Criminals in the United States of America are much the same as criminals in any other place. They lie, cheat, steal, carry guns, break into houses β and murder people. Sometimes they get caught, sometimes they don't. And some of them have bad dreams for the rest of their lives. These seven stories b
American Stories
β Scribed by Hawthorne, Julian (editor)
- Book ID
- 108081468
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Series
- Lock and Key 9
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
American Stories
CONTENTS:
F. MARION CRAWFORD (1854-)
By the Waters of Paradise
MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN (1862-)
The Shadows on the Wall
MELVILLE D. POST (1871-)
The Corpus Delicti
AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-)
An Heiress from Redhorse
The Man and the Snake
EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-49)
The Oblong Box
The Gold-Bug
WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859)
Wolfert Webber, or Golden Dreams
Adventure of the Black Fisherman
CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN (1771-1810)
Wieland's Madness
FITZJAMES O'BRIEN (1828-1862)
The Golden Ingot
My Wife's Tempter
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864)
The Minister's Black Veil
ANONYMOUS
Horror: A True Tale
Version : 5.0
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