The Open Boat, one of the seventeen stories featured in this volume is based on Crane's experience of surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Florida earlier that year while...

A treasure map is found in old sailor's sea chest who once served under the pirate Captain Flint. Following the former pirate's death, young Jim Hawkins, Dr. Livesey, Squire...

The play is set in a seaside town and tells the story of Mrs Clandon and her three children, Dolly, Phillip and Gloria, who have just returned to England after an eighteen-year...

Lisa didn’t want to miss that window of opportunity. She only had a Sunday with Terence and she knew that it was the only time that she had to make sure that she was...

"Herbert West–Reanimator" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written between October 1921 and June 1922. It was first...

The sea was very calm. There was no ship in sight, and the sea-gulls were motionless upon its even greyness. The sky was dark with lowering clouds, but there was no wind. The line...

How can a man come to know himself? Never by thinking, but by doing. Try to do your duty, and you will know at once what you are worth.

The novel follows Anges and her uneasy path to personal happiness and a romance with Mr. Weston. Agnes, her sister, Mary, and their mother all try to keep expenses low and to...

Doctor Emily is one of the best doctors in her city. Not only is she good, but she is a lifesaver. One of the patients who owes her his life calls on her earlier than he should...

In a certain kingdom there lived a Prince Ivan. He had three sisters. The first was the Princess Marya, the second the Princess Olga, the third the Princess Anna. When their...