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Classic Reader: "A Bird of Bagdad" by O. Henry
This is the text of the short story "A Bird Of Bagdad" by O. Henry, a tale with a twist.
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Classic Reader: "The Birthday of the Infanta" by Oscar Wilde
This is the text of the short story "The Birthday of the Infanta" by Oscar Wilde, a fantasy story.
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Classic Reader: "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This is the text of the short story "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a story about the cost of perfection.
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Classic Reader: "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
This is the text of the short story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, a tale of horror.
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Classic Reader: "Black Joe" by Henry Lawson
This is the text of the short story "Black Joe" by Henry Lawson, a story in which Aborigines play a major part.
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Classic Reader: "The Blind Man" by Guy De Maupassant
This is the text of the short story "The Blind Man" by Guy de Maupassant, a short piece that examines the experience of the blind man and the severe treatment he experienced at the hands of his family and the community.
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Classic Reader: "The Blind Spot" by H. H. Munro
This is the text of the short story "The Blind Spot" by H. H. Munro, a murder mystery.
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Classic Reader: "The Boarding House" by James Joyce
This is the text of the short story "The Boarding House" by James Joyce, a tale of misdirection.
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Classic Reader: "A Boating Adventure in the Carolines" by Louis Becke
This is the text of the short story "A Boating Adventure in the Carolines" by Louis Becke, a shipwreck story.
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Classic Reader: "Bobaran" by Louis Becke
This is the text of the short story "Bobaran" by Louis Becke, a story of an adventure on the South Sea.
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Classic Reader: "Bon Bon" by Edgar Allan Poe
This is the text of the short story Bon-Bon by Edgar Allan Poe, the story of Pierre Bon-Bon, a chef and philosopher who was visited by the devil.
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Classic Reader: "The Bones of Kahekili" by Jack London
This is the text of the short story "The Bones of Kahekili" by Jack London; It is part of a collection published after Jack London's death in 1916. The story is set in Hawaii in the year 1880.
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Classic Reader: "A Boring Story" by Anton Chekhov
This is the text of the novella "A Boring Story" by Anton Chekhov (also known as "A Dreary Story"). It is narrated by a dying professor of medicine charting his own decline as he approaches death.
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Classic Reader: "Breaking a Spell" by w.w. Jacobs
This is the text of the short story "Breaking a Spell" by W.W. Jacobs; it is part 6 of a larger collection entitled Odd Craft.
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Classic Reader: "The Brief Debut of Tildy" by O Henry
This is the text of the short story "The Brief Debut of Tildy" by O Henry; a chance encounter helps a young waitress come out of her shell.
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Classic Reader: "The Bristol Bowl" by Edith Nesbit
This is the text of the short story "The Bristol Bowl" by Edith Nesbit. What do you do if you break a valuable piece of China belonging to a crotchety elderly aunt who you hope will make you her heir?
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Classic Reader: "The Brogue" by H. H. Munro
This is the text of the short story "The Brogue" by H. H. Munro, a story of an infamous horse named Brogue.
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Classic Reader: "The Bronckhorst Divorce Case" by Rudyard Kipling
This it the text of the short story "The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case" by Rudyard Kipling, a story about a divorce trial with a twist.
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Classic Reader: "Brown of Calaveras" by Bret Harte
This is the text of the short story "Brown of Calaveras" by Bret Harte, a classic western featuring the intrigue of a gambler, a friend, and a wife and the intertwining of their relationships with comical overtones.
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Classic Reader: "The Brute" by Joseph Conrad
This is the text of the short story "The Brute" by Joseph Conrad. A ship is known as The Brute because of its perceived knack for killing at least one sailor on every one of its voyages, but instead of frightening men away, the bolder...
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Classic Reader: "Bull Dogs of the Sea" by Louis Becke
This is the nonfiction story "Bull-Dogs of the Sea" by Louis Becke about killer whales.
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Classic Reader: "Bunches of Knuckles" by Jack London
This is the text of the short story "Bunches of Knuckles" by Jack London, a story about a Christmas dinner on the yacht Samoset which turned ugly after the captain had too much to drink.
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Classic Reader: Book: Crito by Plato
This site features the full text of the dialogue Crito by Plato, a conversation between Socrates and his wealthy friend Crito regarding justice and injustice.
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Classic Reader: Book: Euthydemus by Plato
This site features the full text of the dialogue Euthydemus by Plato, a conversation between Socrates and his Crito.