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Classic Reader: "Alice and the Pigeon" by T. S. Arthur
This is the text of the short story "Alice and the Pigeon" by T. S. Arthur, a story of a little girl and her love for a pigeon on her window sill.
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Classic Reader: "The Amateur" by Richard Harding Davis
This is the text of the short story "The Amateur" by Richard Harding Davis, a story about an amateur detective asked to look for a young woman's missing husband in London.
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Classic Reader: "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad
This is the text of the short story "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad, a story of a poor immigrant from Central Europe sailing from Hamburg to America is shipwrecked off the coast of England. The residents of nearby villages, at first...
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Classic Reader: "Bilger, of Sydney" by Louis Becke
This is the text of the short story "Bilger, of Sydney" by Louis Becke, a story about Bilger, an old man who came to the house of the man who had just lost a child.
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Classic Reader: "Bill's Lapse" by w.w. Jacobs
This is the text of the short story "Bill's Lapse" by W.W. Jacobs, a story about a gentle man who became mean when he drank alcohol.
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Classic Reader: "A Bird in Hand" by George A. Birmingham
This is the text of the short story "A Bird in Hand" by George A. Birmingham, a story set in England in the early 1900s.
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Classic Reader: "The Bird on Its Journey" by Beatrice Harraden
This is the text of the short story "The Bird on its Journey" by Beatrice Harraden, a story of a mysterious young girl who is traveling without luggage or companions, but plays and tunes the piano.
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Classic Reader: "A Bit of Green" by Juliana Horatia Ewing
This is the text of the short story "A Bit of Green" by Juliana Horatia Ewing, the story that launched Ewing's career.
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Classic Reader: "Black for Luck" by p.g. Wodehouse
This is the text of the short story "Black for Luck" by P.G. Wodehouse, a story about a stray black cat.
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Classic Reader: "The Black Poodle" by F. Anstey
This is the text of the short story "The Black Poodle" by F. Anstey, a story in which Algernon Weatherhead tries to explain his behavior.
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Classic Reader: "The Black Reaper" by James Branch Cabell
This is the text of the short story "The Black Reaper" by James Branch Cabell, a poem and story about the Great Plague of 1665.
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Classic Reader: "Black Venn" by Bernard Edward J. Capes
This is the text of the short story "Black Venn" by Bernard Edward J. Capes, a love story.
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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: "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.