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Classic Reader: "Robina's Doll" by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Text of the short story "Robina's Doll" by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "The Romance of a Busy Broker" by O. Henry
Text of the short story "The Romance of a Busy Broker" by O. Henry. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "The Romance of an Ugly Policeman" by p.g. Wodehouse
Text of the short story "The Romance of an Ugly Policeman" by P.G. Wodehouse. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: W(illiam) Somerset Maugham
This generous biographical note about the British novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and once the highest paid author in the world profiles his life and such novels as Of Human Bondage and The Razor's Edge.
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Clubcultura: Isabel Allende
This site provides information in Spanish on Isabel Allende, the Chilean writer. Features include a chronology, interviews, photographs, and summaries of her novels, stories, and plays. English version available.
New York University
O'connor, Flannery
This site, part of one on medicine and the humanities from New York University, provides links to discussions of four of O'Connor's stories. The discussions included summaries of and commentaries on the stories.
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Classic Reader: "The Land of Lost Toys" by Juliana Horatia Ewing
Text of the short story "The Land of Lost Toys" by British author Juliana Horatia Ewing. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "The Manager of Madden's Hill" by Zane Grey
Text of a short story about baseball, "The Manager of Madden's Hill" by Zane Grey. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "A Mother of Monsters" by Guy De Maupassant
Text of the short story "A Mother of Monsters" by French author Guy de Maupassant. It tells the sad story of a woman who gave birth to deformed children due to the wearing of a tight corset. (Free site registration offers some additional...
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Book Page Interview: Gary Soto
This site, part of the online version of the magazine BookPage, provides a 1998 interview with Gary Soto, in which he discusses the themes of some of his works, his background, and his use of different genres of writing.
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Classic Reader: "The Ninth Vibration" by L. Adams Beck
Text of the short story "The Ninth Vibration" by L. Adams Beck, a Canadian author with British roots. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation" by H. G. Wells
Text of the short story "Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation" by H. G. Wells. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "Missy's Room" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Text of the short story "Missy's Room" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "A Matter of Sentiment" by H. H. Munro
Text of the short story "A Matter of Sentiment" by H. H. Munro. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "Love of Life" by Jack London
Text of the short story "Love of Life" by Jack London. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "Lost Hearts" by Montague Rhodes James
Text of the short story "Lost Hearts" by British author Montague Rhodes James. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "Look at T'other Side" by T. S. Arthur
Text of the short story "Look at t'Other Side" by T. S. Arthur. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "Legends of the Province House: Ii. Edward Randolph's Portrait"
Text of the short story "Legends of the Province House: II. Edward Randolph's Portrait" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Text of the short story "Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "Psyche's Art" by Louisa May Alcott
Text of the short story "Psyche's Art" by Louisa May Alcott. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "A Question of Possession" by Andy Adams
Text of the short story "A Question of Possession" by Andy Adams, an American author in the genre of western fiction. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "A Redeeming Sacrifice" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Text of the short story "A Redeeming Sacrifice" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "The Redheaded Outfield" by Zane Grey
Text of the short story "The Redheaded Outfield" by Zane Grey. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Classic Reader: "The Rube" by Zane Grey
The text of the baseball story "The Rube" by Zane Grey, an American author of mainly western stories and novels. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)