Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 3
“She was the freest-handed woman that ever I knew,” said Mrs. Crowe, decidedly. “According to her means, she gave away more than anybody. I...
Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 2
Mrs. Crowe, on the contrary, was well to do, her husband being a rich farmer and an easy-going man. She was a stingy woman,...
Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 1
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909)
Sarah Orne Jewett was born at South Berwick, Maine, in 1849. She was one of the leading exponents of New England...
Doctor Faust and the Usurer part 2
I will give you either an arm or a leg, whichever shall best please you, and which shall be made over to you as...
Doctor Faust and the Usurer part 1
Anonymous: Late 16th Century
The author of the socalled Chapbook of Dr. Faust was in all probability a Lutheran pastor. The first known edition appeared...
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant part 3
So they stopped and called Howleglass in a great passion, inquiring what vile work he had been doing, and swore and threatened dreadfully. Just...
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant part 2
Away they went, and the merchant bought some pieces of roasting meat, saying on his return, “Now, Do l, remember when you put this...
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant part 1
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant (Anonymous: about 1500)
The earliest known version of Eulenspiegel dates from 1515, though an edition is said to have been printed...
