Stories

Why Some Succeed While Others Fail

Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Short Story by Benjamin Franklin Possibly there never has lived a man who has excited…

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin Short Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne "He is Born 1706 and Died 1790." In the year 1716, or about that…

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I and My Chimney

I and My Chimney Short Story by Herman Melville I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the…

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Bartleby, the Scrivener

Bartleby, the Scrivener Short Story by Herman Melville "A Story of Wall-street." I AM a rather elderly man. The nature of…

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Hop-Frog

Hop-Frog Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe I NEVER knew anyone so keenly alive to a joke as the king was.…

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Berenice

Berenice Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe MISERY is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon…

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A Descent Into the Maelstrom

A Descent Into the Maelstrom Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe WE had now reached the summit of the loftiest…

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The Cask of Amontillado

The Cask of Amontillado Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best…

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A Horseman in the Sky

A Horseman in the Sky Short Story by Ambrose Bierce "In this Civil War story, Carter Druse, a young soldier from…

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A Baffled Ambuscade

A Baffled Ambuscade Short Story by Ambrose Bierce Connecting Readyville and Woodbury was a good, hard turnpike nine or ten miles…

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