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Read classic short stories by world famous authors.
A Charmed Life By Richard Harding Davis

"...How can you talk of going to war—to be killed—to me? And now, now that you have made me love you so?"

JUST HER WAY By Annie Fellows Johnston

Sad story about how the thoughtlessness of one young woman with everything forever altered the life of another young woman living in poverty.

Bad Medicine By Andy Adams

Old West classic short...

The Nightingale and the Rose By Oscar Wilde

Tragic tale of one who gave their all for love of another, whose sacrifice was never known nor appreciated by the one for whom all was given.

Old Well-Well By Zane Grey

The most famous baseball fan from Boston to Baltimore attends his last game to cheer on his protege...

Human Life By T.S. Arthur

Sad story about a man with wanderlust and his faithful wife who follows his lead without question and suffers in silence his poor life and business decisions...

Three Thanksgiving Kisses By E. P. Roe

It was the day before Thanksgiving. The brief cloudy November afternoon was fast merging into early twilight. The trees, now gaunt and bare, creaked and groaned ...

THE LAST LEAF By O. Henry

A young artist's life hangs in the balance, held as precariously as the last leaf that clings to the vine outside her window...

THE VETERAN By Stephen Crane

A classic short story about courage and heroism.

To Build A Fire By Jack London

A classic short story by famous author, Jack London, about a man struggling to survive in the Alaskan wilderness.

The Snake By Stephen Crane

Classic tale about an encounter between man and beast, each doing what comes naturally. Only one of them survives.

The Selfish Giant By Oscar Wilde

A selfish giant has a change of heart, which makes all the difference for the children in his land, and for himself as well.

The Devil and Tom Walker By Washington Irving

Tom Walker makes a deal with the devil to acquire a pirates treasure and fortune, but later in life has second thoughts as he contemplates the hereafter...

A Dog's Tale By Mark Twain

My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me, I do not know these nice distinctions myself....

A Haunted House By Virginia Woolf

Classic short story of the sighs and whispers of wandering souls and lovers who inhabit this house...

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