THE LONG-TAILED MONKEYS,
OR “HELP ONE ANOTHER!” A PARTY of the long-tailed monkeys wanted to cross a narrow…
A FRIEND OF NAPOLEON
By Richard Connell ALL Paris held no happier man than Papa Chibou. He loved his…
WAKEFIELD
By Nathaniel Hawthorne In some old magazine or newspaper I recollect a story, told as…
THE VILLAGE UNCLE
AN IMAGINARY RETROSPECT By Nathaniel Hawthorne Come! another log upon the hearth. True, our little…
THE TOLL-GATHERER’S DAY
A SKETCH OF TRANSITORY LIFE By Nathaniel Hawthorne Methinks, for a person whose instinct bids…
DROWNE’S WOODEN IMAGE
By Nathaniel Hawthorne One sunshiny morning, in the good old times of the town of…
DR. HEIDEGGER’S EXPERIMENT
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1807-1864) That very singular man, old Doctor Heidegger, once invited four venerable friends…
CIRCE’S PALACE
By Nathaniel Hathorne Some of you have heard, no doubt, of the wise King Ulysses,…
AN OLD WOMAN’S TALE
By Nathaniel hawthorne In the house where I was born, there used to be an…