THE WATKINSON EVENING
By Eliza Leslie (1787–1858) Mrs. Morland, a polished and accomplished woman, was the widow of…
THE SCHOOLMASTER’S PROGRESS
By Caroline M.S. Kirkland (1801–1864) Master William Horner came to our village to school when…
THE NICE PEOPLE
By Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896) “They certainly are nice people,” I assented to my wife’s…
THE HOTEL EXPERIENCE OF MR. PINK FLUKER
By Richard Malcolm Johnston (1822–1898) I Mr. Peterson Fluker, generally called Pink, for his fondness…
THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES
By O. Henry (1862–1910) When Major Pendleton Talbot, of Mobile, sir, and his daughter, Miss…
THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY
By Mark Twain (1835–1910) In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who…
THE BULLER-PODINGTON COMPACT
By Frank Richard Stockton (1834–1902) “I tell you, William,” said Thomas Buller to his friend…
THE ANGEL OF THE ODD
By Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) It was a chilly November afternoon. I had just consummated…
MY DOUBLE; AND HOW HE UNDID ME
By Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909) It is not often that I trouble the readers of…
LONEL STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF
By Bret Harte (1839–1902) It had been a day of triumph for Colonel Starbottle. First,…
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