair Lewis |
Our Mr. Wrenn “He stands out in the correspondence of the Souvenir and Art Novelty Company as "Our Mr. Wrenn," who would be writing you directly and explaining everything most satisfactorily. At …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sinclair Lewis | Babbitt — Sinclair Lewis |
Babbitt “THE towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs and delicate as silver rods. They were neither citadels nor …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sinclair Lewis | Our Mr. Wrenn — Sinclair Lewis |
Our Mr. Wrenn “A rather improved version over the original.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stewart Edward White | Arizona Nights — Stewart Edward White |
Arizona Nights “When we came to turn in, Anderson suggested that he should sleep aboard the boat. But Billy Simpson, in mind perhaps of the hundred ounces in the compass-box, insisted that he'd ju…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stewart Edward White | The Land of Footprints — Stewart Edward White |
The Land of Footprints “Nothing can equal the intense interest of the most ordinary walk in Africa. It is the only country I know of where a man is thoroughly and continuously alive. Often when riding hor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stewart Edward White | The Blazed Trail — Stewart Edward White |
The Blazed Trail “IN the office shanty one evening about a week later, Radway and his scaler happened to be talking over the situation. The scaler, whose name was Dyer, slouched back in the shadow, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stewart Edward White | The Riverman — Stewart Edward White |
The Riverman “At once pandemonium broke loose. The rivermen of Orde's party fairly shouted with joy over the unexpected trick; the employees of the resort whispered apart; the gambler explained,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stewart Edward White | The Mountains — Stewart Edward White |
The Mountains “I REALLY believe that you will find more variation of individual and interesting character in a given number of Western horses than in an equal number of the average men one meets …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Stewart Edward White | THE TWO-GUN MAN — Stewart Edward White |
THE TWO-GUN MAN “The buildings and corrals lay dark and silent against the moonlight that made of the plain a sea of mist. The two men unsaddled their horses and turned them loose in the wire- fenc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Susan Glaspell | A Jury of Her Peers — Susan Glaspell |
A Jury of Her Peers “"We call it -- knot it, Mr. Henderson." By Susan Glaspell…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Susan Glaspell | The Awakening of the Lieutenant-Governor — Susan Glaspell |
The Awakening of the Lieutenant-Governor “It could not be claimed that John Berriman had ever done any great thing. He was not on record as having ever risen grandly to an occasion; but there may have been something in the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Susan Glaspell | In the Face of His Constituents — Susan Glaspell |
In the Face of His Constituents “"This page," the Senator from Maxwell was saying, lifting the little fellow to the desk, "is just eleven years of age, and he is within three pounds of Alfred Williams's size when …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Susan Glaspell | The Man of Flesh and Blood — Susan Glaspell |
The Man of Flesh and Blood “What would they think -- those three hundred speech-tired boys of the State Reformatory -- if some man who had been held before them as exemplary were to rise and lay bare his own …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | Damaged Goods — Upton Sinclair |
Damaged Goods “"My God!" cried George. He sprang toward her, and tried to lift her, but she shrank from him, repelling him with a gesture of disgust, of hatred, of the most profound terror. "Don'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | The Jungle — Upton Sinclair |
The Jungle “And we shall organize them, we shall drill them, we shall marshal them for the victory! We shall bear down the opposition, we shall sweep if before us--and Chicago will be ours! Ch…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | The Profits of Religion — Upton Sinclair |
The Profits of Religion “And how is it in our national capital, the palladium of our liberties? As a means of demonstrating the power of the church and the subservience of our politicians, the Catholics ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | King Midas — Upton Sinclair |
King Midas “The arrangement, it is scarcely necessary to say, pleased Helen very much indeed; the atmosphere of luxury and easy superiority which she found at her aunt's was much to her taste,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | The Metropolis — Upton Sinclair |
The Metropolis “They had the room; and likewise they had all the trappings of snobbery--Montague took that fact in at a glance. There were knee-breeches and scarlet facings and gold braid--marble …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | Jimmie Higgins — Upton Sinclair |
Jimmie Higgins “Jimmie Higgins was beside himself with excitement. He danced about and waved his cap, he shouted himself hoarse, he almost yielded to the impulse to jump upon a pile of lumber and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | 100% : The Story of a Patriot — Upton Sinclair |
100% : The Story of a Patriot “All these things and more Peter told; thinking that he was safe now, under the protection of authority. But after he had spent about two months in the hospital, he was summoned one…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | The Pot Boiler — Upton Sinclair |
The Pot Boiler “Will (wildly). Why do we have to start that now? I want to finish the play! (Drags her to work-table.) Come! Sit down here and let's get busy! Right off! Not another word! (They si…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | Sylvia's Marriage — Upton Sinclair |
Sylvia's Marriage “"Lately I have not permitted myself to think much about the situation between my husband and myself. I cannot blame him, and I cannot blame myself, and I am trying to keep my peace…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | The Moneychangers — Upton Sinclair |
The Moneychangers “Then he went on to the plate-mill, where giant hammers resounded, and steel plates of several inches' thickness were chopped and sliced like pieces of cheese. Here the spectator st…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | They Call Me Carpenter — Upton Sinclair |
They Call Me Carpenter “Now, of course, I had known this must come; I had realized that I would be getting myself in for it, if I went to join Carpenter that morning. I had planned to warn him, to explain…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | 100 Percent: The Story of a Patriot — Upton Sinclair |
100 Percent: The Story of a Patriot “Also he had a bit of genuine anxiety. He had told the truth when he said to Guffey that he didn't know what a "Red" was; but since then he had been making in quiries, and now he kn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | Love's Pilgrimage — Upton Sinclair |
Love's Pilgrimage “To Corydon, on the other hand, a name was a vital thing; a child that was lovely under one name might be unendurable under another. She had been reading Ossian, and the poems of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | Samuel the Seeker — Upton Sinclair |
Samuel the Seeker “The policeman started to lead Samuel away. "Your honor," he cried frantically. "Don't send me to jail." And fighting against the policeman's grip, he rushed on, "It's not my fault-…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | King Coal — Upton Sinclair |
King Coal “Hal stood looking at the cheering crowd. He had time to note some of the faces upturned to him. Pitiful, toil-worn faces they were, each making its separate appeal, telling its ind…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Upton Sinclair | The Journal of Arthur Stirling — Upton Sinclair |
The Journal of Arthur Stirling “What a thing is hope! I have been for two days chained in the most horrible kind of a place. Picture it--to stand all day and see low people stuffing themselves with food--the dirt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | Oh Pioneers! — Willa Cather |
Oh Pioneers! “A classic by one of William Faulkner's favorite authors.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | The Troll Garden and Selected Stories — Willa Cather |
The Troll Garden and Selected Stories “Includes Paul's Case.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | One of Ours — Willa Cather |
One of Ours “After Leonard left him, Claude cleared away the remains of his supper and watered the gourd vine before he went to milk. It was not really a gourd vine at all, but a summer-squash,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | Affair at Grover Station — Willa Cather |
Affair at Grover Station “I heard this story sitting on the rear platform of an accommodation freight that crawled along through the brown, sun-dried wilderness between Grover Station and Cheyenne. The narr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | Alexander's Bridge — Willa Cather |
Alexander's Bridge “Late one brilliant April afternoon Professor Lucius Wilson stood at the head of Chestnut Street, looking about him with the pleased air of a man of taste who does not very often ge…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | The Professor's House — Willa Cather |
The Professor's House “The moving was over and done. Professor St. Peter was alone in the dismantled house where he had lived ever since his marriage, where he had worked out his career and brought up hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | The Song of the Lark — Willa Cather |
