Literature
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Eclipses of Shakespeare and the Poets by George F. Chambers
Eclipses of Shakespeare and the Poets is excerpted from The Story of Eclipses (1899), a popular science book for general…
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Eclipses of the Sun Observer Hints by George F. Chambers
Eclipses of the Sun Observer Hints is excerpted from The Story of Eclipses (1899), a popular science book for general…
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Strange Eclipse Customs by George F. Chambers
Strange Eclipse Customs is excerpted from The Story of Eclipses (1899), a popular science book for general readers published in…
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A Burglar’s Christmas by Willa Cather
“Excuse me, but I think you dropped something.”She started, “O, yes, thank you, I would rather have lost anything than…
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A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather
A Wagner Matinee was first published in Scribner’s Magazine in 1903, before publication in Cather’s collection, The Troll Garden in…
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On the Divide by Willa Cather
Willa Cather’s story was first published in Overland Monthly in 1896. “Most men bring with them to the Divide only…
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On the Gull’s Road by Willa Cather
On the Gull’s Road (1908) is a touching memoir of Alexandra Deppling’s unrequited love on a ship from Genoa to…
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Paul’s Case by Willa Cather
Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament was published in Cather’s short story collection, The Troll Garden in 1905.A Study in…
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The Affair at Grover Station by Willa Cather
I heard this story sitting on the rear platform of an accommodation freight that crawled along through the brown, sun-dried…
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The Bookkeeper’s Wife by Willa Cather
The Bookkeeper’s Wife was published in Century Magazine in 1916. “His ledgers were all in their places, his desk was…
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