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Tales of Terror [12 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1971 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Pit and the Pendulum Cask of Amontillado Fall of the House of Usher Tell-tale HeartMasque of the Red Death Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / by E.A. Poe -- The signal man / by C. Dickens -- The mummy's foot / by T. Gautier -- Markheim -- The body snatcher / by R.L. Stevenson -- Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / by A. Bierce -- What was it? / by F. O'Brien. Shares Confederate States of America, Hanging, American Civil War, Civil war

The Crisis Winston Churchill · 1901 · ★ 3.8 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Moderate "The novel is set in the years leading up to the first battles of the U.S. Civil War, mostly in the divided state of Missouri. It follows the fortunes of young Stephen Brice, a man with Union and abolitionist sympathies, and his involvement with a Southern family."--Wikipedia Shares American Civil War, Civil war, Classic Literature, History

Great American Short Stories Paul Negri · 2002 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Contents: Nathaniel Hawthorne: Young Goodman Brown (1835) -- Edgar Allan Poe: The tell-tale heart (1843) -- Herman Melville: Bartleby (1856) -- Bret Harte: The luck of Roaring Camp (1870) -- Stephen Crane: The bride comes to Yellow Sky (1878) -- Mark Twain: The private history of a campaign that failed (1885) -- Sarah Orne Jewett: A white heron (1886) -- Charles Waddell Chesnutt: The… Shares Union, Hanging, Classic Literature, Short Stories

In the Midst of Life. Tales of Civilians Ambrose Bierce · 1891 · ★ 4.0 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Challenging A collection of 26 stories: Soldiers (15 stories) "A Horseman in the Sky" An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge "Chickamauga" "A Son of the Gods" "One of the Missing" "Killed at Resaca" "The Affair at Coulter's Notch" "The Coup de Grâce" "Parker Adderson, Philosopher" "An Affair of Outposts" "The Story of a Conscience" "One Kind of Officer" "One Officer, One Man" "George… Shares Union, Hanging, Classic Literature, Short Stories

Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing · 1800 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The reminiscences of a young girl growing up in early nineteenth-century England. Shares Short Stories, History

Great American Short Stories [48 stories] Washington Irving · 1984 · 699p · ≈ 23h · Challenging Anthology contains: The legend of Sleepy Hollow -- Rip Van Winkle -- The spectre bridegroom -- Young Goodman Brown Rappaccini's daughter The fall of the House of Usher The gold bug -- Pit and the pendulum The cask of amontillad Captain Kidd's money -- Benito Cereno -- The lightning-rod man -- The diamond lens -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- The £1,000,000… Shares Union, Hanging, Classic Literature, Short Stories

Within the tides Joseph Conrad · 1915 · ★ 3.6 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Moderate In the private editorial office of the principal newspaper in a great colonial city two men were talking. They were both young. The stouter of the two, fair, and with more of an urban look about him, was the editor and part-owner of the important newspaper. Shares Classic Literature, Short Stories

A Twist in the Tale Jeffrey Archer · 1988 · ★ 3.9 · 253p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Jeffrey Archer's collection of twelve spellbinding stories, A Twist in the Tale, will sweep you on a journey of thwarted ambition, undying passion, and unswerving honor that you'll never forget. No one can weave a web of suspense, deliver a jolt of surprise, or teach a lesson in living like bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. From Africa to the Middle East, and from London to Beijing, Archer… Shares Short Stories

The Lady of the Rivers

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares History

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares History

The Awful Secret

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

Whirligigs O. Henry · 1910 · ★ 3.7 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate O. Henry's short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. Contents: The World and the Door; The Theory and the Hound; The Hypotheses of Failure; Calloway's Code; A Matter of Mean Elevation; "Girl"; Sociology in Serge and Straw; The Ransom of Red Chief; The Marry Month of May; A Technical Error; Suite Homes and their Romance; The Whirligig of… Shares Classic Literature, Short Stories

Drum-taps Walt Whitman · 1865 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "Walt Whitman worked as a nurse in an army hospital during the Civil War and published Drum-Taps, his war poems, as the war was coming to an end. Later, the book came out in an expanded form, including 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd,' Whitman's passionate elegy for Lincoln. The most moving and enduring poetry to emerge from America's most tragic conflict, Drum-Taps also helped to… Shares Civil war, History

In Kedar's tents Hugh Stowell Scott · 1897 · ★ 5.0 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging If it be a duty to respect other men's claims, so also is it a duty to maintain our own.' Shares Classic Literature, History

A Shocking Accident Sara Corrin · 2003 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A shocking accident / Graham Greene -- The necklace / Guy de Maupassant -- The fiery wooing of Mordred / P.G. Wodehouse -- How un-American can you get? / Art Buchwald -- The rocking-horse winner / D.H. Lawrence -- To build a fire / Jack London -- At the airport / Marina Mizzau -- Children of the vaults / Vladimir Korolenko -- The night the bed fell / James Thurber -- Roosya / Ivan Bunin… Shares Juvenile audience, Classic Literature, Short Stories

The little bookroom Eleanor Farjeon · 1955 · 308p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Collects twenty-seven of Eleanor Farjeon's stories, which include kings, princesses, servants, a mysterious flower, orphans, enchanted woods, an organ-grinder, giants, a little dressmaker, fairies, and a kindly farmer. Shares Short Stories

Thrillers and More Thrillers Robert Arthur · 1968 · ★ 4.0 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Mr. George, by A. Derleth. -- The calamander chest, by J. P. Brennan. -- The poison necklace, by M. A. DeFord. -- The bottle imp, by R. L. Stevenson. -- My displaced ghosts, by J. West. -- Faith, hope, and charity, by I. S. Cobb. -- Mrs. Manifold, by S. Grendon. -- The hands of Mr. Ottermole, by T. Burke. -- Tell-tale Heart, by E. A. Poe. Shares Juvenile audience, Classic Literature, Short Stories

Satanstoe ; or, The littlepage manuscripts, a tale of the colony James Fenimore Cooper · 1845 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Every chronicle of manners has a certain value. When customs are connected with principles, in their origin, development, or end, such records have a double importance; and it is because we think we see such a connection between the facts and incidents of the Littlepage Manuscripts, and certain important theories of our own time, that we give the former to the world. Shares Classic Literature, History

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