The story shelf
Follow your curiosity.
A name you know. A mood you’re in. Ten minutes to yourself. Start anywhere.
What would you like to read about?
10 stories · Selected from the catalog
O. HenryA ragged man's attack on a passerby leads a reporter to the history of a highly profitable journalism school.
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Two rival suitors join a treasure hunt, bringing very different ideas about the value of education.
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A Western newcomer becomes a rival for a painter's affection in her wealthy uncle's New York home.
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Newly wealthy swindlers found a free university, then discover how quickly philanthropy spends their fortune.
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A sheltered woman enters political society armed only with novels and local newspapers, and finds villains everywhere she looks.
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Two market shoppers display the benefits of cheap high culture by turning every grievance into history, criticism, and misquotation.
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Reginald diagnoses fashionable worry as a social accessory best chosen to fit the calendar and the dining hour.
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Mistaken for a governess, Lady Carlotta accepts the role and tests a fashionable theory of making history vivid for children.
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A bored bachelor challenges an aunt's moral tale with a story whose horribly good heroine earns the children's full attention.
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Two boys receive pacifist toys meant to reform their imaginations and immediately find new uses for dustbins, reformers, and public libraries.
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