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ஒரு நல்ல பையன் Not rated yet
ஒரு நல்ல பையன் ஒரு வயதான பெண்மணி சாலையைக் கடக்க விரும்பினார். அவள் பலவீனமாக இருந்தாள். எனவே, அவள் உதவியை நாடினாள். நீண்ட நேரம் காத்திருந்தாள். தனியாக …
ஒரு விவசாயியும், அவரது மனைவியும் Not rated yet
ஒரு விவசாயியும் அவன் மனைவியும்-அறக் கதை ஒரு விவசாயி தன் மனைவியிடம், “நீ சோம்பேறி. நீங்கள் மெதுவாகவும், சோம்பேறித்தனமாகவும் உழைக்கலாம். உன் நேரத்தை வீணடிப்பாய் …
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The Fir-Tree Not rated yet
“Ivedy-Avedy!” cried some; “Klumpy-Dumpy” cried the others. There was such a bawling and screaming—the Fir-tree alone was silent, and he thought to himself, …
The Fir-Tree Not rated yet
Out in the woods stood a nice little Fir-tree. The place he had was a very good one; the sun shone on him; as to fresh air, there was enough of that, and …
Nils Finn Not rated yet
Now little Nils Finn had away to go; The skis were too loose at both heel and toe. —”That’s too bad!” rumbled yonder. Then little Nils Finn in the …
Davos in Winter Not rated yet
A mountain valley has, at the best, a certain prison-like effect on the imagination, but a mountain valley, an Alpine winter, and an invalid’s weakness …
An Alpine Pass on Ski Not rated yet
Introduction Conan Doyle, a writer of unusual literary talent, created Sherlock Holmes, the greatest fictional detective personality of all time. …
The Race for Number One Not rated yet
He lay on the sled at full length, face-down, holding on with both hands. Whenever the dogs slacked from topmost speed he rose to his knees, and, yelling …
Winter Pastimes Not rated yet
It is in the depth of winter, when the intense cold renders it desirable to stay at home, that the really Pleasant Family is wont to serve invitations …
The Race for Number One Not rated yet
It was a foretaste of what would happen when the men reached their sleds. Men were pouring over the other bank and piling into the jam. They swarmed …
The Race for Number One Not rated yet
“Huh! Get on to the glad rags!” Shorty surveyed his partner with simulated disapproval, and Smoke, vainly attempting to rub the wrinkles out of the …
The Race for Number One Not rated yet
The glad light in her eyes seemed to promise a greater need than all the gold in the Mono claim. He was aware of a movement of her hand in her lap next …
Winter Sports Stories Not rated yet
In honor of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang and the joy of the outdoors in winter, we’ve assembled a collection of short stories celebrating …
Foodie & Thanksgiving Stories Not rated yet
We pair two things we all love: great food and great literature. These short stories focus on food and comfort. Our menu: Foodie Stories for Students …
The Turnip Not rated yet
THERE were once two brothers who both served as soldiers; one of them was rich, and the other poor. Then the poor one, to escape from his poverty, …
A Word for Autumn Not rated yet
LAST night the waiter put the celery on with the cheese, and I knew that summer was indeed dead. Other signs of autumn there may be—the reddening leaf, …
About Love Not rated yet
“And he would give me studs, a cigar-case, or a lamp, and I would send them game, butter, and flowers from the country. They both, by the way, had …
Aristocracy Versus Hash Not rated yet
The snake reporter of The Rolling Stone was wandering up the avenue last night on his way home from the Y.M.C.A. rooms when he was approached by a gaunt, …
The New Food Not rated yet
I see from the current columns of the daily press that “Professor Plumb, of the University of Chicago, has just invented a highly concentrated form of …
A Dinner Not rated yet
There was a large dinner-party at the merchant’s. The judge had made a speech in honour of the home-coming of the student, the eldest son of the house, …
A Dinner Not rated yet
The father, who instantly remarked the tone, suddenly changed his own manner. ‘Are you serious in coming here and saying that your father is talking …
About Love Not rated yet
” ‘Dmitry, how is this?’ “Luganovitch is a good-natured man, one of those simple-hearted people who firmly maintain the opinion that once a man is charged …
About Love Not rated yet
AT lunch next day there were very nice pies, crayfish, and mutton cutlets; and while we were eating, Nikanor, the cook, came up to ask what the visitors …
A Country Cottage Not rated yet
Two young people who had not long been married were walking up and down the platform of a little country station. His arm was round her waist, her …
Gooseberries Not rated yet
