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Two gentlemen tried to lift the man up, but a constable entered and took him by the other arm. The manager brought the constable to inspect the scene of the accident. Mr Kernan tasted tea and was...

The relationship between a father and his son is explored through their differing pastimes.

Gregor Samsa woke up from troubled dreams one morning and kept rocking back on his back. He felt quite well, apart from a really superfluous sleepiness, and was even very hungry. The chief clerk...

The Reverend Ernest Lindley, aged twenty-seven, was first vicar of Aldecross. On Sunday morning, the whole family went down the lane to church. Mr Lindley went down to Aldecross with a packet of...

A captain of a small cat boat noticed something floating to the leeward and reached out his hand for it. Inside was a piece of paper that read: "I am John Jones who writes this letter my ship is...

A couple are in agreement on the ethics of marriage but personal feelings, inevitably, intrude.

A son returns home from war to find his mother facing eviction. He confronts her new partner and seeks refuge at his ex-wife's house.

The men were friends as well as comrades, and soon grew into a bond of mutual good fellowship. Thorn was a Massachusetts volunteer, Phil was a "romantic chap", and Dick smoked a minute with more...

A boy is influenced by his father's unusual explanations.

Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov took seven hundred rubles from his strong box and ordered Nikita to harness the horse. Nikita's wife Martha did not urge Nikita to live at home. Nikita took the driver's...

Everett was a healthy, clean-minded enthusiast who soon discovered that passengers not in the service of that king held aloof from the Belgians. Dr. Stewart rode his bicycle into a native village,...

Kung fu dubbee and would-be actress, Ally gets one last chance.