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Eine langweilige GeschichteAnton Pavlovich Chekhov Eine langweilige Geschichte / Aus den Aufzeichnungen eines alten Mannes I Es lebt in Rußland ein hochverdienter Professor, namens Nikolai Stepanowitsch *** (ich unterdrücke den Familiennamen), Geheimrat, Ritter pp.; er besitzt so viele russische ...

A Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and ParodyWillam Davenport Adams A Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody PREFACEIn the pages that follow, I make no attempt to supply a consecutive and comprehensive history of English stage travestie. This would...

King Alfred of EnglandJacob Abbott King Alfred of England / Makers of History Chapter I The Britons Alfred the Great figures in history as the founder, in some sense, of the British monarchy. Of that long succession of sovereigns who have held the scepter of that monarchy, and whose government ha...

When Love CallsWeyman Stanley John When Love Calls I HER STORY "Clare," I said, "I wish that we had brought some better clothes, if it were only one frock. You look the oddest figure."And she did. She was lying head to head with me on the thick moss that clothed one part of the river-bank above B...

The Mountains of CaliforniaJohn Muir The Mountains of California CHAPTER I THE SIERRA NEVADA Go where you may within the bounds of California, mountains are ever in sight, charming and glorifying every landscape. Yet so simple and massive is the topography of the State in general views, that the ...

TypeeMelville Herman Typee CHAPTER I The sea – Longings for shore – A land-sick ship – Destination of the voyagersSix months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live, six months out of sight of land; cruising after the sperm whale beneath the scorching sun of the Line, and tossed on the billows of the wide...

The Great Oakdale MysteryThe Great Oakdale Mystery CHAPTER I. THE HUNTERS Two boys, each carrying a gun, came out of a strip of woods and paused. They were followed by a short-haired pointer dog. One of the boys, whose gun was a single-barreled repeater, bore a game-bag suspended from his shoulde...

Excellent WomenELIZABETH FRYI. BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS II. BEGINS A PRIVATE JOURNAL: WITH RECORD OF HER EXPERIENCES III. FIRST VISIT TO LONDON IV. AT COLEBROOK DALE, AND ON A JOURNEY TO WALES V. THE LAST YEAR AT HOME VI. MARRIAGE, AND SETTLEMENT IN LONDON VII. FAMILY CARES AND TRIALS VIII. WORK AT ...

Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on ShakespeareLeo Tolstoy Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare PART I TOLSTOY ON SHAKESPEARE I Mr. Crosby's article1 on Shakespeare's attitude toward the working classes suggested to me the idea of also expressing my own long-established...