My Ántonia (an excerpt), Willa Cather (1918)
A boy and a girl, uprooted from all they held dear and familiar, adapt to a new life on the prairie.
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"After the Race," James Joyce (1914)
A young man finds himself wildly out of his depth.
"Our Mark Twain," Helen Keller (1929)
Reflections on one American icon from another.
“Summer” from Jean Gourdon’s Four Days, Émile Zola (1874)
A soldier faces the regret of mortality in the throes of war.
The Kiss, Anton Chekhov (1887)
A soldier has his confidence and imagination ignited by a mysterious chance encounter.
Double Birthday, Willa Cather (1929)
A group of friends find companionship in reminiscing the past, despite the necessary adjustment to a post-WWI world.
The Declaration of Independence (1776)
“The good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States…”
Big Two-Hearted River, Ernest Hemingway (1925)
A young man goes trout fishing and reminds the reader what a conversation with Mother Nature really sounds like.
“Indian Summer of a Forsyte” from The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy (1918)
A man ponders his age, his passions, and his history as he revels in the company of an unexpected guest.
A White Heron, Sarah Orne Jewett (1886)
A young girl bravely faces her first test of loyalty, choosing between human interests and those of the natural world.