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Machado de Assis – The Fortune-Teller
Hamlet observes to Horatio that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy.…
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Peter Christen Asbjornsen – Grumblegizzard
Tales from the Fjeld was published in Tales from the Fjeld (1908), translated by George Webbe Dasent. ONCE on a time there were…
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Peter Christen Asbjornsen – Round the Yule-Log: Christmas in Norway
The wind was whistling through the old lime and maple trees opposite my windows, the snow was sweeping down the…
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T.S. Arthur – A Dollar on the Conscience
“Fifty-five cents a yard, I believe you said?” The customer was opening her purse. Now fifty cents a yard was…
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T.S. Arthur – After a Shadow
“Arty! Arty!” called Mrs. Mayflower, from the window, one bright June morning. “Arty, darling! What is the child after? Just…
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T.S. Arthur – A Good Name
Two boys, named Jacob Peters and Ralph Gilpin were passing along Chestnut Street one evening about ten years ago, when…
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T.S. Arthur – Alice and the Pigeon
One evening in winter as Alice, a dear little girl whom everybody loved, pushed aside the curtains of her bedroom…
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T.S. Arthur – Amy’s Question
“Amy!” Mrs. Grove called from the door that opened towards the garden. But no answer came. The sun had set…
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T.S. Arthur – A Mystery Explained
“Going to the Falls and to the White Mountains!” “Yes, I’m off next week.” “How long will you be absent?”…
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T.S. Arthur – An Angel in Disguise
Idleness, vice, and intemperance had done their miserable work, and the dead mother lay cold and still amid her wretched…
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