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One night a man stood on the hill. The man looked curiously about him on all sides – he didn’t saw any sign or suggestion of life except the barking of a distant dog, which, repeated with mechanical iteration. But since several minutes he saw the group of horseman who were riding through the road...

A story “The thing at Nolan” is a mysterious story of May family. Mr. May’s family consisted of a wife, an adult son and two young girls. The son’s name was John - the names of the daughters are unknown to the writer of this sketch. John May was of a morose and surly disposition, not easily...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially...

Ambrose Bierce was an american writer who worked in the field of humourous and horror fiction. His manner of writing was characterized as brutal, straightforward and bitter, and eventually he got a nickname 'Bitter Bierce'. Nowadays Ambrose Bierce is considered to be the master of a short story. 'A...

Ambrose Bierce was an american writer who worked in the field of humourous and horror fiction. His manner of writing was characterized as brutal, straightforward and bitter, and eventually he got a nickname 'Bitter Bierce'. Nowadays Ambrose Bierce is considered to be the master of a short story. 'A...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. His creation is individualized by sardonic view of human nature and criticism. Participated the American Civil War, he composed the writing style with an abrupt beginnings, dark imagery, vague...

Russia is the country of great writers and poets. Russian literature is considered to be an original phenomena exposing the depths of the mysterious Russian soul featuring the combination of hospitality, light melancholy and the great range of moods. For your pleasure we have collected the works of...

Ancient Myths are very popular nowadays. Children and elders all around the world love to read about Gods and heroic adventures and feats of well-known champions. Theseus is a son of Egeus. Strong, wise and noble he tries to help every Athens citizen. After the reunion with his father Theseus learned...

Hercules was the most famous ancient Greek hero. Zeus was his father. There were twelve labors of Hercules in total. Having married Deianira, the daughter of a powerful King of Calydon, Hercules was traveling home with her when he came to the banks of a river and was at a loss how to cross it. Seeing...

This story describes the life of the main hero in Middle Ages. The book narrates the small village of that time: culture, relationship, fears, belief and hope. This book sends to the reader the atmosphere of medieval Ireland in all bright colors. This thrilling work of the author is about ghosts and...

Ignác Kúnos (originally Ignác Lusztig; 12 October 1860 – 12 January 1945) was a Hungarian folklorist, linguist, turkologist. He was one of the most avowed scientist of Turkish dialectology and folk literature. He started his career focusing on the dialectology, phonological...

Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925) is an American author of over 200 adventure books. Many were published under various pseudonyms. During his life, he wrote many works that remain popular today. These included such series as "The Battleship Boys", "The Range" and "Grange Hustlers"...

Francis Bret Harte (1836 – 1902) was a famous American author and poet mostly known for his short fiction stories about adventures of miners, gamblers, and other fine figures of the California Gold Rush. “Gabriel Conroy” by Bret Harte from a historical point of view, in fact, is considered the...

English Romantic lyric poet John Keats was dedicated to the perfection of poetry marked by vivid imagery that expressed a philosophy through classical legend.The poetry of Keats is characterised by sensual imagery, most notably in the series of odes. Today his poems and letters are some of the most...