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Classic Reader: "Bertha" by Guy De Maupassant
This is the text of the short story "Bertha" by Guy de Maupassant. Dr. Bonnet relates the tragic story of Bertha, a mentally deficient woman whom he worked with to establish some degree of cognitive understanding.
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Classic Reader: "Bertie's Christmas Eve" by H. H. Munro
This is the text of the short story "Bertie's Christmas Eve" by H. H. Munro. Bertie wreaks havoc at the Christmas party.
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Classic Reader: "Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse" by Guy De Maupassant
This is the text of the short story "Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse" by Guy de Maupassant, one of his tales of death short stories.
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Classic Reader: "Best Seller" by O Henry
This is the text of the short story "Best-Seller" by O Henry, a story with a twist at the end.
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Classic Reader: "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov
This is the text of the short story "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov. Imprisoned for life or ending life - which is the more humane? The lawyer truly believes in life at any cost so the banker sets a wager.
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Classic Reader: "Between Rounds" by O Henry
This is the text of the short story "Between Rounds" by O Henry, a tale with a twist.
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Classic Reader: "Between the Hill and the Valley" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
This is the text of the short story "Between the Hill and the Valley" by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of the Anne of Green Gables.
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Classic Reader: "Beyond the Bayou" by Katherine Chopin
This is the text of the short story "Beyond the Bayou" by Katherine Chopin, a story of La Folle leaving the boundaries of the Bayou.
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Classic Reader: "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft
This is the text of the short story "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft. An intern in a mental hospital relates his experience with Joe Slater, an inmate who died at the facility a few weeks after being confined as a criminally...
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Classic Reader: "The Bird Market" by Anton Chekhov
This is the text of the short story "The Bird Market" by Anton Chekhov, a story about the Sunday bird market in Russia.
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Classic Reader: "A Bird of Bagdad" by O. Henry
This is the text of the short story "A Bird Of Bagdad" by O. Henry, a tale with a twist.
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Classic Reader: "The Birthday of the Infanta" by Oscar Wilde
This is the text of the short story "The Birthday of the Infanta" by Oscar Wilde, a fantasy story.
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Classic Reader: "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This is the text of the short story "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a story about the cost of perfection.
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Classic Reader: "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
This is the text of the short story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, a tale of horror.
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Classic Reader: "Black Joe" by Henry Lawson
This is the text of the short story "Black Joe" by Henry Lawson, a story in which Aborigines play a major part.
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Classic Reader: "The Blind Man" by Guy De Maupassant
This is the text of the short story "The Blind Man" by Guy de Maupassant, a short piece that examines the experience of the blind man and the severe treatment he experienced at the hands of his family and the community.
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Classic Reader: "The Blind Spot" by H. H. Munro
This is the text of the short story "The Blind Spot" by H. H. Munro, a murder mystery.
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Classic Reader: "The Boarded Window" by Ambrose Bierce
This is the text of the short story "The Boarded Window" by Ambrose Bierce, a scary story with a startling ending.
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Classic Reader: "The Boarding House" by James Joyce
This is the text of the short story "The Boarding House" by James Joyce, a tale of misdirection.
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Classic Reader: "A Boating Adventure in the Carolines" by Louis Becke
This is the text of the short story "A Boating Adventure in the Carolines" by Louis Becke, a shipwreck story.
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Classic Reader: "Bobaran" by Louis Becke
This is the text of the short story "Bobaran" by Louis Becke, a story of an adventure on the South Sea.
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Classic Reader: "Bon Bon" by Edgar Allan Poe
This is the text of the short story Bon-Bon by Edgar Allan Poe, the story of Pierre Bon-Bon, a chef and philosopher who was visited by the devil.
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Classic Reader: "The Bones of Kahekili" by Jack London
This is the text of the short story "The Bones of Kahekili" by Jack London; It is part of a collection published after Jack London's death in 1916. The story is set in Hawaii in the year 1880.
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Classic Reader: "A Boring Story" by Anton Chekhov
This is the text of the novella "A Boring Story" by Anton Chekhov (also known as "A Dreary Story"). It is narrated by a dying professor of medicine charting his own decline as he approaches death.