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»The Idiots« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1896. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, ...

Captain Whalley, an aging and once-prosperous sea captain, is struggling to maintain his dignity and livelihood in his twilight years. Whalley owns a share in a rundown steamer, th ...

Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, Joseph Conrad’s novella The Duel tells the fascinating tale of two French officers, D'Hubert and Feraud, whose rivalry escalates in ...

»The Brute« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1906. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, a ...

»An Outpost of Progress« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1897. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of ...

»Amy Foster« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1901. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, ...

Kate Chopin’s insightful short story »The Story of an Hour« made waves upon its first publication in 1894, owing to the central theme of female liberation and marriage. KATE CHOPI ...

»A Respectable Woman« is a short story by Kate Chopin, originally published in 1894. KATE CHOPIN [1851–1904] was born in St Louis. She had six children during her marriage, and it ...

»The Yellow Sign« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1895 in the short story collection The King in Yellow. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] was an American ...

»The Repairer of Reputations« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1895 in the short story collection The King in Yellow. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] was ...

»The Messenger« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1897 in the short story collection The Mystery of Choice. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] was an America ...

»The Mask« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1895 in the short story collection The King in Yellow. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] was an American author ...

»The Maker of Moons« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1896 in the short story collection The Maker of Moons. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] was an Ameri ...

»The Key to Grief« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1897 in the short story collection The Mystery of Choice. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] was an Amer ...

»The Harbor-Master« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1904 in the short story collection In Search of the Unknown. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] was an ...

»The Demoiselle d’Ys« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1895 in the short story collection The King in Yellow. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] was an Amer ...

»Is the Ux Extinct?« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1904 in the short story collection In Search of the Unknown. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] was an ...

»In the Court of the Dragon« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1895 in the short story collection The King in Yellow. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] was ...

»In Quest of the Dingue« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1904 in the short story collection In Search of the Unknown. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] wa ...

»A Pleasant Evening« is a short story by Robert W. Chambers, originally published 1896 in the short story collection The Maker of Moons. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS [1865-1933] was an Ameri ...

When the young Swedish-descended Alexandra Bergson inherits her father's farm in Nebraska, she must transform the land from a wind-swept prairie landscape into a thriving enterpris ...

The young girl Alice climbs through a mirror and ends up in a magical, mirror-reversed world. Even the logic is reversed, so if you run, you stand still, and if you walk away from ...

In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [1865], the young girl Alice falls down a rabbit hole into an underground fantasy world populated by unforgettable anthropomorph ...

»The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch« is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, originally published in 1889.AMBROSE BIERCE [1842-1914] was an American author, journalist, and war veteran. He ...

»The Moonlit Road« is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, originally published in 1907.AMBROSE BIERCE [1842-1914] was an American author, journalist, and war veteran. He was one of th ...