[Armando Palacio Valdés (October 4, 1853 – January 29, 1938) was one of the most popular 19th-century Spanish novelists, distinguished by his optimism, his charming heroines, his realism, and his qua...
A Jury of Her Peers By Susan Glaspell When Martha Hale opened the storm door and got a cut of the north wind, she ran back for her big woolen scarf. As she hurriedly wound that round her head her eye ...
[O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), a well-acclaimed American short story writer. There is always an element of surprise at the end of his stories....
[GRACE MACGOWAN COOKE (1863-1944) was an American author. She and her sister Alice MacGowan, usually worked collaboratively and the pair published about thirty novels, a hundred short stories and some...
[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, pen name Mark Twain(1835-1910) was an American writer. Considered one of the greatest humorist, Mark Twain by another great writer William Faulkner was awarded the title “Fa...
[George Pope Morris (October 10, 1802 – July 6, 1864) was an American poet and writer of repute. He has written funny stories also.] THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN AND HIS WATER LOTS Look into those they...
[Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman.] MY DOUBLE; AND HOW HE UNDID ME It is not often that I trouble the readers of The Atlantic Monthly. I should...
[George Randolph Chester (January 27, 1869 – February 26, 1924) was an American writer and screenwriter, film editor, and director]. BARGAIN DAY AT TUTT HOUSE IJUST AS THE stage rumbled over the ricke...
[Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet and writer. He is known as the inventor of detective fiction and contributed in the science fiction also.] THE ANGEL OF THE O...