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An old couple was never able to have children and the old man sets out to find one. Through magic he acquires a daughter, but she is stolen by an eagle. The eagle takes care of her because he sees her as a good omen and she grows up in his nest. Later in her life, she is discovered by a prince. The girl is tricked by an old woman and brought down from the trees in order to marry the prince and lives happily ever after.

Half-Past Seven Stories

Story 3: "The Jolly Roger"

by Robert Gordon Anderson

A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. In this story the rain keeps the children indoors until they turn the thought of a flood into an imaginative game in which they are pirates on a ship.

The Castle of Otranto

Preface to the First Edition

by Horace Walpole

The preface to the book.

The War of the Worlds

Book One—The Coming of the Martians, Chapter 2: The Falling Star

by H.G. Wells

News of the Martian landing begins to spread, although many refuse to believe it.

Vanity Fair

Chapter 60: Returns to the Genteel World

by William Makepeace Thackeray

Little George returns, as does good fortune, to the Sedley house.

The Brown Fairy Book

The Wicked Wolverine

by Andrew Lang

A story about a wolverine who is not very kind and who does not get punishment for what he does.

Stories from Around the World

“The Badger’s Money”

by Traditional

A priest gets money from his friend the badger but cannot spend it, although he is very grateful.

The Yellow Fairy Book

How Six Men Traveled through the Wide World

by Andrew Lang

How six men with extraordinary powers win a treasure from a king.

David Copperfield

Chapter 44: Our Housekeeping

by Charles Dickens

Dora and David begin their life's together.

The Merchant of Venice

Merchant of Venice: Act 2, Scene 2

by William Shakespeare

Lancelot and Old Gobbo present a proposition to Bassanio. Bassianio and Graziano depart for Belmont.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

The Oval Portrait

by Edgar Allan Poe

The narrator discovers a shocking painting while seeking refuge in an abandoned mansion.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Chapter 7

by Mark Twain

Tom is punished for being late to school resulting in him meeting Becky Thatcher. Tom and Becky's lunch together does not end well for Tom.

The Woman in White

EPOCH TWO: “The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe, Part V”

by Wilkie Collins

Marian and Laura take a walk, where Laura reveals some details of her marriage to Sir Percival. They see a strange figure, and Marian tries to find out who it could have been.