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Dandelion - Annie Rankin Annan - Poem
Annan writes, "At dawn, when England's childish tongue / Lisped happy truths, and men were young..."
Daughter
of Albion, A - Anton Chekov (1894-1905) - Short Story
Chekhov writes, "A fine carriage with rubber tyres, a fat coachman, and
velvet on the seats, rolled up to the house of a landowner called Gryabov."
Chekhov links
Daughter
of Eve, A - Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) - Poem
Rossetti writes, "A fool I was to sleep at noon, / And wake when night
is chilly..."
David
Copperfield -Charles Dickens (1812-1870) - Novel
Dickens writes, "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life,
or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."
Dickens Links
David
Swan - Nathanial Hawthorne (1804-1864) - Short Story
"We can be but partially acquainted even with the events which actually
influence our course through life, and our final destiny. There are innumerable
other events--if such they may be called--which come close upon us, yet pass
away without actual results, or even betraying their near approach, by the reflection
of any light or shadow across our minds." Hawthorne
links
Day
in the Country, A - Anton Chekov (1894-1905) - Short Story
Chekhov writes, "A dark leaden-coloured mass is creeping over the sky towards
the sun." Chekhov
links
Dead
Body , A - Anton Chekov (1894-1905) - Short Story
Chekhov writes, "A still August night. A mist is rising slowly from the
fields and casting an opaque veil over everything within eyesight." Chekhov
links
Defenceless
Creature, A - Anton Chekov (1894-1905) - Short Story
"In spite of a violent attack of gout in the night and the nervous exhaustion
left by it, Kistunov went in the morning to his office and began punctually
seeing the clients of the bank and persons who had come with petitions."
Chekhov
links
Deliverance
from a Fit of Fainting - Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) - Poem
Bradstreet writes, "Worthy art Thou, O Lord, of praise, / But ah! It's
not in me." Bradstreet Bio | Bradstreet Links | Bradstreet
E-texts
Desired
Loosenings - Alcman (c. 625 BC) - Poem
"Desired loosenings / arms, knees, thighs..." Alcman
Bio | Alcman links
| Alcman E-texts
Devil
in the Manuscript, The - Nathanial Hawthorne (1804-1864) - Short
Story
"On a bitter evening of December, I arrived by mail in a large town, which
was then the residence of an intimate friend, one of those gifted youths who
cultivate poetry and the belles-lettres, and call themselves students at law."
Hawthorne
links
Devil's
Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - Humor
Read the entire work A to Z. This dictionary is probably Bierce's most popular,
and witty, work. Bierce Links | Bierce
Bio | Bierce E-texts
Disappointment
- Aphra Behn (1640?-1689) - Poem
Behn writes, "One Day the Amarous Lisander, / By an impatient Passion
sway'd, / Surpris'd fair Cloris, that lov'd Maid..."
Doctor's
Visit, A - Anton Chekov (1894-1905) - Short Story
"The Professor received a telegram from the Lyalikovs' factory; he was
asked to come as quickly as possible." Chekhov
links
Dracula
- Bram Stoker (1845-1912) - Novel
Read Stoker's famous work. The book begins with: "May 3. Bistritz.-- Left
Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should
have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late."
Dream
Land - Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) - Poem
Rossetti writes, "Where sunless rivers weep / Their waves into the deep,
/ She sleeps a charmed sleep: / Awake her not...."
Dreary
Story, A - Anton Chekov (1894-1905) - Short Story
"There is in Russia an emeritus Professor Nikolay Stepanovitch, a chevalier
and privy councillor; he has so many Russian and foreign decorations that when
he has occasion to put them on the students nickname him ‘The Ikonstand’."
Chekhov links
