Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"
The unabridged text of Agatha Christie's first novel. A no-expense way to read the book that started the career of one of world's best known mystery writers.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. Reeve
This is the full text of the novel The Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. Reeve, a mystery involving an ancient Peruvian dagger, poisoned cigars, a beautiful heiress, a journalist/investigator, professors and doctors and a host of other...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1902, one work is The Hound of the Baskervilles, part of the Sherlock Holmes series. This mystery was written by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Flannery O'connor
Flannery O'Connor is featured in this biography for her contributions to literature through many short stories, in most of which she created rural southern characters. See "Flannery O'Connor Activities" for related materials.
Other
Literary Gothic: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
This page offers a brief discussion of the supernatural, gothic elements of some of Freeman's (1852-1930 CE) work, along with links to other Freeman pages and stories, some with illustrations. A plus is the pre-written MLA style citation...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Death at the Excelsior by p.g. Wodehouse
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1914, one short story is Death at the Excelsior. This work was the written by the British author, P.G. Wodehouse.
Read Works
Read Works: A Secret Note
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction piece shares the story of a camper who receives a mysterious note. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The House of the Whispering Pines by Anna Katharine Green
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1910, one work is The House of the Whispering Pines. This mystery was written by Anna Katharine Green.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Sam Sheppard Trials (1954 & '66)
On July 4, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard, the wife of a handsome thirty-year-old doctor, Sam Sheppard, was brutally murdered in the bedroom of their home in Bay Village, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie. Sam Sheppard denied any involvement in...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Lois Duncan
What do you know about the life and work of Lois Duncan? This site features links to several of her books that contain lesson plans, teaching guides and more.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Tim O'brien Lesson Plans
For teaching the work of Tim O'Brien, this site features lesson plans, overviews, notes, and other resources to help students reading The Things They Carried, Ambush, Going After Cacciato, If I Die in a Combat Zone, and so on.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Plausibility of Denial: Tim O'brien, My Lai, and America
The Progressive magazine article is reprinted here. It is an excellent examination of the Vietnam War in literature. (Published: December 1994)
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia Mythica offers a comprehensive resource on Greek mythology. Content includes a look at the principal gods, Zeus's consorts and offspring, the descendants of Prometheus, and much, much more. Click on "browse articles" for a...
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Disappearance of Lady "
This site provides the complete etext for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story, "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Innocence of Father"
This site provides the complete etext for G. K. Chesterton's story, "The Innocence of Father Brown."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext "The Mysterious Affair At"
This site provides the complete etext for Agatha Christie's story, "The Mysterious Affair At Styles."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext "The Secret Adversary"
This site provides the complete etext for Agatha Christie's story, "The Secret Adversary."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext "The Trees of Pride"
This site provides the complete etext for G. K. Chesterton's story, "The Trees of Pride."
IMDb
Internet Movie Database: Frederic Brown
The Online Movie Database IMDb.com provides a brief biography of Brown and links to descriptions of movies based on his stories.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Harmony by Ring Lardner
Read the full text of the short story "Harmony" by Ring Lardner that is both a baseball story and a mystery.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Black Cat
This site contains interesting information about the mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe. In addition, the short story, The Black Cat, is analysed in terms of characters and themes
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: A Carnival Jangle by Alice Dunbar
Read the short story "A Carnival Jangle" by Alice Dunbar which is filled with carnival excitement and mysteries.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Cobweb by h.h. Munro
Read the mysterious short story "The Cobweb" by H.H. Munro, otherwise known as Saki.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the humorous novel "When a Man Marries" by mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart.
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