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The Garden Party and Other StoriesMansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923enAt the bay -- The garden party -- The daughters of the late colonel -- Mr and Mrs Dove -- The young girl -- Life of Ma Parker -- Marriage a la mode -- The voyage -- Miss Brill -- Her first ball -- The singing lesson -- The stranger -- Bank holiday -- An ideal family -- The lady's maid.Short stories, New Zealand; New Zealand -- Social life and customs -- Fiction1998-08-01
The Untilled FieldMoore, George (George Augustus), 1852-1933enIn the clay -- Some parishioners -- The exile -- Home sickness -- A letter to Rome -- Julia Cahill's curse -- A playhouse in the waste -- The wedding-gown -- The clerk's quest -- "Alms-giving." -- So on he fares -- The wild goose -- The way back.Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Ireland -- Emigration and Immigration -- Fiction2003-05-01
Children of BorneoGomes, Edwin Herbert, 1862-enChildren -- Borneo; Borneo -- Social life and customs2009-01-14
Life and sport in China Second EditionReady, Oliver GeorgeenSports -- China; China -- Social life and customs2008-08-24
The Schoolmistress, and other storiesChekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904enThe schoolmistress -- A nervous breakdown -- Misery -- Champagne -- After the theatre -- A lady's story -- In exile -- The cattle dealers -- Sorrow -- On official duty -- The first-class passenge -- A tragic actor -- A transgression -- Small fry -- The requiem -- In the coach-house -- Panic fears -- The bet -- The head gardener's story -- The beauties -- The shoemaker and the devilShort stories; Russia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction2006-02-22
More Cargoes 1897Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943enSmoked skipper -- A safety match -- A rash experiment -- The cabin passenger -- "Choice spirits" -- A disciplinarian -- Brother Hutchins -- The disbursement sheet -- Rule of three -- Pickled herring -- Two of a trade -- An intervention -- The grey parrot -- Money changers -- The lost ship.Humorous stories, English; England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; River life -- Fiction2008-06-12
Nights With Uncle RemusHarris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908enWinter, Milo, 1886-1956 [Illustrator]Animals -- Fiction; Georgia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Remus, Uncle (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Plantation life -- Fiction; African American men -- Fiction2008-01-26
The Awakening and Selected Short StoriesChopin, Kate, 1850-1904enThe awakening -- Beyond the Bayou -- Maáme Pélagle -- Désirée's baby -- A respectable woman -- The kiss -- A pair of silk stockings -- The locket -- A reflection.Adultery -- Fiction; Women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- Fiction; Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction; New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction; Louisiana -- Social life and customs -- Fiction2006-03-11
Country LodgingsMitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855enShort stories; Country life -- England -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Pastoral fiction; Courtship -- Fiction; Widows -- Fiction2007-10-02
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old PlantationHarris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908enAfrican American men -- Fiction; Animals -- Fiction; Georgia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Plantation life -- Fiction; Remus, Uncle (Fictitious character) -- Fiction2008-08-25
Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town lifeAnderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941enThe book of the grotesque -- Hands -- Paper pills -- Mother -- The philosopher -- Nobody knows -- Godliness -- A man of ideas -- Adventure -- Respectability -- The thinker -- Tandy -- The strength of God -- The teacher -- Loneliness -- An awakening -- "Queer" -- The untold lie -- Drink -- Death -- Sophistication -- Departure.Ohio -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; City and town life -- Fiction; Pastoral fiction1996-02-01
Hell Fer Sartain and Other StoriesFox, John, 1863-1919enOn Hell-fer-Sartain Creek -- Through the gap -- A trick o' trade -- Grayson's baby -- Courtin' on Cutshin -- The message in the sand -- The senator's last trade -- Preachin' on Kingdom-Come -- The passing of Abraham Shivers -- A purple rhododendron.Short stories; Mountain life -- Fiction; Cumberland Mountains -- Fiction; Kentucky -- Social life and customs -- Fiction1996-01-01
Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other TalesStuart, Ruth McEnery, 1856-1917enSolomon Crow's Christmas pockets -- The two Tims -- The Freys' Christmas party -- Little Mother Quackalina -- Old Easter -- Saint Idyl's light -- "Blink" -- Duke's Christmas -- Uncle Ephe's advice to Brer Rabbit -- May be so.New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction; Louisiana -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Christmas stories2009-01-12
Tales of Two CountriesKielland, Alexander Lange, 1849-1906enPharaoh -- The parsonage -- The peat moor -- "Hope's clad in April green" -- At the fair -- Two friends -- A good conscience -- Romance and reality -- Withered leaves -- The battle of Waterloo.Kielland, Alexander Lange, 1849-1906 -- Translations into English; Norway -- Social life and customs -- Fiction2005-08-01
