A soldier comes home from the war and is now different. But he finds it difficult to tell people, even his family, that he is no longer the same. He has to lie. For when he tells the truth, he doesn't…
This is a very fine example of Leo Tolstoy's gift at telling good stories. This is an amazing short story about a merchant and how an unexpected event changes his life for the worse, but in a way, for…
Hemingway's stories are famous for being so powerful, tough and convincing that it is difficult to not get stunned by their dramatic intensity. From the Nobel Laureate's splendid oeuvre, here are eigh…
THIS 44 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Master and Man and Other Parables and Tales, by Leo Tolstoy. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1417913304.
The Holly-Tree Inn" by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Holme Lee, William Howitt, Adelaide Anne Proctor. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every ge…
“'Inspirational' is a word that's become cheapened, but it's a fitting word for The Dog Who Followed the Moon—an inspirational and gorgeous book about not giving up."—Maureen Corrigan, NPR
Have you ever been badgered by an annoying pick-up artist at the bar? Ever felt a burning desire to emotionally torture a friend’s boyfriend in an act of revenge? Have you ever endur…
Daddy By Sylvia Plath You do not do, you do not do Any more, black shoe In which I have lived like a foot For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breathe or Achoo.
The story takes the form of a parable, and it concerns a king who wants to find the answers to what he considers the three most important questions in life. When is the best time to do each thing? Who…
Notes of a Dirty Old Man is a collection of articles written by Charles Bukowski for the underground, L.A.-based newspaper Open City, which operated from 1967 to 1969. Bukowski uses his own life as th…
In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they wake on the morning of the twenty-seventh of June. Everything has been prepared for the town’s annual …
