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Japanese Fairy Tales

Japanese Fairy Tales is Yei Theodora Ozaki's effort to bring the Japanese fairies to western old. Suggested and supported by her friend and folklorist Andre Lang, Ozaki could publish a book of Fairy tales told by peasants in Japan. Notable stories in this collection include The Farmer and the Badger, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, The Story of Princess Ha..

My Antonia

by Willa Cather

My Antonia is a historical romance written by American novelist Willa Cather set in the fictional town in Nebraska. After death of his parents Jim Burden moves to Nebraska to live with his grand parents and pursue higher studies. During the travel he meets a Bohemian family and falls in love with Antonia. The transformation of Jim from childhood to..

The Man With Two Left Feet, and Other Stories

by P. G. Wodehouse

This collection of P. G. Wodehouse's short stories without his favorite characters Jeeves and his master Bertie Wooster. The Man With Two Left Feet, and Other Stories are usual themes of Wodehouse dealing with relationships, household pets, and sports. Notable stories are Crowned Heads, One Touch of Nature, The Romance of an Ugly Policeman, and the..

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

A Contract for debt default, drafted by a cunning money lender in vengeance with Christians backfires on him. Shakespeare's another popular play The Merchant of Venice dramatize the story of love, friendship, religion, greed, vengeance. Antonio standing as guaranteer to lend money to his friend Bassanio. The merchant Shylock drafts the contract sta..

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's popular poetry The Rime of the Ancient Mariner narrates the incidents following a sailing crew and their unnecessary actions leading them to miserable situation. A deadly storm moves the mariner to an unknown region, and an albatross leads them to the right path. The crew kills the albatross without thinking and cursed to ..

Utilitarianism

by John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill's book Utilitarianism is one of the most influential and widely-read philosophical defenses of utilitarianism in ethics. The essay first appeared as a series of three articles published in Fraser's Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. It went through four editions during Mill's lifet..

Orthodoxy

by G. K. Chesterton

Orthodoxy is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work, Heretics. In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it." ..

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

by Mark Twain

Mark Twain's lesser known novel The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson narrates the story of identity exchange of children of a slave and master. Chambers, son of the slave leads the royal life and spoiling himself getting disinherited by Aristocrat Driscoll. Tom, son of Driscoll is brought up as slave, however with his inborn talents, he becomes a lawye..