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Classic Reader: "Bertie's Christmas Eve" by H. H. Munro
This is the text of the short story "Bertie's Christmas Eve" by H. H. Munro. Bertie wreaks havoc at the Christmas party.
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Classic Reader: Edith Wharton
This site provides links to the full text of 6 novels and 12 short stories by Edith Wharton.
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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 Shorts: Classic Short Stories
This online story collection is classified alphabetically by author, and includes works by Jack London, James Joyce and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The word count for each story is given so the reader can determine the length of story the...
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Classic Reader: Fiction: Alphabetical Search
This website offers the full text for thousands of short stories, novels, drama, and more. This search allows you to search by clicking on the letter of the alphabet of the text you are looking for and then find a link to the full text....
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Classic Reader: Authors: Washington Irving
This site features the author Washington Irving including a biography and the full text of the novel Old Christmas and three short stories: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", "Little Britain", and "Rip Van Winkle".
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Classic Reader: Authors: Lucy Maud Montgomery
This site features the author Lucy Maud Montgomery including a biography, the full text of 11 children's novels, and 139 short stories. The Anne of Green Gables series is included in the novels.
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Classic Reader: "Two Military Executions" by Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce is famous for his writings on the Civil War and showing the brutality that occurred. "Two Military Executions" is short story about a young soldier sentenced to death for hitting an officer. Read the full text on this site.
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Classic Reader: "What I Saw of Shiloh" by Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Pierce fought in some bloody battles during the Civil War. He reminisces about one such battle in "What I Saw of Shiloh" in this short story.
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Classic Reader: "Bartleby the Scrivener, a Story of Wall Street" by H. Melville
This is the full text of the short story "Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street" by Herman Melville. A successful lawyer on Wall Street hires Bartleby, a scrivener, to relieve the load of work experienced by his law firm. For...
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Classic Reader: "Davenport's Story" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
This is the complete text of the short story "Davenport's Story" by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
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Classic Reader: "Butterflyflutterby and Flutterbybutterfly" by William Howells
This is the full text of the short story "Butterflyflutterby and Flutterbybutterfly" by William Howells, one of the five short delightful stories for children, told in the voice of "the papa" to "the girl" and "the boy."
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Classic Reader: Authors: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
This site features the author Thomas Bailey Aldrich including the full text of the novel The Story of a Bad Boy, the nonfiction work An Old Town by the Sea, the poetry collection The Sister's Tragedy, and two short stories.
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Classic Reader: "The Butterfly That Stamped" by Rudyard Kipling
This is the full text of the short story "The Butterfly that Stamped" by Rudyard Kipling; the story is about a butterfly and his wife helping a mighty king control his quarreling wives. It is part of his Just So Stories.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Montague Rhodes James
This site features the author Montague Rhodes James including the full text of nine short stories including "The Ash-tree", "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book", and "Casting the Runes".
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Classic Reader: Authors: Edith Nesbit
This site features the author Edith Nesbit including the full text of six children's novels, an adult novel, and the short story "The Bristol Bowl".
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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: "Bulger's Reputation" by Bret Harte
This is the text of the short story "Bulger's Reputation" by Bret Harte, a classic western set in Rattlesnake Camp.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Arnold Bennett
This site features the author Arnold Bennett including the full text of the novel The Matador of the Five Towns and 21 short stories.
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Classic Reader: "After the Theatre" by Anton Chekhov
"After the Theatre" is a short story by the Russian author Anton Chekhov. The story is about the behavior of a teenage girl upon returning from the theater.
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Classic Reader: "After Twenty Years" by O Henry
The short story "After Twenty Years" by O Henry is about a man and a cop who meet on the street. It is a great example of O Henry's famous stories with a twist.
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Classic Reader: "Babes in the Jungle" by O Henry
This is the full text of the short story "Babes In the Jungle," a story of two con men in New York, by O Henry who is famous for his surprise endings.
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Classic Reader: "A Baby Tramp" by Ambrose Bierce
This is the full text of the short story "A Baby Tramp" by Ambrose Bierce. The story is about a boy who was sent away to be protected from the strange occurrences in his town.
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Classic Reader: "Bad Weather" by Anton Chekhov
This is the full text of the short story "Bad Weather" by the Russian author Anton Chekhov. It's the story of a rainy summer holiday.