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Classic Reader: "The Blackbird's Nest" by Juliana Horatia Ewing
This is the text of the short story "The Blackbird's Nest" by Juliana Horatia Ewing; a young girl finds three blackbirds birds and imagines that she will carry them on her head, and is very sad when they die.
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Classic Reader: "A Blackjack Bargainer" by O. Henry
This is the text of the short story "A Blackjack Bargainer" by O. Henry. A lawyer who has lost his fortune and self-respect playing poker redeems himself by giving his life to save that of an old friend.
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Classic Reader: "Blessing of a Good Deed" by Mary Roberts Rinehart
This is the text of the short story "Blessing of a Good Deed" by Mary Roberts Rinehart, a story about the benefits of doing good deeds.
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Classic Reader: "Bliss" by Katherine Mansfield
This is the text of the short story "Bliss" by Katherine Mansfield, the story of Bertha's dinner party and the idea that "ignorance is bliss."
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Classic Reader: "The Blue Flower" by Henry Van Dyke
This is the text of the short story "The Blue Flower" by Henry Van Dyke. The Blue Flower is a central symbol of inspiration. It stands for desire, love, and the metaphysical striving for the infinite and unreachable. It symbolizes hope...
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Classic Reader: "The Blue North Room" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
This is the text of the short story "The Blue North Room" by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of the Anne of Green Gables series.
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Classic Reader: "Blundell's Improvement" by w.w. Jacobs
This is the text of the short story "Blundell's Improvement" by W.W. Jacobs, a funny story about the unintended consequence of trying very hard to win a bride.
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Classic Reader: "The Boar Pig" by H. H. Munro
This is the text of the short story "The Boar-Pig" by H. H. Munro, a comical story of ladies trying to crash a garden party, but are blocked by the Boar Pig.
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Classic Reader: "Bohemian Days in San Francisco" by Bret Harte
This is the text of the short story "Bohemian Days in San Francisco" by Bret Harte, a look at the rough side of life in the Chinese quarter of the early days of San Francisco.
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Classic Reader: "Both to Blame" by t.s. Arthur
This is the text of the short story "Both to Blame" by T.S. Arthur; it features a discussion about who is to blame in disagreements.
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Classic Reader: "The Box of Robbers" by L. Frank Baum
This is the text of the short story "The Box of Robbers" by L. Frank Baum; a story of how a little girl's curiosity got her into a strange situation.
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Classic Reader: "Boys" by Anton Chekhov
This is the text of the short story "Boys" by Anton Chekhov, a story about two boys who planned to run away to America from Russia.
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Classic Reader: "A Brave Little Quakeress" by Edward Payson Roe
This is the text of the short story "A Brave Little Quakeress" by Edward Payson Roe; it is based on a true story of a young girl during the American Revolution.
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Classic Reader: "A Bread and Butter Miss" by H. H. Munro
This is the text of the short story "A Bread and Butter Miss" by H. H. Munro. Out in the country, at a large stately home, the early morning conversation turns to a very important matter. Who will win the local Derby?
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Classic Reader: "The Bride Roses" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
This is the text of the short story "The Bride Roses" by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of the Anne of Green Gables books.
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Classic Reader: "Bridging the Years" by Kathleen Thompson Norris
This is the text of the short story "Bridging the Years" by Kathleen Thompson Norris. Anne is shaken out of her "little indefinable mood of depression" and lifted to a place of gratitude by a stranger, whose own days of domestic bliss...
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Classic Reader: "The Bromley Gibberts Story" by Robert Barr
This is the text of the short story "The Bromley Gibberts Story" by Robert Barr; it's a story about a man selling a story to a newspaper and threatening to carry out the violence in the story.
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Classic Reader: "Brother Sebastian's Friendship" by Harold Frederic
This is the text for the short story "Brother Sebastian's Friendship" by Harold Frederic.
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Classic Reader: "Brothers" by Sherwood Anderson
This is the text of the short story "Brothers" by Sherwood Anderson, a story about a man and his encounters with an old man in the woods.
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Classic Reader: "A Brown Woman" by James Branch Cabell
This is the text of the short story "A Brown Woman" by James Branch Cabell, a poignant recital of the love of Alexander Pope for the unspoiled maiden of the fields - the heartbreak, or the tragedy, of "A Brown Woman"
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Classic Reader: "The Brownies" by Juliana Horatia Ewing
This is the text of the short story "The Brownies" by Juliana Horatia Ewing. This story gave the Baden-Powells the idea and the name for the junior level of the Girl Guides (Girl Scouts in the UK)
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Classic Reader: "The Bull" by H. H. Munro
This is the text of the short story "The Bull" by H. H. Munro, the story of a man's quarrel with his brother-in-law and the difference between a real bull and a painting of a bull.
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Classic Reader: "The Buller Podington Compact" by Frank Stockton
This is the text of the short story "The Buller-Podington Compact" by Frank Stockton, a story about two friends who have a conflict.
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Classic Reader: "Turkeys Turning the Tables" by William D. Howells
"Turkeys Turning the Tables" is an amusing story that could be read aloud around Thanksgiving. Read the full text on this site.