ReginaldSaki, 1870-1916enReginald -- Reginald on Christmas Presents -- Reginald on the Academy -- Reginald at the Theatre -- Reginald's Peace Poem -- Reginald's Choir Treat -- Reginald on Worries -- Reginald on House-Parties -- Reginald at the Carlton -- Reginald on Besetting Sins -- Reginald's Drama -- Reginald on Tariffs -- Reginald's Christmas Revel -- Reginald's Rubaiyat -- The Innocence of Reginald.Short stories, English; England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Humorous stories, English2001-09-01
The Red-Blooded Heroes of the FrontierBronson, Edgar Beecher, 1856-1917enLoving's bend -- A cow-hunters' court -- A self-constituted executioner -- Triggerfingeritis -- A juggler with death -- An aerial bivouac -- The evolution of a train robber -- Circus day at Mancos -- Across the border -- The three-legged doe and the blind buck -- The Lemon County hunt -- El Tigre -- Bunkered -- They who must be obeyed -- Djama Aout's heroism -- A modern Coeur-de-lion.Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs2007-08-17
Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-bookFuller, Anna, 1853-1916enPreface -- A pilgrim in the far West -- Brian Boru -- Jake Stanwood's gal -- At the Keith ranch -- The Rumpety case -- The Lame Gulch professor -- The boss of the wheel -- Mr. Fetherbee's adventure -- An amateur gamble -- A Rocky Mountain shipwreck -- A stroke in the game -- The blizzard picnic -- A golden vista.Moore, Emma G. [Illustrator]Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction; Colorado -- Social life and customs -- Fiction2007-08-03
PardnersBeach, Rex Ellingwood, 1877-1949enPardners -- The mule driver and the garrulous mute -- The colonel and the horse-thief -- The thaw at Slisco's -- Bitter Root Billings, arbiter -- The shyness of Shorty -- The test -- North of fifty-three -- Where northern lights come down o' nights -- The scourge.Western stories; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction; West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Short stories2004-08-08
A Little Girl in Old QuebecDouglas, Amanda Minnie, 1831-1916enOrphans -- Juvenile fiction; Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) -- Juvenile fiction; Québec (Québec) -- Juvenile fiction; Canada -- Social life and customs -- To 1763 -- Juvenile fiction2007-12-09
Fathers and ChildrenTurgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883enGarnett, Constance, 1861-1946 [Translator]Fathers and sons -- Fiction; Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction; Russia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917 -- Fiction; Domestic fiction; Historical fiction2009-12-21
Domestic Manners of the AmericansTrollope, Fanny, 1779-1863enUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865; Trollope, Frances Milton, 1780-1863 -- Travel -- United States; United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865; United States -- Description and travel2003-11-01
Working in the Shade Lowly Sowing brings Glorious ReapingWilson, Theodore P.enEngland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction; Kindness -- Juvenile fiction; Social classes -- Juvenile fiction; Domestic fiction; Christian life -- Juvenile fiction; Orphans -- Juvenile fiction; Selfishness -- Juvenile fiction2007-04-18
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and GreenJerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927enReginald Blake, financier and cad -- An item of fashionable intelligence -- Blasé Billy -- The choice of Cyril Harjohn -- The materialisation of Charles and Mivanway -- Portrait of a lady -- The man who would manage -- The man who lived for others -- A man of habit -- The absent-minded man -- A charming woman -- Whibley's spirit -- The man who went wrong -- The hobby rider -- The man who did not believe in luck -- Dick Dunkerman's cat -- The minor poet's story -- The degeneration of Thomas Henry -- The city of the sea -- Driftwood.Short stories, English; Manners and customs -- Fiction2000-06-01
Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the FilipinosKayme, SargentenThe anting-anting of Captain Von Tollig -- The cave in the side of Coron -- The conjure man of Siargao -- Mrs. Hannah Smith, nurse -- The fifteenth wife -- "Our lady of Pilar" -- A question of time -- The spirit of Mount Apo -- With what measure ye mete -- Told at the club -- Pearls of Sulu.Philippines -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; United States -- History -- Philippine-American War -- Fiction; Americans -- Philippines -- Fiction2008-02-26
Drift from Two ShoresHarte, Bret, 1836-1902enThe man on the beach -- Two saints of the foothills -- Jinny -- Roger Catron's friend -- Who was my quiet friend? -- A ghost of the Sierras -- The hoodlum band -- The man whose yoke was not easy -- My friend, the tramp -- The man from Solano -- The office seeker -- A sleeping-car experience -- Five o'clock in the morning -- With the entrées.American fiction -- 19th century; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Short stories, American2000-05-01




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