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The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757Cooper James Fenimore The Last of the Mohicans CHAPTER I "Mine ear is open, and my heart prepared:The worst is worldly loss thou canst unfold:Say, is my kingdom lost?" Shakespeare.It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that th...

Der DoppelgängerDer Doppelgänger 1. Kapitel Es war beinahe acht Uhr morgens, als der Titularrat Jakow Petrowitsch Goljadkin nach einem langen Schlafe erwachte, gähnte, sich reckte und schließlich völlig die Augen öffnete. Etwa zwei Minuten lang blieb er noch, ohne sich zu regen, auf dem Bette lie...

AnnabelSuzanne Metcalf Annabel / A Novel for Young Folks CHAPTER I WILL MEETS WITH A REBUKE “Here are your vegetables, Nora,” said Will Carden, as he scraped his feet upon the mat before the kitchen door of the “big house.”“Come in, Masther Willyum,” called the cook, in her cheery voice.So the bo...

Uncle's Dream; and The Permanent HusbandDostoyevsky Fyodor Uncle's Dream; and The Permanent Husband UNCLE'S DREAM CHAPTER I Maria Alexandrovna Moskaleva was the principal lady of Mordasoff – there was no doubt whatever on that point! She always bore herself as though she did not care a fig for an...

The Mantle, and Other StoriesGogol Nikolai Vasilevich The Mantle, and Other Stories PREFACE As a novel-writer and a dramatist, Gogol appears to me to deserve a minute study, and if the knowledge of Russian were more widely spread, he could not fail to obtain in Europe a reputation equal to that o...

Red FoxCharles G. D. Roberts Red Fox / The Story of His Adventurous Career in the Ringwaak Wilds and of His Final Triumph over the Enemies of His Kind Prefatory Note In the following story I have tried to trace the career of a fox of the backwoods districts of Eastern Canada. The hero of the stor...

Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 36, December 3, 1870Various Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 36, December 3, 1870 MAN AND WIVES A TRAVESTY.By MOSE SKINNER.CHAPTER SECONDLOVEThe Hon. MICHAEL LADLE and ARCHIBALD BLINKSOP were interrupted in their conversation by BELINDA, who sent off the former under pretence...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828 THE MIRROROFLITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.Cheese Wring (To the Editor of the Mirror.)In presenting...

Salomé: A Tragedy in One ActOscar Wilde Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act SALOMÉ SCENE. —A great terrace in the Palace of Herod, set above the banqueting-hall. Some soldiers are leaning over the balcony. To the right there is a gigantic staircase, to the left, at the back, an old cistern surrounded by...

Osceola the Seminole: or, The Red Fawn of the Flower LandPrefaceChapter One. The Flowery LandChapter Two. The Indigo PlantationChapter Three. The Two JakesChapter Four. The HommockChapter Five. Yellow JakeChapter Six. The AlligatorChapter Seven. The Turtle-CrawlChapter Eight. The King VulturesCha...