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Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer, short-stories writer best known for his stories "Rip Van Winkle”(1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). “The Adventure of the Little Antiquary” is the story narrated by the author about his friend, the doctor,...

Washington Irving is a famous American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. His historical works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith, and several other histories of 15th-century Spain dealing with subjects such as Christopher Columbus,...

It is a story about a worthy fox-hunting old Baronet. He is passionate about the studying sex in various country. He has the mortification of being jilted by a little boarding school girl, who was scarcely versed in the accidence of love Therefore, the love he has once feels for one woman has spread...

Mary Clarissa "May" Byron (1861 – 1936) was a British writer and poet, best known for her abridgements of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan books. She published under the names May Byron, M.C. Gillington and Maurice Clare. Byron specialized in writing biographies of great artists, before going...

Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930.‪ Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive...

Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was an British explorer, poet, writer, translator, linguist, ethnography, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was famous for his research in Asia and Africa, as well as its exceptional knowledge of languages and different cultures. Burton...

Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American children's author and educator. She was born in Philadelphia, and was of Welsh descent. With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883), The Birds' Christmas Carol...

Daniel Defoe, born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy, now most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain and with others such as Samuel Richardson,...

Once upon a time there lived a king and queen who longed to have a son. They prayed in church for the birth of a child. And fancy their delight when one evening the king returned home from hunting and saw a baby lying in the cradle. It was the most beautiful child, that they ever seen. When he was...

Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy (1650-1705) was a French writer, who was considered the one who developed the genre of aclassical French fairy-tale. Her most popular fairy-tales were: 'The Story Of Pretty Goldilocks', 'The Blue Bird' and 'The Imp Prince'. Once upon a time there lived a king with his queen....

Jack London – (Jan 12, 1876 – Nov 22, 1916) American writer and journalist. Born and grown up in California, he tried his luck in Alaska in the time of the Gold Rush, but unsuccessfully. During his writer's career he's written such novels as "Martin Eden", "The White Fang",...

George Webbe Dasent (1817-1896) was a folklorist and translator of legends and fairy-tales into English. Dasent was acquainted with Jacob Grimm who advised him to study mythology. Eventually George Dasent became a professor of English literature. The Mastermind is a fairytale that was collected...

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. “Salomy Jane” is one of the best western novels by Bret Harte with a plot taking place in...

This book represents a collection of the best short-stories chosen from the world literary heritage. The collection book is divided into 6 parts according to the the theme: 'Legends Of Our Land', 'Home Scenes', 'Nature And Animals', 'Modern Wonder Tales' and 'Sketches Of The Great War'. In general...