Mississippi lawyer and Civil War veteran, Basil Ransom, visits his cousin Olive Chancellor in Boston. She takes him to a political meeting where Verena Tarrant delivers a feminist...

We were three quiet, lonely old men, and she was a lively, handsome young woman, and we were at our wits’ end what to do with her.

A lifelong rivalry between two young noblemen – John Burnet, heir to the ancient house of Barns, and his cousin, Captain Gilbert Burnet, a dashing, ruthless soldier, ...

Polly Milton, a young country girl, is overwhelmed by the splendour during the visit to her cousin Fanny Shaw and her wealthy family in the city. The urbanized, fashionable...

The summer moon shone brightly down upon the sleeping earth, while far away from mortal eyes danced the Fairy folk. Fire-flies hung in bright clusters on the dewy leaves, that...

It is not every cat who can get an elephant to catch her mice for her. Buff reveals how he managed to overcome his laziness and make friends with an elephant.

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a hugely influential story written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist. Stowe...

An expedition sets sail from Brooklyn to capture a mysterios sea monster. After much fruitless searching, the monster is found, and the ship attacks it. During the fight, the...

"The Three Sisters" is a play by the Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov.Anton Chekhov (1860– 1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer, who is...

The Beast in the Jungle is one of James' finest short novels touching upon such universal themes as loneliness, fate, love and death. The story can be interpreted as a confession...