The Song of the Lark “The main business street ran, of course, through the center of the town. To the west of this street lived all the people who were, as Tillie Kronborg said, "in society." Sylvester …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | My Antonia — Willa Cather |
My Antonia “Cuzak sat down behind the stove and watched his womenfolk and the little children with equal amusement. He thought they were nice, and he thought they were funny, evidently. He had…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | Ardessa — Willa Cather |
Ardessa “Despite her indolence, Ardessa was useful to O'Mally as a social reminder. She was the card catalogue of his ever-changing personal relations. O'Mally went in for everything and go…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | Coming, Aphrodite! — Willa Cather |
Coming, Aphrodite! “Eden Bower was, at twenty, very much the same person that we all know her to be at forty, except that she knew a great deal less. But one thing she knew: that she was to be Eden Bo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | A Death in the Desert — Willa Cather |
A Death in the Desert “EVERETT HILGARDE was conscious that the man in the seat across the aisle was looking at him intently. He was a large, florid man, wore a conspicuous diamond solitaire upon his thir…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | The Diamond Mine — Willa Cather |
The Diamond Mine “Then the air grew much warmer and the sky cleared. Overhead it was a soft, rainy blue, and to the west a smoky gold. All around the horizon everything became misty and silvery; eve…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | El Dorado: A Kansas Recessional — Willa Cather |
El Dorado: A Kansas Recessional “Here and there, on either side of this deserted way of traffic, were half demolished buildings and excavations where the weeds grew high, which might once have been the sites of ho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | The Treasure of Far Island — Willa Cather |
The Treasure of Far Island “Of all the possessions of their childhood's Wonderland, Far Island had been dearest; it was graven on their hearts as Calais was upon Mary Tudor's. Long before they had set foot up…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | A Gold Slipper — Willa Cather |
A Gold Slipper “Kitty's gown that evening was really quite outrageous -- the repartee of a conscienceless Parisian designer who took her hint that she wished something that would be entirely novel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | On the Gull's Road — Willa Cather |
On the Gull's Road “But even in those first days I had my hours of misery. Why, for instance, should she have been born in Finmark, and why should Lars Ebbling have been her only door of escape? Why s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | The Professor's Commencement — Willa Cather |
The Professor's Commencement “"My dear girl," said the Professor, his eye brightening, "that is the very reason for the sowing. There is a picture by Vedder of the Enemy Sowing Tares at the foot of the cross, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | Scandal — Willa Cather |
Scandal “"Yes, you may see Tevis this evening if you will assure me that you will not shed one tear for twenty-four hours. I may depend on your word?" He rose, and stood before the deep cou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | The Sculptor's Funeral — Willa Cather |
The Sculptor's Funeral “Feeble steps were heard on the stairs, and an old man, tall and frail, odorous of pipe smoke, with shaggy, unkept grey hair and a dingy beard, tobacco stained about the mouth, ente…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | The Enchanted Bluff — Willa Cather |
The Enchanted Bluff “As we dropped down by the fire again some one asked whether the Mound-Builders were older than the Aztecs. When we once got upon the Mound-Builders we never willingly got away from…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | The Clemency of the Court — Willa Cather |
The Clemency of the Court “One day when he was helping Davis top a haystack, Davis got angry at the dog for some reason and kicked at it. Serge threw out his arm and caught the blow himself. Davis, angrier t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Willa Cather | Youth and the Bright Medusa — Willa Cather |
Youth and the Bright Medusa “Paul had just come in to dress for dinner; he sank into a chair, weak in the knees, and clasped his head in his hands. It was to be worse than jail, even; the tepid waters of Corde…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Slavens McNutt | Poor Little Eddie — William Slavens McNutt |
Poor Little Eddie “It was the fat man! Eddie was bedded down on him as comfortable as a Persian princess on forty-seven sofa-pillows. The fat man was speaking extemporaneously, and the form of his re…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Slavens McNutt | The Tale of a Tightwad — William Slavens McNutt |
The Tale of a Tightwad “"Wiggins was on my nerves, too. He was so blamed triumphant! Every time he come over to the stand here to buy a paper he'd tip me a quarter. Him that had never bought papers before…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | The Dwelling Place of Light, V1 — Winston Churchill |
The Dwelling Place of Light, V1 “To feel potential within one's self the capacity to live and yet to have no means of realizing this capacity is doubtless one of the least comfortable and agreeable of human experi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | The Dwelling Place of Light, V2 — Winston Churchill |
The Dwelling Place of Light, V2 “Though December had come, Sunday was like an April day before whose sunlight the night-mists of scruples and morbid fears were scattered and dispersed. And Janet, as she fared fort…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | The Dwelling Place of Light, V3 — Winston Churchill |
The Dwelling Place of Light, V3 “Janet's nerves were taut. There had been times during the past weeks when she had been aware of new and vaguely disquieting portents. Inexperience had led her to belittle them, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | Mr. Crewe's Career, V1 — Winston Churchill |
Mr. Crewe's Career, V1 “In the opinion of many of his father's friends whom he met from time to time he had made a good-sized stride towards ruin, and they did not hesitate to tell him so--Mr. Chipman, pr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | Mr. Crewe's Career, V2 — Winston Churchill |
Mr. Crewe's Career, V2 “The Honourable Brush Bascom, as we know, was a clever man; and although it had never been given him to improve on the "Book of Arguments," he had ideas of his own. On reading Mr. C…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | Mr. Crewe's Career, V3 — Winston Churchill |
Mr. Crewe's Career, V3 “"It is Mr. Vane I wanted to speak to you about. He is an intimate friend, I believe, of your father's, as well as Mr. Flint's right-hand man in--in a business way in this State. Mr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | A Far Country, Volume 1 — Winston Churchill |
A Far Country, Volume 1 “He was a big man; his features and even his ample moustache gave a disconcerting impression of rugged integrity, and I remember him chiefly in an alpaca or seersucker coat. Though …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | A Far Country, Volume 2 — Winston Churchill |
A Far Country, Volume 2 “He smiled rather sadly. "The prosperity you are advocating," he added, after a moment, "is a mere fiction, it is gorging the few at the expense of the many. And what is being done …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | A Far Country, Volume 3 — Winston Churchill |
A Far Country, Volume 3 “It was impossible, of course, that my friends should have failed to perceive the state of disorganization I was in, and some of them at least must have guessed its cause. Dickinson…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | A Far Country, Complete — Winston Churchill |
A Far Country, Complete “Boston! Could it be possible? Everything was so different here as to give the place the aspect of a dream: the Bulfinch State House, the decorous shops, the still more decorous dwe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | Richard Carvel — Winston Churchill |
Richard Carvel “I was amazed at his insight. And for the moment was impelled to make a clean breast of my suspicions,--nay, of my convictions of the whole devil's plot. But I had no proofs. I reme…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | Coniston, Entire — Winston Churchill |
Coniston, Entire “TO prove that Jethro's soul had not slid back into the murky regions, and that it was still indulging in flights, it is necessary to follow him (for a very short space) to Boston. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | Coniston, Book I — Winston Churchill |
Coniston, Book I “"Band stand in Brampton Street" said Jethro, and the storekeeper was fain to bend over his desk to conceal his laughter, busying himself with his books. Mr. Worthington sat down wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | Coniston, Book II — Winston Churchill |
Coniston, Book II “"Never seen such woods," said Ephraim, "scrub oak and pine and cedars and young stuff springin' up until you couldn't see the length of a company, and the Rebs jumpin' and hollerin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | A Modern Chronicle, Entire — Winston Churchill |
A Modern Chronicle, Entire “This celebrated incident occurred in the new ballroom at the top of the new house of young Mrs. Hayden, where the meetings of the dancing class were held weekly. Today the soot, li…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | A Modern Chronicle, Book I — Winston Churchill |
