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Classic Reader: "The Balking of Christopher" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "The Balking of Christopher" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
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Classic Reader: "Balthazar's Daughter" by James Branch Cabell

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "Balthazar's Daughter" by James Branch Cabell
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Classic Reader: "The Bands of Ballyguttery" by George A. Birmingham

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "The Bands of Ballyguttery" by George A. Birmingham. What happened to the band instruments?
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Classic Reader: "Bank Holiday" by Katherine Mansfield

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "Bank Holiday" by Katherine Mansfield. The streets are bustling with people-musicians, children, psychics, and salesmen-because a bank holiday means that everyone is out of the house, enjoying the...
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Classic Reader: "The Banshee" by Anonymous

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "The Banshee" by an unknown author. Of all the superstitions prevalent amongst the natives of Ireland, there is none which has been so cordially cherished as the belief in the existence of the...
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Classic Reader: "Bargain Day at Tutt House" by George Randolph Chester

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the humorous short story "Bargain Day at Tutt House" by George Randolph Chester.
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Classic Reader: The Song of the Cardinal by Gene Stratton Porter

For Students 4th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is the early 1900s novel, The Song of the Cardinal. This work was written by the noted author and naturalist, Gene Stratton-Porter.
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Classic Reader: Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

For Students 3rd - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic literary works from famous authors. One book, originally published in German in 1812, is Johann David Wyss' Swiss Familiy Robinson. This English translation was book first published in 1814.
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Classic Reader: "Tales From Shakespeare" by Charles and Mary Lamb

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tales From Shakespeare, a story collection from Charles and Mary Lamb. This book, published in 1807, contains adapted versions of Shakespearean comedies and...
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Classic Reader: Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

For Students 4th - 6th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic books from famous authors. One book from the late 1800s is Lewis Carroll's sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass.
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Classic Reader: Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship by Victor Appleton

For Students 6th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1915, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main...
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Classic Reader: Tom Swift and His Air Glider by Victor Appleton

For Students 4th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Air Glider, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1912, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main...
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Classic Reader: Tom Swift and His Air Scout by Victor Appleton

For Students 5th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Air Scout, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1919, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main character...
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Classic Reader: "A Bargain With Peg Leg" by Frank Norris

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "A Bargain with Peg-Leg" by Frank Norris which describes Bunt McBride's account of Peg-Leg Smith, a shameful one-legged offender.
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Classic Reader: "Barker's Luck" by Bret Harte

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "Barker's Luck" by Bret Harte, a truly American author.
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Classic Reader: "The Baron's Quarry" by Egerton Castle

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "The Baron's Quarry" by Egerton Castle.
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Classic Reader: "The Baroness" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "The Baroness" by Guy de Maupassant, a French author
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Classic Reader: "The Beast in the Cave" by H. P. Lovecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "The Beast in the Cave" by H. P. Lovecraft, an American horror writer.
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Classic Reader: "The Beauties" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "The Beauties" by Anton Chekhov, a famous Russian writer.
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Classic Reader: "The Burial of the Guns" by Thomas Nelson Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "The Burial of the Guns" by Thomas Nelson Page; it is possible that it is part of a longer piece by the author.
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Classic Reader: "Barring the Way" by Ralph Henry Barbour

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "Barring the Way" by Ralph Henry Barbour, an American author.
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Classic Reader: "Bartleby the Scrivener, a Story of Wall Street" by H. Melville

For Students 9th - 10th
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: "Batard" by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "Batard" by Jack London. "Batard was a devil. This was recognized throughout the Northland. "Hell's Spawn" he was called by many men, but his master, Black Leclere, chose for him the shameful name...
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Classic Reader: "By the Rule of Contrary" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "By the Rule of Contrary" by Lucy M. Montgomery, a Canadian author, best known for her Anne of Green Gables books.