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"Her lover" is a short story by Maxim Gorky Maxim Gorky was a Russian and Soviet writer. Translated by Thomas Seltzer.

"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" is one of the most familiar of the "Arabian Nights" tales, and has been widely retold and performed in many media, especially for children.  In the story, Ali Baba is a poor woodcutter who discovers the secret of a thieves' den, entered with the...

"Il Marchese di Roccaverdina", pubblicato a Milano dall'editore Treves nel 1901, è il capolavoro di Luigi Capuana. Il marchese convive da anni con una serva-amante di origini contadine, Agrippina Solmo; per scongiurare definitivamente una possibile unione matrimoniale, il Roccaverdina...

"Il cappello del prete" è un romanzo di Emilio De Marchi, pubblicato nel 1888, considerato uno tra i primi veri romanzi polizieschi in lingua italiana.  Emilio De Marchi (Milano, 31 luglio 1851 – Milano, 6 febbraio 1901) è stato uno scrittore e traduttore italiano. 

"The Darling" (1899) is a short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history.  Translated by Thomas Seltzer.  

"On the Shortness of Life" is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, to his friend Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to the essay, nature gives...

"The Frogs" is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. Aristophanes was a comic playwright of ancient Athens.  Translated by  E D A Morshead E H Plumptre Gilbert Murray B B Rogers

Parmenides is one of the dialogues of Plato. It is widely considered to be one of the more, if not the most, challenging and enigmatic of Plato's dialogues. The Parmenides purports to be an account of a meeting between the two great philosophers of the Eleatic school, Parmenides and Zeno of Elea,...

"The Christmas Tree and the Wedding" is a short story written by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky published in 1848. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Translated by Thomas Seltzer.

"A Society for the Reformation of Poker Players" is a short story by Robert Barr.  Robert Barr (16 September 1849 – 21 October 1912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland.  

"The Bet" is an 1889 short story by Anton Chekhov. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history.  Translated by Thomas Seltzer.  

"The Knights" is a satire on the social and political life of classical Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes was a comic playwright of ancient Athens.  

"Lo specifico del dottor Menghi" è un romanzo di fantascienza di Italo Svevo, pubblicato postumo. Il protagonista è infatti un medico che ricerca metodi per il ringiovanimento.   Italo Svevo, pseudonimo di Aron Hector Schmitz (Trieste, 19 dicembre 1861 – Motta di Livenza, 13...

"Le Fantôme de Canterville", aussi traduit en français sous le titre "Le Fantôme des Canterville", est une nouvelle d'Oscar Wilde publiée en 1887. Oscar Wilde, dont le nom complet est Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, est un écrivain irlandais, né à Dublin le 16 octobre 1854 et mort à Paris le 30 novembre 1900. Traduction A. Savine