A Modern Chronicle, Book I “"Orléans, Beaugency! Notre Dame de Cléry! Vendôme! Vendôme! Quel chagrin, quel ennui De compter toute la nuit Les heures, les heures!" The verse appealed to Honora strangely, just …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | A Modern Chronicle, Book II — Winston Churchill |
A Modern Chronicle, Book II “Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September. We should have to go back to Babylon and the days of King Neb…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | A Modern Chronicle, Book III — Winston Churchill |
A Modern Chronicle, Book III “She looked out of the window to avoid those eyes. Was this New York, or Jerusalem? Were these the streets through which she had driven and trod in her former life? Her whole soul c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | The Blue Wall — Winston Churchill |
The Blue Wall “In the hot days of summer, over against the dark forest, the bright green of our little patch of Indian corn rippled in the wind. And towards night I would often sit watching the d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | Charlestown — Winston Churchill |
Charlestown “One day, as we were crossing a dike between rice swamps spread with delicate green, I saw the white tops of wagons flashing in the sun at the far end of it. We caught up with them,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | John Temple's House — Winston Churchill |
John Temple's House “As the sun got up in the heavens and the wind fell, the cupola became a bake-oven. But I scarcely felt the heat. My whole soul was out in the bay, pent up with the men in the fort.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | The Nollichucky Trace — Winston Churchill |
The Nollichucky Trace “"Afeard to go to Kaintuckee!" said he. "I've met a parcel o' cowards on the road, turned back. There ain't nothin' to be afeard of, eh, stranger?" he added, to Tom, who paid no man…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | In Sight Of The Blue Wall Once More — Winston Churchill |
In Sight Of The Blue Wall Once More “THAT night I climbed carefully out of the window, and so down the corner of the house to the ground. It was starlight, and a waning moon hung in the sky. I made my way through the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | Wars And Rumors Of Wars — Winston Churchill |
Wars And Rumors Of Wars “We went away in the wild dawn, leaving the cabin desolate. We loaded the white mare with the pelts, and my father wore a woollen suit like that of our Scotch visitor, which I had n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | On the Wilderness Trail — Winston Churchill |
On the Wilderness Trail “We went down the river that led into it, with awe, as though we were trespassers against God Himself, -- as though He had made it too beautiful and too fruitful 103 for the toilers…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | Inside of the Cup — Winston Churchill |
Inside of the Cup “Hodder glanced up, involuntarily, at the window of the woman he had visited the night before, but it was empty. He hurried along the littered sidewalks to the drug store, where he …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | A Traveller in War-Time — Winston Churchill |
A Traveller in War-Time “There turned out to be plenty of ideas, after all. An opinion was ventured that Mr. Lloyd George served the nation, not for money but from public spirit; a conservative insisted th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Winston Churchill | The Crossing — Winston Churchill |
The Crossing “It was all very mysterious to me, and I lay awake many a night with curiosity, trying to solve a puzzle that was none of my business. And one day, to cap the matter, two woodsmen a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Poems, by Wilfred Owen — World War One |
Poems, by Wilfred Owen “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,/Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,/ And towards our distant rest …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Anthem for Doomed Youth — Wilfred Owen |
Anthem for Doomed Youth “What candles may be held to speed them all?/Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes/Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes./The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;/T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Three Soldiers — John Dos Passos |
Three Soldiers “"Anybody know where the electricity turns on?" asked the sergeant in a good-humored voice. "Here it is." The light over the door of the barracks snapped on, revealing a rotund chee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | The Next Man — Paul Alverdes |
The Next Man “He has got through, he thought. We have got through. He relaxed again and closed his eyes. As he dozed off he put his hand over his heart and felt its strong and regular beat.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Reinhold at the Front — Paul Alverdes |
Reinhold at the Front “"I don't like the look of it," Biene said to Reinhold one night, when the hail of shrapnel had been worse than usual. "I don't like the look of it. There's something coming. They'v…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Sword and Fiddle — Paul Alverdes |
Sword and Fiddle “The others witnessed this dangerous game with divided feelings. Whether they admitted it or not, the perfection of the imitation gave them secret and unspeakable delight; at the sa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Dead Man's Holiday — Paul Alverdes |
Dead Man's Holiday “Finally he fell in where there was a gap, and picked up the step. And then he saw that the sergeant, who was the last man in the last year he had helped to bury, marched beside his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Hubertus in Flight — Paul Alverdes |
Hubertus in Flight “The keeper had noticed the tracks of a fox and we resolved to lie in wait for it that evening when the stars were out and when the moon's stronger light fell on the fresh snow. It …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Katreiner Has a Vision — Paul Alverdes |
Katreiner Has a Vision “This evening, he thought wildly, they'll be over the sea. They'll alight at the foot of black cliffs and at dawn they'll hear the ice roar as it comes down on the glaciers, and the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | The Man without Fear — Paul Alverdes |
The Man without Fear “He sat mute and erect and stared in front of him. The tears streamed down her face while she went on to say in a voice which only confirmed her refusal that though their happiness …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Severin Comes Home — Paul Alverdes |
Severin Comes Home “We did not talk much that evening, and nothing we said concerned what I have to tell you here. We sat together looking across at the mountain which was suddenly smitten with the sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | The Whistlers' Room — Paul Alverdes |
The Whistlers' Room “"Do that, Pioneer," he said impressively after a moment, looking down upon him over his shoulders. Kollin, who had just been made fast with the knee-strap, smiled with astonishment…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Wooden Crosses — Roland Dorgeles |
Wooden Crosses “Ricordeau, who had been sitting at the entrance to the dug-out, rushed out, and without paying any heed to the bullets whining about him he leaped on a pile of sandbags and looked …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Temporary Crusaders — Cecil Sommers |
Temporary Crusaders “We reached the battalion about midnight, and found it in extended order, waiting to carry on with the advance. There was a good deal of rifle and machine-gun fire going on, and it …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | FOUR WEEKS IN THE TRENCHES — FRITZ KREISLER |
FOUR WEEKS IN THE TRENCHES “Full title: FOUR WEEKS IN THE TRENCHES: THE WAR STORY OF A VIOLINIST…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Tales of War — Lord Dunsany |
Tales of War “Fritz Groedenschasser, standing in that unseemly mud, greatly yearned for them to find soon what they were looking for. Eight batteries searching for something they can't find, alo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Why We are at War — Woodrow Wilson |
Why We are at War “This in itself might presently accomplish, in effect, what the new German submarine orders were meant to accomplish, so far as we are concerned. We can only say, therefore, that th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | The Secrets of the German War Office — Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves |
The Secrets of the German War Office “Early in the morning of June 11, 1903, the plot which had been brewing in Servia ended with the assassination of the king, queen, ministers and members of the royal household of Se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | GENERAL JOFFRE — BY A FRENCH GUNNER |
GENERAL JOFFRE “Forced to retire ever farther inland to more inaccessible regions, the unruly tribes, who lived by pillage, rapine, and the slave traffic, were a perpetual menace and a source of g…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | The War Romance of the Salvation Army — Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill |
The War Romance of the Salvation Army “He went on. He dozed, only to be sharply awakened by a truck which almost ran him down. He must be more careful, he thought to himself, feeling utterly alone and miserable. But in …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | The Diary of a U-boat Commander — Anon |
The Diary of a U-boat Commander “As we staggered back to our course I heard a thud in the wardroom, and on returning to my settee found that Alten had rolled out of his bunk, where he was lying in a drunken stupor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| World War One | Over The Top — Arthur Guy Empey |
