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A Conquest of Humility by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman A Conquest of Humility first appeared in Harper’s Bazaar (January, 1887). Two o’clock had been the

by O. Henry Before you start the story, it’s important to understand that a “cosmopolite” is someone that fashions themselves as a person or citizen

by Louisa May Alcott “A handful of good life is worth a bushel of learning.” Dear Emily, –I have a brilliant idea, and at once

by Franz Kafka Translation by Ian Johnston I was in great difficulty. An urgent journey was facing me. A seriously ill man was waiting for

by Anton Chekhov Osias Beert, Still Life of a Roast Chicken Osias Beert, Still Life of a Roast Chicken Two young people who had not

by Guy de Maupassant Paris had just heard of the disaster at Sedan. A republic had been declared. All France was wavering on the brink

by Guy de Maupassant For five months they had been talking of going to take luncheon in one of the country suburbs of Paris on

by Guy de Maupassant Last Monday an Indian prince died at Etretat, Bapu Sahib Khanderao Ghatay, a relation of His Highness, the Maharajah Gaikwar, prince

by Edith Wharton “My daughter Irene,” said Mrs. Carstyle (she made it rhyme with tureen), “has had no social advantages; but if Mr. Carstyle had

by Ralph Henry Barbour I have no patience with people who talk that kind of nonsense about marrying for love and the like. For my

by W. F. Harvey It really was most unfortunate. Peggy had a temperature of nearly a hundred, and a pain in her side, and Mrs.

by Mark Twain By courtesy of Mr. Cable I came into possession of a singular book eight or ten years ago. It is likely that

by Edith Wharton It was three o’clock in the morning, and the cotillion was at its height, when Woburn left the over-heated splendor of the

by Mark Twain This is the story which the Major told me, as nearly as I can recall it:– In the winter of 1862-3, I

by Jack London [The capitalist, or industrial oligarch, Roger Vanderwater, mentioned in the narrative, has been identified as the ninth in the line of the

by Mark Twain –[Published at the time of the “Comet Scare” in the summer of 1874] [We have received the following advertisement, but, inasmuch as

by Stephen Crane A Dark Brown Dog and the accompanying illustrations were published in Cosmopolitan, March 1901. The story was probably written in the summer

by Arthur Quiller-Couch A Dark Mirror is from Quiller-Couch’s collection, Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches (1898). Since I heard this mirror’s history, I

by Henry Lawson The new native-school teacher, who was “green”, “soft”, and poetical, and had a literary ambition, called her “August”, and fondly hoped to

A Daughter Of Albion by Anton Chekhov In this striking social critique, Anton Chekhov explores the boundaries of respect, specifically, the lack of a landowner’s

by Jack London “You–what you call–lazy mans, you lazy mans would desire me to haf for wife. It is not good. Nevaire, no, nevaire, will

by George Gissing From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories (1906). For a score of years the Rocketts had kept the lodge of Brent

by Jack London It was the gosh-dangdest stampede I ever seen. A thousand dog- teams hittin’ the ice. You couldn’t see ‘m fer smoke. Two

A Day In The Country by Anton Chekhov A dark leaden-coloured mass is creeping over the sky towards the sun. Red zigzags of lightning gleam