American Fiction Books

Tales of Men and Ghosts

Edith Wharton

Tales of Men and Ghosts was published as a collection in 1910, though the first eight of the stories had earlier appeared in Scribner's and the last two in the Century Magazine. Despite the title, the..

Martie, the Unconquered

Kathleen Thompson Norris

Three of these girls met almost every afternoon, going first to each other's houses, and later wandering down for the mail, for some trivial errand at drug store or dry-goods store, and for the inevit..

Wakulla - a story of adventure in Florida

Kirk Munroe

Mr. Elmer had, for fifteen years, been cashier of the Norton Bank; and though his salary was not large, he had, by practising the little economies of a New England village, supported his family comfor..

Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby

Kathleen Thompson Norris

Almost all the women that she knew admitted unhappiness of one sort or another, and discussed their domestic troubles freely. Margaret had never sunk to that; it would not even have been a relief to a..