Over The Top “Full title: "OVER THE TOP" BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO WENT ARTHUR GUY EMPEY MACHINE GUNNER, SERVING IN FRANCE TOGETHER WITH TOMMY'S DICTIONARY OF THE TRENCHES…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Longest Journey |
The Longest Journey “More from our friend Forster.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Room With A View |
A Room With A View “If you liked the movie, read the book.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches |
Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches “Short stories by one-time celebrated author Maurice Baring…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Waiting for Godot |
Waiting for Godot “Godot's famous play.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Rezanov |
Rezanov “Getrude Atherton's tale of the Russian explorer and hero.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Where Angels Fear to Tread |
Where Angels Fear to Tread “EM Forster's depiction of an intricate custody battle, to say the least.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Voyaqe Out |
The Voyaqe Out “In the streets of London where beauty goes unregarded, eccentricity must pay the penalty, and it is better not to be very tall, to wear a long blue cloak, or to beat the air with y…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Night and Day |
Night and Day “London, in the first days of spring, has buds that open and flowers that suddenly shake their petals--white, purple, or crimson--in competition with the display in the garden beds,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Voyage to Arcturus |
A Voyage to Arcturus “On a march evening, at eight o'clock, Backhouse, the medium - a fast - rising star in the psychic world - was ushered into the study at Prolands, the Hampstead residence of Montagu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Good Soldier |
The Good Soldier “The saddest story. By Ford Maddox Ford. Part of everybody's list of greatest English novels for the 1900s.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Uncrowned King |
The Uncrowned King “Said the Voice: "To thee, O Hadji, I come from the Beautiful Sea; the interminable, unfathomable sea, that begins at the Outer-Edge-Of-Things and stretches away into Neverness. I s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Messer Marco Polo |
Messer Marco Polo “"But the scholars are a queer and blind people, Brian Oge. I've heard tell there's a doctor in Spain can weigh the earth. But he can't plow a furrow that is needful, for planting c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Don Tarquinio |
Don Tarquinio “We stood up, openly looking at him as though we were astounded at his audacity: for, in starting, he had knocked down the double-cross, golden, which leaned against the pedestal of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Spirit in Prison |
A Spirit in Prison “He said to himself that he was madly in love. Never yet had he been worsted in an amour by any man. The blood surged to his head at the mere thought of being conquered in the only …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up |
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up “In front of Cowan's a crowd of nine happy-go-lucky, daredevil riders were sliding from their saddles. They threw their reins over the heads of their mounts and filed in to the bar.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Great Hunger |
The Great Hunger “Ah! till now your mind has been so filled with cold mechanics, with calculations, with steel and fire. More and more knowledge, ever more striving to understand all things, to know…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories of a Western Town |
Stories of a Western Town “"Oh, not so bad as that, I cut him down, he was up in the garret and I sus--suspected him and I run up and--oh, he was there, a choking, and he was so mad! He swore at me and--he k…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Java Head |
Java Head “There would be the keenest irony in exposing her to himself before the complacent ignorance of her husband. He knew such women: convicted in Chinese, perhaps before the entire Ammi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Michael |
Michael “Though there was nothing visibly graceful about Michael Comber, he apparently had the art of giving gracefully. He had already told his cousin Francis, who sat on the arm of the so…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse “The two friends now lived a feverish life, considerably accelerated by the rapidity with which events succeeded each other. Every hour brought forth an astonishing bit of news--gen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Hermit of Far End |
The Hermit of Far End “With the passage of the last two months, Patrick's face seemed to have grown more waxen, worn a little finer, and now, as he sat quietly watching the slender figure on the opposite…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Unsocial Socialist |
An Unsocial Socialist “"Never mind to-morrow, Hetty. Be like the sun and the meadow, which are not in the least concerned about the coming winter. Why do you stare at that cursed canal, blindly dragging …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dennison Grant, A Novel of To-day |
Dennison Grant, A Novel of To-day “When Zen came to herself it was with a sense of a strange swimming in her head. Gradually it resolved itself into a sound of water about her head; a splashing, fighting water; two …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Heine and Mathilde |
Heine and Mathilde “One is sorry that Heine has not risen again to enjoy this. One can easily picture his reading it and, turning tenderly to his "Treasure," his "Heart's Joy," with that everlasting b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Portygee |
The Portygee “As a matter of fact he was not very hungry. Breakfast was always a more or less perfunctory meal with him. But he was surprised to see the variety of eatables upon that table. Ther…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Re-Creation of Brian Kent |
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent “Then followed several days and nights of weary watching. There were times when the man lay with closed eyes, so weak and exhausted that he seemed to be drifting out from these eart…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Martin Hyde, The Duke's Messenger |
Martin Hyde, The Duke's Messenger “I was thoroughly ripe for mischief of any kind; my scare had driven away all desire for sleep. I looked at the window, wondering if it would be best to go down my ladder again, to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Broad Highway — Jeffery Farnol |
The Broad Highway “As I sat of an early summer morning in the shade of a tree, eating fried bacon with a tinker, the thought came to me that I might some day write a book of my own; a book that shoul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cap'n Warren's Wards |
Cap'n Warren's Wards “Mr. Warren sprawled in the most comfortable chair in the room, was looking out through the window, across the wind-swept width of Central Park West, over the knolls and valleys of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Democracy, An American Novel |
Democracy, An American Novel “Henry Adams called the rampant piracy of this work--published anonymously and redistributed illegally for years-- his greatest achievement.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | MONDAY OR TUESDAY |
MONDAY OR TUESDAY “SUCH AN EXPRESSION of unhappiness was enough by itself to make one's eyes slide above the paper's edge to the poor woman's face? insignificant without that look, almost a symbol of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Children of the Whirlwind |
Children of the Whirlwind “Some believed that she was now the mere ashes of a woman, in whom lived only the last flickering spark. And some believed that beneath that drab and spent appearance there smoulder…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | BELCHAMBER |
BELCHAMBER “The memory of his birthday remained with him as a shifting phantasmagoria of painful images that partook of the nature of a nightmare. To be the principal figure in any pageant mus…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | DON RENATO: AN IDEAL CONTENT |
DON RENATO: AN IDEAL CONTENT “Our artificers imitate their masters, or their antecessors. It is human to evade operose labor of body or mind. Labor of mind facilitly may be evaded by imitation: for, so, sollici…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cy Whittaker's Place |
Cy Whittaker's Place “"Whit," said Asaph earnestly, "you've sartin made the place rise up out of its tomb; you have so. It's a miracle, pretty nigh, and I cal'late it must have cost a heap, but you've d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Merton of the Movies |
Merton of the Movies “With a swift movement the beautiful girl sought to withdraw the small silver-mounted revolver without which she never left the ranch. But Snake le Vasquez, with a muttered oath, wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cupid's Understudy |
Cupid's Understudy “Our train left Grand Central Station at two o'clock next afternoon; it was bitter cold, I remember, and I drove to the station, smothered in furs. But our car was wonderfully cozy …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Captives |
The Captives “Martin walked into the street with a confused sense of triumph and defeat, that confusion that comes to all sensitive men at the moment when they are stepping, against their will, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Within the Law |
