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A doctor and his nephew investigate a Providence house where generations of residents have weakened, gone mad, or died.
A Wall Street copyist answers every request with "I would prefer not to" — and never leaves.
Reuniting with an old friend makes a Dublin clerk question the life and ambitions he has settled for.
A solitary bank clerk forms an unexpected friendship with a married woman and must decide how close to let her come.
After a motor race, a wealthy young Irishman joins his foreign friends for a night of celebration.
Two boys skip school in search of adventure and meet a stranger who unsettles their day.
A boy promises to bring a gift from a bazaar to the girl he adores, and waits for his chance to go.
After a drunken fall, a salesman’s friends try to guide him back toward the church.
Gabriel Conroy attends his aunts’ annual dance, where an evening of music and conversation unsettles his assumptions.
A boy waits for news of an ailing priest and struggles to understand the adults’ uneasy silences.
Two Dublin men arrange a meeting with a servant, and one spends the evening waiting for news.
A woman estranged from her son takes in a sick child after a family party.
A shopkeeper develops feelings for a married locksmith and struggles with what her priest calls sin.
A new wife leaves her husband to find a life she can choose for herself.
A stopped train brings strangers to Caline's rural home, leaving her curious about the world beyond it.
A shopkeeper spends his earnings on his sister's hopes of becoming an opera singer.
A planter's challenge to a segregated school sends its teacher to New Orleans, where their conflict follows her.
An enslaved young woman refuses the marriage her mistress has chosen and falls in love with another man.
A poor market worker supports an older woman from the family he once served.
On a bitter Christmas Eve, an out-of-work watchmaker hears a violin through the wall just as he loses hope.
A young emissary enters hostile Florence with a plea that could alter a kingdom's fate.
A reckless English volunteer joins Greek fighters and survives a battle beside their grieving young leader.
A banished young Sienese entrusts his sister to the rival who toppled their family.
A poor steward's daughter marries the lord who saved her from a burning home.
