By Jane Austen
I
LADY SUSAN VERNON TO MR. VERNON
Langford, Dec.
MY DEAR BROTHER,--I can no longer refuse myself the pleasure of
profiting by your kind invitation when we last parte...
By Thackeray
CHAPTER I
GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF OUR VILLAGE AND THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE DIAMOND
When I came up to town for my second year, my aunt Hoggarty made me a
present of a diamo...
by Anton Checkov
CHARACTERS
IRINA ABKADINA, an actress CONSTANTINE TREPLIEFF, her son
PETER SORIN, her brother
NINA ZARIETCHNAYA, a young girl, the daughter of a rich landown...