Within the Law “In the twenty-three years of his life, every gift that money could lavish had been his. If the sum total of benefit was small, at least there remained the consoling fact that the h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On The Firing Line |
On The Firing Line “"Yes, or Fate. What else makes a man move out of the way, just in time for the bullet to graze his cheek? He doesn't see the bullet coming; neither does the man who stops it. Both …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | To-morrow? |
To-morrow? “"I don't think you understand in the least my view of a writer and his writings," I said. "It is not a voluntary thing, led up to by pre-determination. There can be no question of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Blue Flower |
The Blue Flower “When he awoke again, he was aware of a new fulness of light, purer and steadier than the first radiance. He found himself lying on the green turf, in the open air, beside a little …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Peg O' My Heart |
Peg O' My Heart “Novelization of the incredibly popular early 20th century comedy, by J. Hartley Manners…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ruling Passion |
The Ruling Passion “It was a magical performance. No one could withstand it. They all danced together, like the leaves on the shivering poplars when the wind blows through them. The gentle Serena was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The White Company |
The White Company “As he raised himself to look over the bracken at his enemies, the staring color caught the eye of the bailiff, who broke into a long screeching whoop and spurred forward sword in h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wreck of the Golden Mary |
The Wreck of the Golden Mary “Notwithstanding my being, as I have mentioned, quite ready for a voyage, still I had some doubts of this voyage. Of course I knew, without being told, that there were peculiar diff…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Garden Of Allah |
The Garden Of Allah “It flashed upon her with the desert, with the burning heaps of carnation and orange-coloured rocks, with the first sand wilderness, the first brown villages glowing in the late rad…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | WHO CARES? A STORY OF ADOLESCENCE |
WHO CARES? A STORY OF ADOLESCENCE “"I was right about Gleave. He was spying. It turns out that he's been watching us for two or three days. When I went back this afternoon, I got a look from Mrs. Nye that told me th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Out of the Triangle |
Out of the Triangle “In that room, his master Heraklas knelt and carefully drew a brick from its place in the wall. Putting his hand into some hole that seemed to be behind the bricks, Heraklas produce…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Rosary |
The Rosary “"No," he said. "I am neither missing nor missed. I was only waiting in there until you went up. I shall not go back. I am going out into the park now to breathe in the refreshing c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Siddhartha |
Siddhartha “The first light of day shone into the room. The Brahman saw that Siddhartha was trembling softly in his knees. In Siddhartha's face he saw no trembling, his eyes were fixed on a di…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH |
THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH “As she drew a small parcel from her bosom, he saw that it was fastened to a string that went around her neck. Removing several wrappers, she brought to light an old-fashioned dague…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A CHINESE GIRL GRADUATE — R. K. DOUGLAS |
A CHINESE GIRL GRADUATE “For both these young men Jasmine had a liking, but there was no question as to which she preferred. As she herself said, "Wei is pleasant enough as a companion, but if I had to loo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE SOLDIER'S REPRIEVE — Author Unknown |
THE SOLDIER'S REPRIEVE “"Dear Father:--When this reaches you I shall be in eternity. At first it seemed awful to me, but I have thought so much about it that now it has no terror. They say they will not b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bachelor's Fancy — Alice Brown |
Bachelor's Fancy “"She was great-grandmother Pyncheon's sister. She was a great weaver. She stuck to it when everybody else had give it up. She was goin' to be married, but he was lost at sea, an' a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Eternal Feminine — Temple Bailey |
The Eternal Feminine “"Now, what do you suppose she meant by that?" said Anne that night, when we were in our kimonos and were comforting our complexions with cold cream. "Do you think she meant it for …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Laying of the Monster — Theodosia Garrison |
The Laying of the Monster “She tossed back her long curls and talked to Amiel with an occasional droop of her long lashes, and Dorothea, beaming upon them both, had no notion that, hovering above her in the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Road To Providence — Maria Thompson Daviess |
The Road To Providence “"Yes, child, I know he is all that. Somehow, here in Providence, we women have all tried to put some of our own sister love for one another in our young folks. I hold that when the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Wife Manufactured to Order — Alice W. Fuller |
A Wife Manufactured to Order “Yes, I decided I would have a home of my own, and a wife made to order at once. Before leaving the city I made all necessary arrangements, hurried home, rented a house, and went to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | 1492 — Mary Johnston |
1492 “There fell a moment of sun-drenched quiet in which they all sat for their picture. Then said the King, "Madam, we are together, and here are those who have been our chief advisers …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ramona — Helen Hunt Jackson |
Ramona “Hearing these words, Ramona came to the window, and leaning out, whispered, "Are you talking about Alessandro's staying? Let me come and talk to him. He must not go." And running s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Martyr — -Katherine Anne Porter |
The Martyr “He was just beginning the nineteenth drawing of Isabel when his rival sold a very large painting to a rich man whose decorator told him he must have a panel of green and orange on …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The History of Sir Richard Calmady — Lucas Malet |
The History of Sir Richard Calmady “Yet when it arose, the crisis proved none the less agonising because of that foreknowledge. Two strains of feeling struggled within her. A blinding sorrow for her child, a fear of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Nemesis of Motherhood — Harriet Prescott Spofford |
The Nemesis of Motherhood “She rested deep among her pillows, in a sleepy content; but quite determined on no more experience of this sort. Why could not the race have been continued in some other way? It re…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In the Wake of War — Hallie Erminie Rives |
In the Wake of War “The effect upon the huddled figure opposite him was instantaneous and terrible. It cringed backward, with a shrinking gesture of fear and agony. Its palsied arms, shaking and uncer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Arabella — Anna T. Sadlier |
Arabella “Its very aspect sent a chill to the hearts of Arabella and her companion; a cold and sickening feeling possessed them. Mrs. Christie braced herself and brought her native energy of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Iceland Fisherman — Pierre Loti |
An Iceland Fisherman “From time to time a window or door would be suddenly closed; some old sailor, shaky upon his legs, would blunder out of the tavern and plunge into the small dark streets; or girls …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Happy Boy — Björnstjerne Björnson |
A Happy Boy “WHEN Eyvind opened his eyes next morning it was from a long, refreshing sleep and happy dreams. Marit had lain on the rock and thrown down leaves at him; he had caught them and thr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Trials and Tribulations — Theodor Fontane |
Trials and Tribulations “Meanwhile Lena had drawn up a wooden chair near her old mother, because she knew that this was Baron Botho's favorite place; but Frau Dörr, who was fully impressed with the idea th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Father — Bjornstjerne Bjornson |
The Father “Thord could scarcely believe it; he held the boat still, and stared at the spot where his son had gone down, as though he must surely come to the surface again. There rose some bub…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Sisterly Scheme — H. C. Bunner |
A Sisterly Scheme “He got his first lesson just about the time that Flossy, in the privacy of their apartments, informed her elder sister that if she, Flossy, found Mr. Morpeth's society agreeable, i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fortunate Youth — William John Locke |
The Fortunate Youth “Then Paul proved himself to be a proud and delicate lover, and when London with its season and its duties and its pleasures absorbed them, he had his reward. For it was sweet to se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE REIGN OF LAW — James Lane Allen |
THE REIGN OF LAW “Full title: HEMP: THE REIGN OF LAW: A TALE OF THE KENTUCKY HELP FIELDS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | LINDA CONDON — JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER |
LINDA CONDON “"You may be smarter than I was," she went on, "but what good it does you who can say? And if you expect to get something for nothing you're fooled before you start." She shook out …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Vultures — Henry Seton Merriman |