“He was a gentle, good-natured fellow, and I was fond of him, but I never sympathized with this desire to shut himself up for the rest of his life in a …
Gooseberries Not rated yet
THE whole sky had been overcast with rain-clouds from early morning; it was a still day, not hot, but heavy, as it is in grey dull weather when the clouds …
Melons Not rated yet
A seafaring friend just from a tropical voyage had presented me with a bunch of bananas. They were not quite ripe, and I hung them before my window …
Melons Not rated yet
As I do not suppose the most gentle of readers will believe that anybody’s sponsors in baptism ever wilfully assumed the responsibility of such a name, …
Gooseberries Not rated yet
“I saw a happy man whose cherished dream was so obviously fulfilled, who had attained his object in life, who had gained what he wanted, who was satisfied …
Springtime a la Carte Not rated yet
They were to marry in the spring–at the very first signs of spring, Walter said. And Sarah came back to the city to pound her typewriter. A knock at …
The Olive Not rated yet
“I should be with that other now!” And this time she was off and away before he could prevent her, and the sound of her silvery laughter mocked him among …
The Olive Not rated yet
Men climbed the trunks, everywhere shaking the laden branches and hitting them with long bamboo poles to knock the fruit off, while women and children, …
The Olive Not rated yet
He laughed involuntarily as the olive rolled towards his chair across the shiny parquet floor of the hotel dining-room. His table in the cavernous salle …
Mystery Stories Not rated yet
Mystery stories offer readers the chance to solve a ‘whodunnit’ in a short story format, often a more intense drama than a longer Detective Novel. Featured …
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Not rated yet
“I wish you to bear especially in mind that I have spoken of a very unusual degree of activity as requisite to success in so hazardous and so difficult …
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Not rated yet
This latter reflection urged the man still to follow the fugitive. A lightning-rod is ascended without difficulty, especially by a sailor; but, when …
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Not rated yet
He handed me a paper, and I read thus: CAUGHT In the Bois de Boulogne, early in the morning of the inst., (the morning of the murder,) a very large, …
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Not rated yet
I made the attempt in vain. “We are possibly not giving this matter a fair trial,” he said. “The paper is spread out upon a plane surface; but the …
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Not rated yet
The permission was obtained, and we proceeded at once to the Rue Morgue. This is one of those miserable thoroughfares which intervene between the Rue …
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Not rated yet
“I know not,” continued Dupin, “what impression I may have made, so far, upon your own understanding; but I do not hesitate to say that legitimate deductions …
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Not rated yet
“Alfonzo Garcio, undertaker, deposes that he resides in the Rue Morgue. Is a native of Spain. Was one of the party who entered the house. Did not proceed …
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Not rated yet
“To this horrible mystery there is not as yet, we believe, the slightest clew.” The next day’s paper had these additional particulars. “The Tragedy …
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Not rated yet
There was not a particle of charltanerie about Dupin. “I will explain,” he said, “and that you may comprehend all clearly, we will first retrace the …
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Not rated yet
The analytical power should not be confounded with simple ingenuity; for while the analyst is necessarily ingenious, the ingenious man is often remarkably …
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Not rated yet
What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, although puzzling questions, are not beyond …
The hand Not rated yet
“Around the wrist, an enormous iron chain, riveted and soldered to this unclean member, fastened it to the wall by a ring, strong enough to hold an elephant …
The Hand Not rated yet
All were crowding around M. Bermutier, the judge, who was giving his opinion about the Saint-Cloud mystery. For a month this inexplicable crime had been …
The Canterville Ghost Not rated yet
IV The next day the ghost was very weak and tired. The terrible excitement of the last four weeks was beginning to have its effect. His nerves …
The Canterville Ghost Not rated yet
