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Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott - Chapter 03

Alexander's glorious reign and his remarkable military campaigns, the historic crossing of the Hellespont, his defeat of Darius and the conquest of territories in Asia Minor, Tyre and Egypt are the stuff of legends. At twenty-six he was the greatest ruler the ancient world had ever seen, but he had already begun to descend into a life of debauchery. His army commanders began to rebel and then followed a bloody trail of murders and assassinations. Alexander's final days are also captured in th...

Death in Venice - Chapter III, Part 2

Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment that instead leads to his erotic doom.

Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys - Story 03

Curly and Floppy Twistytail is about the adventures of the two Twistytail pig brothers.

Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys - Story 02

Curly and Floppy Twistytail is about the adventures of the two Twistytail pig brothers.

Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë - Chapter 02

Drawing heavily from personal experience, Anne Brontë wrote Agnes Grey in an effort to represent the many 19th Century women who worked as governesses and suffered daily abuse as a result of their position.