The Vultures “There was an odd silence for a moment, only broken by the stealthy feet of the gate-keeper coming forward to join the group. Then Cartoner spoke, quietly and collectedly. His nerve…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | 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 | |
| Various authors | The Adventures of Gerard — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Adventures of Gerard “Then, without movement, very slowly and stealthily I had a peep at the men who surrounded me. There was the gondolier, a swart, hard-faced, murderous ruffian, and beside him were t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Kew Gardens — Virginia Woolf |
Kew Gardens “Brown cliffs with deep green lakes in the hollows, flat, blade-like trees that waved from root to tip, round boulders of grey stone, vast crumpled surfaces of a thin crackling text…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Thelma — Marie Corelli |
Thelma “Unfolding his fine cologne-scented cambric handkerchief, he carefully wiped his fat white fingers free from the greasy marks of the toast, and, taking up the objectionable cross gi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Tattine — Ruth Ogden |
Tattine “How could those tiny little untrained claws keep their hold on that big round, slippery shaft, and if the carriage started down they would surely go under the wheels or under the f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Lamp of Fate — Margaret Pedler |
The Lamp of Fate “"Then if you love, her, can't you forgive her? She's had everything against her from the beginning, both temperament and upbringing, and on top of that there's been the wild succes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | AGAINST HIS JUDGMENT — Robert Grant |
AGAINST HIS JUDGMENT “She made a guttural response which might have meant anything but she proved that she was uninjured by getting on her feet. She stared at her disturber bewilderedly, then, perceivin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THREE MEN OF BADAJOS — A.T. Quiller-Couch |
THREE MEN OF BADAJOS “In the trenches a low continuous murmur mingled with the voices of running water. On the right by the Guadiana waited Picton's Third Division, breathing hard as the time drew neare…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom — Arthur Conan Doyle |
How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom “I should not have feared to ride by the road through the wood, for I have learned in Spain that the safest time to pass through a guerilla country is after an outrage, and that the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Loulou — Thomas Mann |
Loulou “The next afternoon Amra drove out once more "to tend to some matters." She stopped in the Holzstrasse, Number 78, and went up to the second floor, where someone was waiting for her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Underdogs — Mariano Azuela |
The Underdogs “The news spread like lightning. Villa--the magic word! The Great Man, the salient profile, the unconquerable warrior who, even at a distance, exerts the fascination of a reptile, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Loves of Sakura Jiro and the Three Headed Maid — Onoto Watanna |
The Loves of Sakura Jiro and the Three Headed Maid “While they were talking Jiro regarded with tolerating cynicism the performance of "Ostero, the Spanish juggler." All of the attractions were ranged about the room, each upon its ow…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Most Dangerous Game — Richard Connell |
The Most Dangerous Game “He struggled up to the surface and tried to cry out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face and the salt water in his open mouth made him gag and strangle. De…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Alice of Old Vincennes — Maurice Thompson |
Alice of Old Vincennes “Great movements in the affairs of men are like tides of the seas which reach and affect the remotest and quietest nooks and inlets, imparting a thrill and a swell of the general mo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The House with the Green Shutters — George Douglas Brown |
The House with the Green Shutters “In spite of his forebodings nothing more untoward befell him that morning than a cut over the cowering shoulders for being late, as he crept to the bottom of his class. He reached …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Enormous Room — e.e. cummings |
The Enormous Room “At any rate I passed a few remarks calculated to wither the by this time a little nervous Übermensch; got up, put on some enormous sabots (which I had purchased from a horrid littl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | South Wind — Norman Douglas |
South Wind “"And even after Florence! Do you know why? Because mankind dominates in Tuscany. The land is encrusted with ephemeral human conceits. That is not altogether good for a youngster; i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Red Planet — William J. Locke |
The Red Planet “Thus over the sequestered vale of Wellingsford, far away from the sound of shells, even off the track of marauding Zeppelins, rode the fiery planet. Mars. There is not a homestead …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Master-Christian — Marie Corelli |
The Master-Christian “"I hope you all heard my words distinctly! I said, the false position I have attained among you. I repeat it lest there should be any mistake. It IS a false position and always has…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Blue Lagoon — H. de Vere Stacpoole |
The Blue Lagoon “In the bottom of the dinghy lay a girl, naked all but for a strip of coloured striped material. One of her arms was clasped round the neck of a form that was half hidden by her bod…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | SPARROWS — Horace W.C. Newte |
SPARROWS “Full title: SPARROWS: THE STORY OF AN UNPROTECTED GIRL…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Lost Word — Henry Van Dyke |
The Lost Word “It was such a sleep that fell upon Hermas in the Grove of Daphne. An immeasurable period, an interval of life so blank and empty that he could not tell whether it was long or short…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Under Fire: The Story of a Squad — Henri Barbusse |
Under Fire: The Story of a Squad “In the ranks one sees nothing. Sometimes, when one can lift his nose up, by grace of an eddy in the tide, one cannot help seeing the whiteness of a mess-tin, the blue steel of a he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Thrall of Leif the Lucky — Ottilie A. Liljencrantz |
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky “Egil laughed, a hateful gloating laugh, and settled himself against a tree to see the finish. As Helga's arm was flung up the second time, the thrall leaped upon her and tore the w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In the Wilderness — Robert Hichens |
In the Wilderness “They were sitting on the Acropolis when he put that question. It was a shining day. The far-off seas gleamed. There was a golden pathway to Aegina. The brilliant clearness, not Eur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Angel Island — Inez Haynes Gillmore |
Angel Island “"It seems as if their working days grew longer all the time," Clara said petulantly. "They start off earlier and earlier in the morning and they stay later and later at night. And …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Brewster's Millions — George Barr McCutcheon |
Brewster's Millions “Brewster, confident that the stock could go no higher, and that sooner or later it must drop, calmly ordered his horse for a ride in the snow-covered park. Even though he knew the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Landloper: THE ROMANCE OF A MAN ON FOOT — Holman Day |
The Landloper: THE ROMANCE OF A MAN ON FOOT “"Yes, but you cannot wash the souls of them dam' scoundrels who send that water through the pipes to the poor people who can buy no other," he raged. "This is not your blame--you d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mr. Achilles — Jennette Lee |
Mr. Achilles “He looked up into the darkness and waited. He would let her sleep a minute . . . there was little danger now. The city waited, over there, with its low lights; and the friendly nig…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | When Egypt Went Broke — Holman Day |
When Egypt Went Broke “She went to Frank, stretching her hands to him, and he took them in his grasp. "I understand! I can wait," she told him. "And when the time comes and you call to me, I'll say, as R…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance — Marie Corelli |
The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance “I did not trouble myself to reply. The white sails of the 'Dream' were coming nearer and nearer over the smooth width of the sunlit water, and as she approached my heart grew warm …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Galusha the Magnificent — --by Joseph C. Lincoln |
Galusha the Magnificent “"'But,' says father--right here in this very room I heard him say it one night--'it's that one hundred and fifty shares that worry me. If the Eagle crowd ever COULD buy up those sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Christmas Present for a Lady — Myra Kelly |
A Christmas Present for a Lady “The hand was gentle and the question kind, and these, combined with a faint perfume suggestive of drug stores and barber shops-- but nicer than either-- made him uncover his hot li…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | To Make a Hoosier Holiday — George Ade |
