The Great Wall of China was finished at its most northerly location. The construction work moved up from ... Read more
German Short Stories
Total Stories: 18
Two boys were sitting on the wall by the jetty playing dice. A man was reading a newspaper ... Read more
It was a Sunday morning at the most beautiful time in spring. George Bendemann, a young merchant, was ... Read more
I was in great difficulty. An urgent journey was facing me. A seriously ill man was waiting for ... Read more
In the last decades interest in hunger artists has declined considerably. Whereas in earlier days there was good ... Read more
If some frail tubercular lady circus rider were to be driven in circles around and around the arena ... Read more
Esteemed Gentlemen of the Academy! You show me the honour of calling upon me to submit a report ... Read more
The Emperorso they sayhas sent a message, directly from his deathbed, to you alone, his pathetic subject, a ... Read more
Before the law sits a gatekeeper. To this gatekeeper comes a man from the country who asks to ... Read more
Its a remarkable apparatus, said the Officer to the Explorer and gazed with a certain look of admiration ... Read more
We were camping in the oasis. My companions were asleep. An Arab, tall and white, went past me. ... Read more
The little house in which lived Madeleine de Scudéri, well known for her pleasing verses, and the favour ... Read more
