The narrator takes a walk one night and ends up uncovering a city of the dead in this scary short story. Read the full text of "What the Moon Brings" on this site.

Read the review of Pynchon's bestselling "Mason and Dixon."

A learning module that begins with "A Dead Woman's Secret" by Guy de Maupassant, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...

Read the full text of the short story "The Venial Sin" by Honore de Balzac.

Read the full text of the short story "The Vicar of Azay-le-Rideau" by Honore de Balzac.

Read the full text of the short story The Sea "Salmon" Season in Australia by Louis Becke. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

Read the full text of the short story "The Hatred of the Queen. A Story of Burma" by L. Adams Beck.

Read the full text of the short story Some Pacific Islands Fishes by Louis Becke. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

A learning module that begins with Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Man of the Crowd" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...

Contains plans for four lessons that use the short story "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry to teach about characterization using word maps. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...

Read the full text of "The Widow's Cruise" by Frank Stockton on this site.

Read the full text of "With Hook and Line on an Austral River" by Louis Becke.

Louis Becke was aboard the Leonora with Bully Hayes when it wrecked in a harbor. He lived among the villagers of Leasse until rescued 7 months later. Read about "The Wreck of the Leonora: A Memory of 'Bully'Hayes" on this site.

Read the full text of the ghost story "Ghost Stories of Chapelizod" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Read the full text of the short story "The Heather Lintie" by S.R. Crockett.

Read the full text of the short story "The Ghost and the Bone-Setter" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu about a humorous encounter between a ghost and bonesetter.

Read the short story "A Christmas Eve in the Far South Seas" by Louis Becke.

Read the full text of the short story "The Continence of King Francis the First" by Honore de Balzac.

In " A Visit to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Punsters" the author is making a visit to the Asylum where old punsters go to live out their days. The punsters basically sit around and take every opportunity to make bad puns. Read the...

A learning module that begins with "The War Prayer" by Mark Twain, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...

A learning module that begins with "Federigo's Falcon" by Giovanni Boccaccio, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...

A learning module that begins with "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...

This collection looks at an image and phrase used widely in abolitionist materials, and at how that symbol was adopted and adapted by Sojourner Truth and/or other women's rights activists. Students will examine an abolitionist medallion...

Read the collection of short stories "Among Malay Pirates" by G.A. Henty.