Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. (Summar...
Two Musicians is a short novel by Sarah Orne Jewett, known for its gentle and nuanced portrayal of life in a small New England town. It follows the fr...
This collection of stories and sketches by Bret Harte offers a glimpse into the vibrant and often-chaotic world of the California gold rush. Through v...
Set along the southern seacoast of Maine in the late 19th century, "Widow's House" is a moving and evocative novel about the lives of two widows, Mrs....
Mrs. Mulligatawny is a collection of poems by Arthur Macy, a native of Nantucket. Macy's poems are infused with the unique flavor of his island home,...
Joseph Crosby Lincoln's "A Thanksgiving Dream" is a humorous and heartwarming novella set in a small New England town during the Thanksgiving season....
A Discouraging Model is a collection of poems by James Whitcomb Riley, known for his use of Hoosier dialect and his portrayal of rural life in Indiana...
''The Grim Smile of the Five Towns'' is a collection of short stories by Arnold Bennett, set in the industrial town of Stoke-on-Trent, known as the 'F...
This humorous poem, "The Society Upon the Stanislaus," by Bret Harte, satirizes the social dynamics of a frontier mining town in California during the...
“The title of this volume is perhaps misleading. Tall Tales of Cape Cod they are, yes, but in a broader sense that are the feel and the basis of a way...
