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Father, A - Anton Chekov (1894-1905) - Short Story
"Old Musatov took a nondescript rag out of his pocket and wiped his shaven, battered face with it." Chekhov links
For
Ever - Johann Goethe (1749-1832) - Poem
"The happiness that man, whilst prison'd here, / Is wont with heavenly
rapture to compare,--" Goethe
Links | Goethe E-texts
Frankenstein
- Mary Shelley (1797-1851) - Novel
Frankenstein's presumptuous act of creation, although begun with the best of
intentions, is doomed to failure, for man cannot hope to penetrate the secrets
of science. Shelley Links
Fragment
58: Night and Sleep - Alcman (c. 625 BC) - Poem
"They sleep, the mountain crags and gullies..." Alcman
Bio | Alcman links | Alcman
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Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) - Novel
Daniel Defoe writes, "I have often heard persons of good judgement say
that all the stir that people make in the world about ghosts and apparitions
is owing to the strength of imagination, and the powerful operation of fancy
in their minds; that there is no such thing as a spirit appearing, or a ghost
walking..."
