Literature
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Three and One are One by Ambrose Bierce
In the year 1861 Barr Lassiter, a young man of twenty-two, lived with his parents and an elder sister near…
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Two Military Executions by Ambrose Bierce
In the spring of the year 1862 General Buell’s big army lay in camp, licking itself into shape for the…
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What I Saw of Shiloh by Ambrose Bierce
I This is a simple story of a battle; such a tale as may be told by a soldier who…
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What Occurred at Franklin by Ambrose Bierce
For several days, in snow and rain, General Schofield’s little army had crouched in its hastily constructed defenses at Columbia,…
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God Bless America by Irving Berlin
God Bless America was first published in 1918, then revised with new lyrics as a “peace song” with the rise…
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The Looking-Glass by J.D. Beresford
The Looking-Glass was first published in The Cornhill Magazine in 1921. It was featured in The Best British Short Stories…
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The Blackmailer of Park Lane by E.F. Benson
The Blackmailer of Park Lane was published in Benson’s story collection, The Countess of Lowndes Square, with stories about blackmail,…
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The Tragedy of Oliver Bowman by E.F. Benson
The Tragedy of Oliver Bowman is Benson’s sardonic story he calls a “crank” in The Countess of Lowndes Square and…
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A Letter Home by Arnold Bennett
A Letter Home was published in The Yellow Book, volume 6 (1895).Rain was falling—it had fallen steadily through the night—but…
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An Unfair Advantage by Arnold Bennett
IJames Peake and his wife, and Enoch Lovatt, his wife’s half-sister’s husband, and Randolph Sneyd, the architect, were just finishing…
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