The Otises, however, were deceived, for the ghost was still in the house, and though now almost an invalid, was by no means ready to let matters rest, …
The Canterville Ghost Not rated yet
For some days after this he was extremely ill, and hardly stirred out of his room at all, except to keep the blood-stain in proper repair. However, …
The Canterville Ghost Not rated yet
‘Charge it to her like breakages,’ answered the Minister; ‘she won’t faint after that;’ and in a few moments Mrs. Umney certainly came to. There was …
The Canterville Ghost Not rated yet
When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase, every one told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at …
Federigo’s Falcon Not rated yet
“Federigo, if you recall your past life and my virtue, which you perhaps mistook for harshness and cruelty, I do not doubt at all that you will be …
Federigo’s Falcon Not rated yet
There was once in Florence a young man named Federigo, the son of Messer Filippo Alberighi, renowned above all other men in Tuscany for his prowess in …
The Star Not rated yet
They rose steadily, steadily in the ghostly brilliance, and came trickling over their banks at last, behind the flying population of their valleys. …
The Star Not rated yet
It was on the first day of the New Year that the announcement was made, almost simultaneously from three observatories, that the motion of the planet Neptune, …
The Star Not rated yet
So the star, with the wan moon in its wake, marched across the Pacific, trailed the thunderstorms like the hem of a robe, and the growing tidal wave that …
The Most Dangerous Game Not rated yet
Straining his eyes, he saw the lean figure of General Zaroff; just ahead of him Rainsford made out another figure whose wide shoulders surged through the …
The Most Dangerous Game Not rated yet
“Mirage,” thought Rainsford. But it was no mirage, he found, when he opened the tall spiked iron gate. The stone steps were real enough; the massive …
The Treasure in the Forest Not rated yet
He turned and looked into the dim cool shadows of the silent forest behind them. “If we beat a little way up and down the stream we should come to …
The Treasure in the Forest Not rated yet
The canoe was now approaching the land. The bay opened out, and a gap in the white surf of the reef marked where the little river ran out to the sea; the …
The Most Dangerous Game Not rated yet
“Yes, that’s so,” said Rainsford. The general smiled. “I had no wish to go to pieces,” he said. “I must do something. Now, mine is an analytical mind, …
The Most Dangerous Game Not rated yet
Just ahead of him Rainsford made out another figure whose wide shoulders surged through the tall jungle weeds; it was the giant Ivan, and he seemed pulled …
The Lady, or the Tiger? Not rated yet
The king and his court were in their places, opposite the twin doors,–those fateful portals, so terrible in their similarity. All was ready. The signal …
The Sniper Not rated yet
The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a …
The Monkey’s Paw Not rated yet
“Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it.” –Anonymous Part I Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour …
The Lady, or the Tiger? Not rated yet
IN THE very olden time, there lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors, …
The Monkey’s Paw Not rated yet
He sat alone in the darkness, gazing at the dying fire, and seeing faces in it. The last was so horrible and so simian that he gazed at it in amazement. …
To Build a Fire Not rated yet
The withdrawal of blood from the surface of his body now made him begin to shiver, and he grew more awkward. A large piece of green moss fell squarely …
The Open Window Not rated yet
“My aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel,” said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; “in the meantime you must try and put up with me.” Adolph …
To Build a Fire Not rated yet
Day had broken cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth- bank, where a …
The Horseman in the Sky Not rated yet
It was not for long; in another moment his face was raised from earth, his hands resumed their places on the rifle, his forefinger sought the trigger; …
The Necklace Not rated yet
The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no …
The Most Dangerous Game Not rated yet
“OFF THERE to the right–somewhere–is a large island,” said Whitney.” It’s rather a mystery–” “What island is it?” Rainsford asked. “The old charts …
The Necklace Not rated yet
They went toward the Seine in despair, shivering with cold. At last they found on the quay one of those ancient night cabs which, as though they …
