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The Seagull

THE SEA-GULL by Anton Checkov A Play In Four Acts Contents CHARACTERS THE SEA-GULL ACT I ACT II ACT III ACT IV CHARACTERS IRINA ABKADINA, an actress CONSTANTINE TREPLIEFF, her son PETER S…

Persuasion

PERSUASION  by Jane Austen (1818) CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII C…

A Christmas Carol

A CHRISTMAS CAROL In Prose BEING A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS STAVE ONE MARLEY'S GHOST Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial …

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT BY BEATRIX POTTER Peter Rabbit FREDERICK WARNE   Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were— Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. Rab…

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE by Ambrose Bierce THE MILLENNIUM FULCRUM EDITION, 1988 A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twe…

The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe TRANSLATE The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar an…

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