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Semi-autobiographical series of incidents in the life of an intellectual American family in the late 19th - early 20th Century as seen by favored daughter, Sylvia Marshall. Her father is an economics professor in a Midwestern state university and she is following in his inquisitive footsteps. Canfield writes this in a matter-of-fact manner with Tarkingtonesque good humor. ( Summary by BellonaTimes )

A selection of eight short works, chapters, or poems about Christmas. - Summary by david wales

The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse by Thornton W. Burgess is a charming woodland story filled with danger, friendship, curiosity, and the everyday challenges of life in the wild.Danny Meadow Mouse may be small, but his world is full of adventure. Living among fields, woods, and familiar animal neighbors, Danny must constantly stay alert as he searches for food, explores his surroundings, and tries to avoid the many creatures that see a little meadow mouse as an easy meal.Throughout the story, Danny encounters a variety of animals, including birds, woodland neighbors, and dangerous predators....

Wilde’s meditation on capital punishment, the Ballad of Reading Gaol comes after he was convicted and imprisoned under charges of gross indecency. The charges stemmed from his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, the son of the Marquis of Queensberry. It relates the story of an execution of a man who murdered his wife which Wilde witnessed during his internment. Published in 1898, it was Wilde’s last published poem as he would die in 1900 from cerebral meningitis, caused by syphilis.(Summary by John Gonzalez)

Ring Lardner is a typical parent when his first child is born, full of wonder and the rest of the usual emotions as he watches his little son grow. He wrote a series of 29 short poems on various facets of parenthood. (Summary by Jack Thro)

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson is a novel that follows an unnamed biracial protagonist navigating race and identity in early 20th-century America. Born to a Black mother and a wealthy white father, he grows up privileged but later experiences racism, forcing him to confront his identity. A talented pianist, he explores Black culture through music and travels from the American South to Europe. Eventually, he chooses to "pass" as white, abandoning his heritage for social and economic security. The novel critiques racial hypocrisy and explores the cost of ...

Aunt Hannah and Martha and John by Pansy and Mrs. C. M. Livingston is a gentle, family-centered story about guidance, character, responsibility, and the everyday choices that shape young lives.The narrative follows Aunt Hannah and the children Martha and John as they move through situations involving family relationships, lessons in conduct, personal growth, and moral decision-making. Through conversations and small domestic events, the story explores values such as kindness, honesty, patience, faith, and consideration for others.Rather than relying on dramatic action, the book develops ...

Gil Blas is born in misery to a stablehand and a chambermaid of Santillana in Cantabria, and is educated by his uncle. He leaves Oviedo at the age of seventeen to attend the University of Salamanca. His bright future is suddenly interrupted when he is forced to help robbers along the route and is faced with jail. He becomes a valet and, over the course of several years, is able to observe many different classes of society, both lay and clerical. Because of his occupation, he meets many disreputable people and is able to adjust to many situations, thanks to his adaptability and quick wit.He ...

Jesse Harding Pomeroy was only 12 years old when he was arrested for the assault of 7 boys near his home in the South Boston area of Massachusetts. He was sent to reform school for a year and released. Shortly after his release, the body of a young boy was found mutilated almost beyond recognition. Then the body of a young girl was discovered in the basement of the building which Jesse's mother had rented to run her small dressmaking shop. Jesse would be tried and found guilty of the two murders when he was but 14 years of age, and thus has been referred to as "America's youngest serial killer...

Collected here are all of Clark Aston Smith's writings he submitted to The Fantasy Fan Magazine. The Fantasy Fan Magazine was a periodical dedicated to people professing their love of and celebrating fantasy and weird fiction. In addition to the opinion pieces and non-fiction articles, The Fantasy Fan also included many short stories and poems by some of the authors it celebrated such as H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith, a personal favorite of editor Charles D. Hornig. Smith contributed quite a variety of stories, poems and articles to The Fantasy Fan over its two-year ...

Beautiful Joe is a real dog, and "Beautiful Joe" is his real name. He belonged during the first part of his life to a cruel master, who mutilated him in the manner described in the story. He was rescued from him, and is now living in a happy home with pleasant surroundings, and enjoys a wide local celebrity.The character of Laura is drawn from life, and to the smallest detail is truthfully depicted. The Morris family has its counterparts in real life, and nearly all of the incidents of the story are founded on fact. (Summary by Marshall Saunders)

The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is William Henry Davies’s vivid account of life as a wandering laborer and homeless traveler during the final years of the nineteenth century. Leaving Wales as a young man, Davies crosses the Atlantic and begins an uncertain existence across the United States, Canada, and Britain.He works aboard cattle ships, accepts temporary jobs, begs for food, sleeps outdoors, and travels illegally on freight trains. Along the way, he encounters hardened wanderers, generous strangers, dishonest companions, policemen, prisoners, and working people struggling to survive. ...

A delightful collection of short stories by some of the luminary authors of the Victorian era. These stories explore the truth behind the Victorian marriage. - Summary by Gina Belmonde

'The Beast in the Jungle' is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally considered one of James' finest short narratives, this story treats appropriately universal themes: loneliness, fate, love and death. The parable of John Marcher and his peculiar destiny has spoken to many readers who have speculated on the worth and meaning of human life.

The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope is a Victorian novel about love, ambition, money, social expectation, and the difficult choices people make when personal feeling conflicts with status and security.The story follows George Bertram, a talented young man whose future seems full of promise after his success at Oxford. His life becomes closely connected with Caroline Waddington, an intelligent and strong-minded woman, as well as with members of the Bertram family whose wealth and position shape the choices available to them.As relationships develop, Trollope explores how love can be complicated by...

The eleventh volume of the Beacon Lights of History series, this volume is the first that directly refers to the United States. In this volume is found Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adam, Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall. - Summary by KHand

I scruple not to confess that with all her faults, and she has some, I love her dearly : I owe her many mirthful moments, and the deeper pleasure still of believing that she has brought mirthful moments to others also. Honestly avowing this to be the case, can any one wonder, can any one blame me, for feeling an affectionate longing at my heart to follow her upon the expedition upon which I sent her when last we parted'? I will forthwith proceed to tell them all that has happened to this dear excellent lady since General Hubert and Mr. Stephenson left her in her grand drawing-room in ...

Balder Dead by Matthew Arnold is a dramatic narrative poem inspired by Norse mythology and centered on the death of Balder, the beloved son of Odin. First published in 1855, the work retells one of the most tragic legends of the ancient northern gods, combining mythic grandeur with themes of grief, fate, loyalty, and the limits of divine power.The story begins after Balder has been killed by the blind god Hoder, who unknowingly throws the fatal mistletoe given to him by Loki. The gods of Asgard are devastated by the loss. Refusing to accept Balder’s fate without a struggle, Odin sends Hermod...

284 fables on a wide range of subjects, written by the famous author Aesop.

In The Basis of Morality, Arthur Schopenhauer confronts one of philosophy’s most enduring questions: what gives a human action genuine moral worth? Rejecting systems founded on divine reward, social approval, legal punishment, or personal advantage, Schopenhauer argues that morality cannot arise from disguised self-interest. He also challenges Immanuel Kant’s ethics, questioning whether abstract duties and universal rules can truly explain unselfish conduct.For Schopenhauer, authentic virtue begins with compassion—the immediate recognition of another person’s suffering as something ...