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Wessex TalesWessex Tales An apology is perhaps needed for the neglect of contrast which is shown by presenting two consecutive stories of hangmen in such a small collection as the following. But in the neighbourhood of county-towns tales of executions used to form a large...
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The Last Chronicle of BarsetThe Last Chronicle of Barsetcan never bring myself to believe it, John," said Mary Walker, the pretty daughter of Mr. George Walker, attorney of Silverbridge. Walker and Winthrop was the name of the firm, and they were respectable people, who did all the solicitors'...
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North of BostonNorth of Boston CONTENTS The Pasture Mending Wall The Death of the Hired Man The Mountain A Hundred Collars Home Burial The Black Cottage Blueberries A Servant to Servants After Apple-picking The Code The Generations of Men The Housekeeper The Fear The Self-seeker The...
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Faust — Part 1Faust — Part 1Please take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce about two million dollars...
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A Boy's WillA Boy's Will Part I Into My Own The youth is persuaded that he will be rather more than less himself for having forsworn the world. Ghost House He is happy in society of his choosing. My November Guest He is in love with...
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Pointed Roofs: Pilgrimage, Volume 1Pointed Roofs: Pilgrimage, Volume 1 I have read Pointed Roofs three times. The first time it came to me with its original wardrobe, a different dress for every mood; and in some places the handwriting of the manuscript clothed the thought with the ragged...
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A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs — Troisième partieA l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs — Troisième partie Une fois M. de Charlus parti, nous pmes enfin, Robert et moi, aller dner chez Bloch. Or je compris pendant cette petite fte que les histoires trop facilement trouves drles par notre camarade taient...
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A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs — Deuxième partieA l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs — Deuxième partie Cependant Mme Bontemps qui avait dit cent fois qu'elle ne voulait pas aller chez les Verdurin, ravie d'tre invite aux mercredis, tait en train de calculer comment elle pourrait s'y rendre le plus de...
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A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs - Première partieA l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs - Première partie Ma mre, quand il fut question d'avoir pour la premire fois M. de Norpois dner, ayant exprim le regret que le Professeur Cottard ft en voyage et qu'elle-mme et entirement cess de frquenter Swann,...
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Samuel Butler: A SketchSamuel Butler: A SketchSamuel Butler was born on the 4th December, 1835, at the Rectory, Langar, near Bingham, in Nottinghamshire. His father was the Rev. Thomas Butler, then Rector of Langar, afterwards one of the canons of Lincoln Cathedral, and his mother was Fanny...
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Mark Twain: A Biography. CompleteMark Twain: A Biography. Complete Clemens took a room at The Playersa cheap room, he wrote, at $1.50 per day. It was now the end of September, the beginning of a long half-year, during which Mark Twain's fortunes were at a lower ebb than...
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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 2: 1907-1910Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 2: 1907-1910Clemens made a brief trip to Bermuda during the winter, taking Twichell along; their first return to the island since the trip when they had promised to come back so soon-nearly thirty years before. They had...
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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907It would be hard to exaggerate the stir which the newspapers and the public generally made over the homecoming of Mark Twain. He had left America, staggering under heavy obligation and set out on a pilgrimage...
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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900The Browning readings must have begun about this time. Just what kindled Mark Twain's interest in the poetry of Robert Browning is not remembered, but very likely his earlier associations with the poet had something to...
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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900"A man reaches the zenith at forty, the top of the hill. From that time forward he begins to descend. If you have any great undertaking ahead, begin it now. You will never be so capable...
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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875 It was not easy to take up the daily struggle again, but it was necessary.[Clemens once declared he had been so blue at this period that one morning he put a loaded pistol to his...
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Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866 First, I want to confess how I have envied you your association with Mark Twain in those days when you and he went gipsying, a long time ago. Next, I want to express my wonder...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. CompleteThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent. The doctrine of the...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 30: Old Age and DeathThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 30: Old Age and Death You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered...
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 29: Florence to TriesteThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 29: Florence to TriesteWithout speaking at any length I asked the young grand duke to give me an asylum in his dominions for as long as I might care to stay. I anticipated any questions...
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