To Make a Hoosier Holiday “"Not much!" exclaimed "Doc" Silverton, with great decision. "That'd look like a clean backdown. Don't give 'em anything to crow about. Let's beat 'em at their own game. We can do i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Absalom's Hair — Bjornstjerne Bjornson |
Absalom's Hair “There are some people who always will hold aloof. They are as irresponsive as a sooty kettle when you strike it. They are like peevish children who say "I won't," or surly old dogs…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Lion and the Mouse — Charles Klein |
The Lion and the Mouse “"I could not find out, sir. Their neighbours don't know much about them. They say they're haughty and stuck up. The only one I could get anything out of was a parson named Deetle. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Bomb — Frank Harris |
The Bomb “But already when I thought of the trial I began to grow indignant, for strong as their case was I began to fear, and this was the heart of my fear. The police had already asserted …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Common Lot — Robert Herrick |
The Common Lot “The lawyer accepted the information without remark, and hung up his telephone. He may have wondered what had brought about this change of heart in his cousin, but later, when the n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Khent — Raffi |
Khent “But one of their number shed no tears. His heart was filled with indignation, not against those who were burning and slaying, but against those who were letting themselves be slaug…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Master of the Inn — Robert Herrick |
The Master of the Inn “And after a few more words of greeting, the Doctor beckoned to Sam, and gave the guest over to his hands. Thereupon the Chinaman slippered through tiled passageways to the court, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cape Cod Stories — Joseph Crosby Lincoln |
Cape Cod Stories “"We cruised round for a spell, sort of prospecting, and then we landed at a little one-horse coral island, where there wa'n't no inhabitants, but where we was pretty dead sartin th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Maid of the Whispering Hills — Vingie E. Roe |
The Maid of the Whispering Hills “Picturesque they were, in their fringed buckskin cunningly tanned and beaded, their feathers and their ornaments of elk teeth and claws of the huge, thick-coated bears. At day-dawn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Three Soldiers — John Dos Passos |
Three Soldiers “"Anybody know where the electricity turns on?" asked the sergeant in a good-humored voice. "Here it is." The light over the door of the barracks snapped on, revealing a rotund chee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Failure — H.M. Tomlinson |
Failure “The elderly and donnish figure near me remained still, and bent closely, as if short-sighted, over the cabinet. He did not look the kind of man who in loneliness would venture an a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Magic Glasses — Frank Harris |
Magic Glasses “"I shall be delighted to give you a pair, if you will accept them," he replied, with eager courtesy; "my surety ought certainly to have a pair"; and then he peered at me in his cur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Point of View — Elinor Glyn |
The Point of View “"It is not a trouble at all," he began, gravely, "on the contrary, it is a great joy and honor for me. I will state the facts immediately. I understand that for a short while you h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories by Foreign Authors — Various |
Stories by Foreign Authors “Note: Scandinavian Authors, includes two by BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Lost Wood — H.M. Tomlinson |
A Lost Wood “Perhaps rebellion comes as much as anything from the sense that, as a unit in the paraphernalia of the State, one's identity is lost. A slave may have a soul, and possess it in pat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | 1492 — Mary Johnston |
1492 “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein |
The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein “I decided to free myself from myself a long time ago. The most important motive for the action was: I really don't like myself. I happen to be unable to bear the idea of living wit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jacob's Room — Virginia Woolf |
Jacob's Room “From a reprint of the 1921 edition. Thanks to everyone who helped put this work together.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Holiday Round — A. A. Milne |
The Holiday Round “The only event of importance last week was my victory over Henry by ten and eight. If you don't want to hear about that, then I shall have to pass on to you a few facts about his m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Man by the Name of Ziegler — Hermann Hesse |
A Man by the Name of Ziegler “He could think of nothing else to do but go sightseeing. After conscientious inquiry and mature reflection he decided on the historical museum and the zoo. The museum was free of c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | REMINISCENCES OF A STOCK OPERATOR — Edwin LeFevre |
REMINISCENCES OF A STOCK OPERATOR “What could I do? That wasn't an asinine tip. It was advice that came from the brother-in-law of the chairman of the board of directors. Dan was not only Alvin Marquand's closest fr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Contemporary Danish Prose |
Contemporary Danish Prose “"Yes, indeed they can! As long as anyone can remember there have only been ruffians living in that hut--no one else CAN live there!" he declared emphatically. The two lasses might …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Tattlings of a Retired Politician — Forrest Crissey |
Tattlings of a Retired Politician “After you've shot your rocket don't play with the stick. Start something new. Even the importunate widow of the parable had the good grace to let up after she'd landed what she was…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cashel Byron's Profession — George Bernard Shaw |
Cashel Byron's Profession “Alice went home from the castle expecting to find the household divided between joy at her good-fortune and grief at losing her; for her views of human nature and parental feeling …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Flyers — George Barr McCutcheon |
The Flyers “"They're discussing me, damn 'em," said the moody young man to himself. "I suppose they're pitying me. Damn cats! But I'll show 'em a thing or two they're not looking for before lo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Eeldrop and Appleplex — T.S. Eliot |
Eeldrop and Appleplex “The suburban evening was grey and yellow on Sunday; the gardens of the small houses to left and right were rank with ivy and tall grass and lilac bushes; the tropical South London …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Valley of Vision — Henry Van Dyke |
The Valley of Vision “In single file they crept through the prepared opening in the barbed-wire entanglement, and so out into No Man's Land, where they took up their spike-team formation. Phipps-Herrick…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories by Foreign Authors: German -- |
Stories by Foreign Authors: German -- “At first I was somewhat frightened, because he had made his appearance so suddenly; but was however myself again shortly afterwards, and said: "If it is you who have ordered me her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Quill's Window — George Barr McCutcheon |
Quill's Window “"Oh, gosh!" exclaimed Margaret, recovering herself. "Don't you go thinking he's as good as all that. From what he was telling me at breakfast the other day, he used to make the rou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Hollow of Her Hand — George Barr McCutcheon |
The Hollow of Her Hand “Not long ago in an adjoining State a man, who had served seventeen years of a life sentence for murder, was found to be wholly innocent. What happened? A PARDON was handed to him a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Unwilling Vestal — Edward Lucas White |
The Unwilling Vestal “That day he was returning from an inspection amid a large and gorgeous retinue. Brinnaria had a blurred vision of splendid uniforms and dazzling accoutrements. Her vision was blurr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Senator North — Gertrude Atherton |
Senator North “The load of care had lifted itself and gone. She had done the right thing, the momentous question was settled for the present, and Betty Madison had merely to shake her shoulders a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Rose in the Ring — George Barr McCutcheon |
The Rose in the Ring “He held his tongue for a moment, wavering between impulse and delicacy. His gaze went to Christine's half-averted face. He was moved by sudden apprehension. Was she beginning to su…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Fool and His Money — George Barr McCutcheon |
A Fool and His Money “"My dear Mr. Smart," she said seriously, "do you really contend that all of the conjugal unhappiness and unrest of the world is confined to the American girls who marry noblemen? H…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Prince of Graustark — George Barr McCutcheon |
The Prince of Graustark “During her stroll she passed several groups of men and women who were lightly, even scornfully employed in discussing an article of news which had to do with Mr. Blithers and the P…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | December Love — Robert Hichens |
December Love “"She must have! And you say to yourself, 'C'est fini!' and you throw up the sponge. No more struggles for you! From one day to another you become an old woman. I think I shall do a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cap'n Dan's Daughter — Joseph C. Lincoln |