The Gift of the Magi Not rated yet
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer …
Five Little Pigs Not rated yet
This little piggy went to market, This little piggy stayed home, This little piggy had roast beef This little piggy had none, And this little piggy …
Old Mother Goose and Her Son Jack Not rated yet
Old Mother Goose lived in a cottage with her son Jack. Jack was a very good lad, and although he was not handsome, he was good-tempered and industrious, …
The Princess and the Pea Not rated yet
ONCE upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find …
My Father’s Dragon Not rated yet
Chapter Nine My Father Makes a Bridge My father walked back and forth along the bank trying to think of some way to cross the river. …
My Father’s Dragon Not rated yet
Chapter Seven My Father Meets a Lion My father waved goodbye to the rhinoceros, who was much too busy to notice, got a drink farther …
My Father’s Dragon Not rated yet
Chapter Three My Father Finds the Island My father hid in the hold for six days and nights. Twice he was nearly caught when the ship …
Thumbelina Not rated yet
A long time ago and far, far away an old woman was sitting in her rocking chair thinking how happy she would be if she had a child. Then, she heard …
The Little Thief in the Pantry Not rated yet
“MOTHER dear,” said a little mouse one day, “I think the people in our house must be very kind; don’t you? They leave such nice things for us in the larder.” …
My Father’s Dragon Not rated yet
Chapter 0ne My Father Meets the Cat One cold rainy day when my father was a little boy, he met an old alley cat on his street. The cat …
The Gingerbread Man Not rated yet
ONE day, the cook went into the kitchen to make some gingerbread. She took some flour and water, and treacle and ginger, and mixed them all well together, …
The Bremen Town Musicians Not rated yet
A certain man had a donkey, which had carried the corn-sacks to the mill indefatigably for many a long year; but his strength was going, and he was growing …
The Tortoise And The Hare Not rated yet
A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow. “Do you ever get anywhere?” he asked with a mocking laugh. “Yes,” replied the Tortoise, …
Father Frost Not rated yet
There was once upon a time a peasant-woman who had a daughter and a step-daughter. The daughter had her own way in everything, and whatever she did …
Cinderella Not rated yet
“If thou hadst been at the ball,” said one of her sisters, “thou wouldst not have been tired with it. There came thither the finest princess, the most …
Cinderella Not rated yet
ONCE there was a gentleman who married, for his second wife, the proudest and most haughty woman that was ever seen. She had, by a former husband, …
Jack and the Beanstalk Not rated yet
Once upon a time there lived a poor widow and her son Jack. One day, Jack’s mother told him to sell their only cow. Jack went to the market and on …
The Snow Image: A Childish Miracle Not rated yet
She is not finished yet. Mamma will see how very beautiful she is; but papa will say, ‘Tush! nonsense!–come in out of the cold!’ ” “Let us call mamma …
The Snow Image: A Childish Miracle Not rated yet
“Dear mamma!” cried Violet, “pray look out and see what a sweet playmate we have!” The mother, being thus entreated, could no longer delay to look …
The Snow Image: A Childish Miracle Not rated yet
One afternoon of a cold winter’s day, when the sun shone forth with chilly brightness, after a long storm, two children asked leave of their mother to …
The Bogey-Beast Not rated yet
There was once a woman who was very, very cheerful, though she had little to make her so; for she was old, and poor, and lonely. She lived in a little …
The Elves and The Shoemaker Not rated yet
A shoemaker, by no fault of his own, had become so poor that at last he had nothing left but leather for one pair of shoes. So in the evening, he …
A Horseman in the Sky Not rated yet
One sunny afternoon in the autumn of the year 1861 a soldier lay in a clump of laurel by the side of a road in western Virginia. He lay at full length …
The golden egg Not rated yet
Once upon a time, a farmer had a goose that laid a golden egg every day. The egg provided enough money for the farmer and his wife for their day-to-day …
Eve’s Diary Not rated yet
SATURDAY.–I am almost a whole day old, now. I arrived yesterday. That is as it seems to me. And it must be so, for if there was a day-before-yesterday …
Two Friends Not rated yet
Besieged Paris was in the throes of famine. Even the sparrows on the roofs and the rats in the sewers were growing scarce. People were eating anything …