The Girl with the Golden Eyes is a story about Henri de Marsay who after having seduced a woman he desired, discoveres that Paquita Valdes has another lover, his half-siste[more...]
Quote, "I hired a wagon that night and commenced selling the bitters on Main Street. Fisher Hill was a low, malarial town; and a compound hypothetical pneumocardiac anti-scorbutic tonic was just what I diagnosed the crowd as needing[more...]
Quote, "You wait, and you'll see. An' don't get scared at the start. The first few rounds'll be something fierce. That's Ponta's strong point. He's a wild man, with an kinds of punches,--a whirlwind,-- and he gets his man in the first rounds[more...]
The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins is a short story about an arctic voyage inspired by Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition to discover the North West Passag[more...]
