Small Story
-
A Poor Man’s Tale of a Patent by Charles Dickens
I am not used to writing for print. What working-man, that never labours less (some Mondays, and Christmas Time and…
Read More » -
A Monument of French Folly by Charles Dickens
IT was profoundly observed by a witty member of the Court of Common Council, in Council assembled in the City…
Read More » -
A Message from the Sea by Charles Dickens
CHAPTER I — THE VILLAGE “And a mighty sing’lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all…
Read More » -
A Good-Humoured Christmas Chapter by Charles Dickens
A Good-Humoured Christmas Chapter, Containing an Account of a Wedding, and Some Other Sports Beside: “Which although in their way,…
Read More » -
A Flight by Charles Dickens
WHEN Don Diego de – I forget his name – the inventor of the last new Flying Machines, price so…
Read More » -
A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
Dickens helped to invigorate 19th century Christmas celebrations with several short stories and his infamous novella A Christmas Carol (1843).…
Read More » -
A Child’s Dream of a Star by Charles Dickens
A Child’s Dream of a StarBenh Lieu Song, Savault Chapel under the Milky Way, 2015THERE was once a child, and…
Read More » -
The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
The Cricket on the Hearth, A Fairy Tale of Home (1844) is the third of Dickens’ five Christmas Books. Chirp the First The kettle…
Read More » -
The Spy by Richard Harding Davis
My going to Valencia was entirely an accident. But the more often I stated that fact, the more satisfied was…
Read More » -
The Reporter Who Made Himself King by Richard Harding Davis
The Old Time Journalist will tell you that the best reporter is the one who works his way up. He…
Read More »
