English Stories Moral Novels

2023-04-13 18:30:56 The Thieves and the Ass
By La Fontaine's fables
Two thieves, pursuing their profession,Had of a donkey got possession,Whereon a strife arose,Which went from words to blows.The question was, to sell, or not to sell;But while our sturdy ...
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2023-04-13 06:30:41 The Apparition of Mrs Veal
by Daniel Defoe
This thing is so rare in all its circumstances, and on so good authority,that my reading and conversation have not given me anything like it. It is fit to gratify the most ingenious and serious inquirer. Mrs. Bargrave is the person to whom Mrs. Veal appeared after her...
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2023-04-12 18:30:39 An Actor’s End
by Anton Chekhov
SHTCHIPTSOV, the "heavy father" and "good-hearted simpleton," a tall and thick-set old man, not so much distinguished by his talents as an actor as by his exceptional physical strength, had a desperate quarrel with the manager during the performance, and just...
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2023-04-12 06:30:12 Goldilocks and the Three Bears
American literature
Once upon a time there were three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood. One of them was a Little Wee Bear, and one was a Middle-sized Bear, and the other was a Great Big Bear. They had each a bowl for their porridge; a little bowl for the...
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2023-04-11 18:30:11 An Opinion
By Charles Dickens
Worn out by anxious watching, Mr. Lorry fell asleep at his post. On the tenth morning of his suspense, he was startled by the shining of the sun into the room where a heavy slumber had overtaken him....
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2023-04-11 06:30:17 The Fellow of No Delicacy
By Charles Dickens
If Sydney Carton ever shone anywhere, he certainly never shone in the house of Doctor Manette. He had been there often, during a whole year, and had always been the same moody and morose lounger there. When he cared .....
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2023-04-10 18:30:11 YOU’LL NEVER LIVE TO REGRET IT
by jeffrey archer
And so it was agreed: David would leave everything to Pat. If one of them had to die, at least the other would be financially secure for the rest of their life. David felt it was the least he could do for someone who’d stood by him for so many years, especially as he was the one who had been...
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2023-04-10 06:30:41 BROKEN ROUTINE
by jeffrey archer
Septimus Horatio Cornwallis did not live up to his name. With such a name he should have been a cabinet minister, an admiral, or at least a rural dean. In fact, Septimus Horatio Cornwallis was a claims adjuster at the head office of the Prudential Assurance Company...
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2023-04-09 18:30:17 The Travelers & the Purse
Aesop's Fables
Two men were traveling in company along the road when one of them picked up a well-filled purse.
"How lucky I am!" he said. "I have found a...
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2023-04-09 06:30:52 The Honest Tradesman
By Charles Dickens
To the eyes of Mr. Jeremiah Cruncher, sitting on his stool in Fleet-street with his grisly urchin beside him, a vast number and variety of objects in movement were every day presented. Who could sit upon anything in...
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