Here we reproduce America’s most loved literary figure, Mark Twain‘s celebrated short story, The Californian’s Tale: Thirty-five years ago I was out prospecting on the Stanislaus, tramping all day long with pick and pan and horn, and washing a hatful…
Here we reproduce America’s most loved literary figure, Mark Twain‘s celebrated short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County: In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured,…
Here we reproduce America’s most loved literary figure, Mark Twain‘s celebrated short story, Edward Mills And George Benton: A Tale: These two were distantly related to each other — seventh cousins, or something of that sort. While still babies they…
Here we reproduce America’s most loved literary figure, Mark Twain‘s celebrated short story, What Stumped the Bluejays: Animals talk to each other, of course. There can be no question about that; but I suppose there are very few people who…
Here we reproduce America’s most loved literary figure, Mark Twain‘s celebrated short story, Luck: [Note – This is not a fancy sketch. I got it from a clergyman who was an instructor at Woolwich forty years ago, and who vouched…
Here we reproduce America’s most loved literary figure, Mark Twain‘s celebrated short story, The Five Boons Of Life: CHAPTER I In the morning of life came a good fairy with her basket, and said: “Here are gifts. Take one,…
Here we reproduce America’s most loved literary figure, Mark Twain‘s celebrated short story, General Washington’s Negro Body-Servant: The stirring part of this celebrated colored man’s life properly began with his death — that is to say, the notable features of…
A day after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Dyer, showing no remorse at all, went around Amritsar threatening people of dire consequences should they fail to follow his instructions. The odds were being stacked against the people of Amritsar. They had…
ग्राम्य जीवन के चितेरे फणीश्वरनाथ 'रेणु' ने हिन्दी में आंचलिक कथा की नींव रखी। रेणु को जितनी ख्याति हिंदी साहित्य में अपने उपन्यास मैला आँचल से मिली, उसकी मिसाल मिलना दुर्लभ है। इस उपन्यास के प्रकाशन ने उन्हें न केवल…
Famous for his much-loved philosophical work, The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of Ottoman Mount Lebanon), as a young man Kahlil (sometimes referred to…
