18 stories
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Saki-
1.4K
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145 parts
A creeping chill settles with each precisely-rendered sentence. These tales, brittle as winter branches, unfold within shadowed drawing room... -
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George Eliot-
947
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74 parts
A creeping fog of expectation clings to the shadowed corners of London society, mirroring the stifled passions within. Here, amidst the sti... -
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William Makepeace Thackeray-
863
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69 parts
A fog-choked London, glimpsed through the gilded bars of ambition. The air hangs thick with the scent of decaying lace and the whispers of c... -
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Thomas Hardy-
596
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63 parts
A creeping fog clings to the stone of crumbling chapels and the skeletal remains of ancient forests, mirroring the decay that consumes Jude ... -
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Charles Kingsley-
584
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28 parts
A creeping dampness clings to the reeds and shadowed riverbanks, mirroring the suffocating grief that haunts young Alice’s memory of a lost ... -
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H. G. Wells-
445
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21 parts
A fog-choked London breathes down the neck of Arthur Kipps, a draper’s assistant adrift in a world of shopkeepers and social strata. But ben... -
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William Shakespeare-
415
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23 parts
A creeping fog clings to Padua’s shadowed streets, mirroring the suffocating constraints imposed upon Katherina. Cobblestones gleam with a p... -
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P. G. Wodehouse-
400
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27 parts
A creeping fog clings to the manicured lawns of country estates, mirroring the subtle decay within the hearts of men grown brittle with expe... -
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E. Nesbit-
385
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14 parts
Dust motes dance in the perpetual twilight of the crumbling manor, where the Amulet’s shadow stretches long and cold. A creeping dread perme... -
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P. G. Wodehouse-
376
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24 parts
A creeping dread clings to the crumbling manor of Blackwood Hall, where Miss Everly’s arrival coincides with the chilling disappearance of L... -
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E. M. Forster-
369
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39 parts
A creeping dread settles amongst the clipped lawns and stifled conversations of Edwardian England. These stories, though brief, are steeped ... -
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Frances Hodgson Burnett-
342
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22 parts
Dust motes dance in perpetual twilight within the shadowed halls of Misselton House, a boarding school steeped in the chill of London fog an... -
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E. Nesbit-
298
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12 parts
A creeping dampness clings to the crumbling coast of Cornwall, mirroring the rot within the ancient manor house of Blackwood. Old Man Trusc... -
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Frances Hodgson Burnett-
250
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16 parts
Dust motes dance in perpetual twilight within the shadowed halls of Fauntleroy Castle. A boy, orphaned and American-born, is thrust into a w... -