A Newspaper Story
A Newspaper Story Short Story by O. Henry AT 8 a.m. it lay on Giuseppi’s news-stand, still damp from the presses. Giuseppi, … Continue Reading
Reality
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin Short Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne “He is Born 1706 and Died 1790.” In the year 1716, or about that … Continue Reading
Why Some Succeed While Others Fail
Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Short Story by Benjamin Franklin Possibly there never has lived a man who has excited … Continue Reading
I and My Chimney
I and My Chimney Short Story by Herman Melville I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the … Continue Reading
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Bartleby, the Scrivener Short Story by Herman Melville “A Story of Wall-street.” I AM a rather elderly man. The nature of … Continue Reading
Hop-Frog
Hop-Frog Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe I NEVER knew anyone so keenly alive to a joke as the king was. … Continue Reading
Berenice
Berenice Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe MISERY is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon … Continue Reading
A Descent Into the Maelstrom
A Descent Into the Maelstrom Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe WE had now reached the summit of the loftiest … Continue Reading
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best … Continue Reading
A Baffled Ambuscade
A Baffled Ambuscade Short Story by Ambrose Bierce Connecting Readyville and Woodbury was a good, hard turnpike nine or ten miles … Continue Reading