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An Unfinished Story
A very congenial dinner party is ongoing. Among the distinguished guests are also one author and one painter, who have just been told that t…
A Dash for a Throne
The young Count von Rudloff got himself into so much trouble with the Imperial Family in Berlin, that he sees no other way out of it than to…
The Cynical Miss Catherwaight
This is the story of Miss Catherwaight, collector of "dishonored honors" - medals of honor pawned by the persons they were awarded…
Told in the Coffee House
In the course of a number of visits to Constantinople, I became much interested in the tales that are told in the coffee houses. These are u…
Our Own Set
The Austrian nobility in Rome forms a very close circle, into which only those of high rank and wealth are admitted. They managed to get alo…
The Little Gray Lady
As every Christmas for the last 20 years, the Little Gray Lady lights a candle in her room and spends the evening alone, thinking of a great…
Salammbô
After completing the famous Mme Bovary, Flaubert put all his efforts into researching the Punic Wars and completed the lesser known Salammb&…
The Man Who Found the Truth
An old man, accused of having murdered his family as a young man, spends a lifetime in prison. With brilliant psychological insight so chara…
Satan's Diary
"Satan's Diary", Andreyev's last work, was completed by the great Russian a few days before he died in Finland, in September, 1919…
The New Paris
This is an Alice in Wonderland-like story by German classical author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It is taken from his Autobiography "Di…
The Criminal from Lost Honour
"In the whole history of man there is no chapter more instructive for the heart and mind than the annals of his errors. On the occasion…
The Lost House
Austin Ford, the London correspondent of the New York Republic, is spending some idle time in the American Embassy chatting with the Second …
The Men of Zanzibar
This is the story of Hemingway, who, after a hunting trip in Uganda, settles in Zanzibar for a while to live among the English-speaking expa…
The Tower of Dago
This is the story of Feodor von Ungern, who, betrayed by his brother Zeno, installs himself with his son and a group of his most trusted men…
My Buried Treasure
"This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The only part that is not true is the name of the man with whom I searched for t…
The Spy
Mr. Crosby is a high-ranking official known to be often entrusted with secret government missions. But when he finds himself in Valencia, th…
Outside the Prison
On Christmas Eve, journalist Bronson is sent to wait outside of Moyamensing Prison to report on the release of a certain infamous prisoner. …
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and th…
A Wasted Day
This is a delightful little story about the most successful banker on Wall Street, who finds his philanthropic side when one of his former e…
Libussa
This is the Tale of Libussa, the mythical founder of the city of Prague. It chronicles the story of her parents and her birth, her elevation…