English Literature
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Callista : a Tale of the Third CenturyCallista : a Tale of the Third Century To you alone, who have known me so long, and who love me so well, could I venture to offer a trifle like this. But you will recognise the author in his work, and take pleasure...
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 14The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 14There are men and classes of men that stand above the common herd: the soldier, the sailor, and the shepherd not unfrequently; the artist rarely; rarelier still, the clergyman; the physician almost as a...
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The Revenge: A TragedyThe Revenge: A TragedyThis tragedy is the dramatic master-piece of it's valuable author, but at first was not so successful as Busiris and his other plays. Though similar, in some degree, to the story of Shakspeare's Othello, the motives for resentment in Zanga are...
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In The Seven Woods: Being Poems Chiefly of the Irish Heroic AgeIn The Seven Woods: Being Poems Chiefly of the Irish Heroic AgeI made some of these poems walking about among the Seven Woods, before the big wind of nineteen hundred and three blew down so many trees, & troubled the wild creatures, & changed...
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 21The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 21When Dick Naseby was in Paris he made some odd acquaintances, for he was one of those who have ears to hear, and can use their eyes no less than their intelligence. He made...
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An Ocean TrampAn Ocean TrampAs I sit, this hot July day, by my window on the Walk, while the two streams, of traffic and of Thames, drift past me, I think of the man who was my friend, the man who loved this scene so well....
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Mystery at Geneva: An Improbable Tale of Singular HappeningsMystery at Geneva: An Improbable Tale of Singular HappeningsEvery effort has been made to replicate this text as closely as possible, including most inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation; a list of examples of the above appears at the end of this book. Changes (corrections...
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 15The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 15The Scene is laid in Edinburgh. The Time is towards the close of the Eighteenth Century. The Action, some fifty hours long, begins at eight p.m. on Saturday and ends before midnight on Monday...
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A Danish ParsonageA Danish Parsonage John Hardy had lived with his mother at Hardy Place. His father had died when he was six years of age, and there was consequently a long minority of fifteen years. The greatest influence in John Hardy's life was a trout...
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The LandleaguersThe LandleaguersIn 1834, at age 19, Anthony Trollope became a junior clerk in the British postal service. He did not get on well with his superiors, and his career looked like a dead end. In 1841 he accepted an assignment in Ireland as an...
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Collected Poems: Volume TwoCollected Poems: Volume TwoAll rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian. All dramatic and acting rights, both professional and amateur, are reserved. Application for the right of performing should be made to the publishers. Page Mist in the Valley...
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 09The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 09EdinburghColleaguesFarrago vitI. The family circleFleeming and his sonsHighland lifeThe cruise of the steam-launchSummer in StyriaRustic mannersII. The DramaPrivate theatricalsIII. Sanitary associationsThe phonographIV. Fleemings acquaintance with a studentHis late maturity of mindReligion and moralityHis love...
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The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd DrawcansirThe Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd DrawcansirThis text uses UTF-8 (Unicode) file encoding. If the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. First, make sure that your browsers character set or...
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Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book IIKipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book IIThe deep and widespread interest which the writings of Mr. Rudyard Kipling have excited has naturally led to curiosity concerning their author and to a desire to know the conditions of his life. Much has...
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Finn The WolfhoundFinn The WolfhoundFor a man whose thirtieth year was still not far behind him, the man's face was over careworn. It suggested that he felt life's difficulties more keenly than a man should at that age. But it may have been that this was...
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The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's LawsuitThe Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's LawsuitWhen Old Fogeyism is being lowered to his last resting place, Pettifoggism, being his chief mourner, will be so overwhelmed with grief that he will tumble into the same grave. How then to hasten the demise of this...
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BereniceBereniceYou may not care for the play, Ellison said eagerly. You are of the old world, and Isteinism to you will simply spell chaos and vulgarity. But the woman! well, you will see her! I dont want to prejudice you by praises which you...
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Percy: A TragedyPercy: A TragedyThe feuds of the rival houses of Percy and of Douglas have furnished materials for this melancholy tale, in which Mrs. More1 has embodied many judicious sentiments and excellent passages, producing a forcible lesson to parental tyranny. The victim of her husband's...
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 02The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 02Our friendship was not only founded before we were born by a community of blood, but is in itself near as old as my life. It began with our early ages, and, like a...
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Jane ShoreJane Shore - A TragedyIt has been observed, that Rowe seldom moves either pity or terror, but often elevates the sentiments; he seldom pierces the breast, but always delights the ear, and often improves the understanding. This excellent tragedy is always acted with great...
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