Cap'n Dan's Daughter “"Daniel Dott!" she gasped. "Daniel Dott! You--YOU--why--my husband talking to me like that! My own HUSBAND! the man of all men that I expected would be proud of me! The man who sho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Queen Lucia — E. F. Benson |
Queen Lucia “It might be thought that even such activities as have here been indicated would be enough to occupy anyone so busily that he would positively not have time for more, but such was f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Whistling Mother — Grace S. Richmond |
The Whistling Mother “"Sure," I said, grinning at the car. We're not rich, and I don't sport a car to go to lectures with, like Hoofy and a lot of other fellows, so ours always looks darned good to me w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Venus in Furs — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch |
Venus in Furs “"And yet a restless, always unsatisfied craving for the nudity of paganism," she interrupted, "but that love, which is the highest joy, which is divine simplicity itself, is not fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sleeping Fires — Gertrude Atherton |
Sleeping Fires “She wisely modified her first program and drifted back into afternoon society by degrees; a plan of defensive campaign highly approved by Mrs. McLane, who detested lack of finesse.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In the Quarter — Robert W. Chambers |
In the Quarter “Rex concealed a frown in the ample folds of the towel. It crossed his mind that the colonel might better have stayed and taken care of his own daughter. If he, Rex, had had a siste…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories — Henry Seton Merriman |
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories “Cartoner reflected for some moments. "In the country from which I come," he said at length, "we have a very laudable reverence for relics and a very delicate taste in such matters.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Sheik — E. M. Hull |
The Sheik “The first modern romance novel, and the basis for Rudolph Valentino's film.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Prince of India, Volume 1 — Lew. Wallace |
The Prince of India, Volume 1 “Full title: THE PRINCE OF INDIA OR WHY CONSTANTINOPLE FELL…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Prince of India, Volume 2 |
The Prince of India, Volume 2 “That Lael was immured somewhere in the city, he doubted not; and he would find her, for what door could stand shut against knocking by a hand with money in it? But might it not be …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | White Ladies of Worcester — Florence L. Barclay |
White Ladies of Worcester “"You did right to be angry, my daughter," he said. "You were not angry with me, nor with the brave Crusader, nor with the foolish Seraphine. Your anger, all unconsciously, was arou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Elder Conklin and Other Stories — Frank Harris |
Elder Conklin and Other Stories “He thought it wiser not to reply to this, and contented himself with thanking her as they entered the room. He paused before Miss Conklin, and gave her "bumpkin," adding, by way of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fern's Hollow — Hesba Stretton |
Fern's Hollow “The work of a shepherd was far more to Stephen's taste than his dangerous toil as a collier. From his earliest years he had been accustomed to wander with his grandfather over the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Golden Arrow — Mary Webb |
Golden Arrow “The gate clicked and she was there. She had never looked so frail, so provocative; she had never been more purposeful or less desirous of admiration. They went in. Lily was genuine…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Swann's Way — Marcel Proust |
Swann's Way “He would make Odette play him the phrase again, ten, twenty times on end, insisting that, while she played, she must never cease to kiss him. Every kiss provokes another. Ah, in th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The House in Dormer Forest — Mary Webb |
The House in Dormer Forest “Jasper turned and went out. He would buy the candles himself. But he had no money. He went to look for his father and found him feeding the 'gun-dogs.' They received their supper w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Precious Bane — Mary Webb |
Precious Bane “It suited me, the quiet and the melancholy, for I was sad and quiet too. He that I loved was hurt, and I couldna get to him. There he lay, as weak as a babe, and only Missis Callar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Tender Buttons — Gertrude Stein |
Tender Buttons “Out of kindness comes redness and out of rudeness comes rapid same question, out of an eye comes research, out of selection comes painful cattle. So then the order is that a white …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lifted Masks — Susan Glaspell |
Lifted Masks “It lifted him then as a great wave--this passionate exultation that here was one man whom corruption could not claim as her own. Here was one human soul not to be had for a price! …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Shepherd's Life — W. H. Hudson |
A Shepherd's Life “Caleb was so taken with the pretty sight of all these little foxes, neighbours and playmates, that he went evening after evening to sit for an hour or longer watching them. One thi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Paula the Waldensian — Eva Lecomte |
Paula the Waldensian “"I don't remember all. I would have liked to have kept the letter. It was such a letter that would help any one to die, for it was certainly a treasure. But my poor madame wished t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mother — Grazia Deledda |
The Mother “The wind seized hold of her roughly, blowing out her skirts and the handkerchief over her head, as though it were trying to force her back into the house. But she knotted the handk…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cap'n Eri: A Story of the Coast |
Cap'n Eri: A Story of the Coast “Conversation among the captains was, for the next two days, confined to two topics, speculation as to how soon they might expect a reply from the Nantucket female and whether or no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | MARIE GRUBBE — Jens Peter Jacobsen |
MARIE GRUBBE “Sometimes when she stood at the open window leaning against the casement and looking down into the paved court below, she would feel an overmastering impulse to throw herself down,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Law-Breakers and Other Stories — Robert Grant |
The Law-Breakers and Other Stories “"But they are our country's laws just the same. And a good man--a patriotic man--ought not to break them." Mary was conscious of voicing George Colfax's sentiments as well as her o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | NIELS LYHNE — Jens Peter Jacobsen |
NIELS LYHNE “THERE was in Niels Lyhne's nature a lame reflec-tiveness, child of an instinctive shrinking from decisive action, grandchild of a subconscious sense that he lacked personality. He …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Happy End — Joseph Hergesheimer |
The Happy End “It was like turning a knife in her wound to agree apparently with Cesare Orsi--rather, she wanted to laugh at him coldly and leave him standing alone; but she must cultivate her de…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Web of Life — Robert Herrick |
The Web of Life “A rapid glance over the rooms proved to Sommers that Mrs. Carson was as clever a manipulator of capitalists as her husband. There were a few of the more important people of the cit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Vision of Desire — Margaret Pedler |
The Vision of Desire “"Oh, Robin, we ought to be awfully happy here!" she exclaimed. As she spoke, like a shadow passing betwixt her and the sun, came the memory of the morning at Montricheux, when she …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | All-Wool Morrison — Holman Day |
All-Wool Morrison “Therefore, when General Totten complimented him at eleven o'clock, Captain Sweetsir had no trouble at all in disguising his gratification and in assuming the approved, sour demeano…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Virgilia — Felicia Buttz Clark |
Virgilia “It was then that Alyrus shrank back and a deadly fear seized him. What had he done? What had he done? He remembered past kindnesses. He remembered how Sahira had been saved from a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Native Born — I. A. R. Wylie |
The Native Born “It was the first time that they were alone together since the eventful evening at the club, and in the intervening week enough had happened to give them food for intercourse. By mu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Fortitude — Hugh Walpole |
Fortitude “"The primrose path" was, of course, open to Peter. He was popular enough, at the beginning of that Autumn term, to do anything, and, had he followed the "closed-eyes" policy of his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories — Robert Herrick |
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories “But let me love you always. Let me fancy you, when I walk down these gleaming boulevards in the silent evenings, as you sit flashingly lovely by some soft lamplight, wrapped about …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bertram Cope's Year — Henry Blake Fuller |
Bertram Cope's Year “"The third girl--if you want to hear any more about them--seems to be a secretary. Think of having the run of a house where a social secretary is required! I'm sure she sends out t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |