The Cost of Kindness

Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

CHAPTER I. Three invalids.--Sufferings of George and Harris.--A victim to one hundred and seven fatal maladies.--Useful prescriptions.--Cure for liver complaint in children.--We agree that we are...

Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

by Jerome K. Jerome TO THE VERY DEAR AND WELL-BELOVED FRIEND OF MY PROSPEROUS AND EVIL DAYS-- TO THE FRIEND WHO, THOUGH IN THE EARLY STAGES OF OUR ACQUAINTANCE...

Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

CHAPTER I Three men need change--Anecdote showing evil result of deception--Moral cowardice of George--Harris has ideas--Yarn of the Ancient Mariner and the Inexperienced Yachtsman--A hearty crew...

Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

By Jerome K. Jerome 1899 Hurst and Blackett edition Contents On the art of making up one's mind.

Kurt Vonnegut

Everything was perfectly swell.

Edgar Allan Poe

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.

Heinrich Hoffmann

[Transcriber's Note: This book was first published in German in 1844, and in English translation in 1848.

Edgar Allan Poe

The "Red Death" had long devastated the country.