"In the town of Carlingford John Brown had been Mrs Thompson's attorney, though he had not been employed to write her will. Upon her death, her will leaves her property to an estranged daughter, unknown in Carlingford. To everyone's astonishment, if the daughter is not found within three years...
The Bamptons were expecting a visitor that very afternoon: which made it all the more indiscreet that young Fitzroy should stay so long practising those duets with May. It was a summer afternoon, warm and bright, and the drawing-room was one of those pretty rooms which are as English as the...
"Returning home to tend her widowed father Dr. Marjoribanks, Lucilla soon launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select Thursday evening parties.Optimistic, resourceful and blithely unimpeded by self-doubt, Lucilla is a superior being in every way, not least...
In The Open Door a sense of suspense intensifies as the horrifying environment unfolds and events heighten the imagination of the reader. An excerpt reads, "It was close to us, the vacant door-way in it going out straight into the blackness outside. The light showed the bit of wall, the ivy...
"Haunted by a sense that the living and the dead are separated by no more than a narrow and disputed borderland, the tales that Margaret Oliphant liked to call her ""stories of the seen and the unseen"" are now recognized as among the most remarkable explorations of the supernatural to appear in...
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There is no place in the world of which it is less necessary to attempt description (or of which so many descriptions have been attempted) than the once capital of that world, the supreme and eternal city, the seat of empire, the home of the conqueror, the greatest human centre of power and...
For several years I had been watching Morocco as a man who follows the profession of ‘Special Correspondent’ always watches a place that promises exciting ‘copy.’ For many years trouble had been brewing there. On the Algerian frontier tribes were almost constantly at odds with the French...
What is interesting in the world around us? Nothing. Science and technology have reached their apogee. Most of the tasks have been solved. And if there are still unsolved problems, then their solution is predictable and uninteresting. But then something went wrong ... Something happened ...
Celebrate this festive season with heart-warming classic short stories. Unlike popular classics, you may well have not come across these hidden gems. Authors include famous names like Dickens, Andersen, and Potter. Each story has been hand-picked and perfect for reading on your own or with family...