The Star by H.G. Wells

The Star by H.G. Wells

It was on the first day of the New Year that the announcement was made, almost simultaneously from three observatories,…

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Hearts And Hands by O. Henry

Hearts And Hands by O. Henry

At Denver there was an influx of passengers into the coaches on the eastbound B. & M. Express. In one…

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The Pumpkin-Glory by William Dean Howells

The Pumpkin-Glory by William Dean Howells

The papa had told the story so often that the children knew just exactly what to expect the moment he…

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Fairy Tales : Little Red Riding Hood

Fairy Tales : Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by every one who looked at her,…

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Fairy Tales : Jack and the Beanstalk

Fairy Tales : Jack and the Beanstalk

Once upon a time there lived a poor widow and her son Jack. One day, Jack’s mother told him to…

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The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

Once on a time there was a Little Old Woman who lived in a Shoe. This shoe stood near a…

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Babes in the Jungle by O. Henry

Babes in the Jungle by O. Henry

Montague Silver, the finest street man and art grafter in the West, says to me once in Little Rock: “If…

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A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane

A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane

A Child was standing on a street-corner. He leaned with one shoulder against a high board-fence and swayed the other…

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To Build a Fire by Jack London

To Build a Fire by Jack London

Day had broken cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail…

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad…

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The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen

The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen

Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening– the last evening of the year….

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What Men Live By - Leo Tolstoy

What Men Live By – Leo Tolstoy

A shoemaker named Simon, who had neither house nor land of his own, lived with his wife and children in…

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