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Adam Lewis LaValley Yokohama Experiment House

Short Story
English
919 Words
Ages 14 and up
199
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4 young adults wake up in a tea house stuck in a continuum. Each have met at certain [more]

Keywords: japan, japanese, yokohama, house, short, story, tea

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Mostyn Heilmannovsky The Haunted House

Horror
English
4617 Words
Ages 16 and up
95
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A compelling account of a paranormal researcher, who shares his personal experiences in an old haunted house called [more]

Keywords: haunted house, Jaboc Andersen, Old Sheradon House, Master Lee Wang, Sheradon, timelines, different worlds

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Edith Wharton The House of Mirth

Fiction
English
129131 Words
No Age Recommendation
131
0

The House of Mirth is the fourth novel by Edith Wharton. First published in 1905, the novel is Wharton's first important work of fiction. It sold 140,000 copies between October and the end of December, adding to Wharton's existing fortune. The House of Mirth was written while Edith Wharton lived at The Mount, her home in Lenox, Massachusetts.The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, a woman who is torn between her desire for luxurious living and a relationship based on mutual respect and love. She sabotages all her possible opportunities for a wealthy marriage, loses the esteem of her social circle, and dies young, poor, and alone. Lily is initially of good social standing and rejects several offers of advantageous marriage. The book begins with Lily's 'scandalous' visit at a single man's apartment (Lawrence Selden). They seem to have a feeling for each other, but, unfortunately, Lawrence is not in possession of a big fortune, which turns Lily rather towards Percy Gryce, a young and timid millionaire. When everyone is convinced that Percy will propose to Lily on the next occasion, she suddenly changes her mind and steps back. This is clearly caused by an unexpected visit by Lawrence Selden, who is now convinced of his love for her, but does not want to risk marriage. Gryce soon marries another girl from the same circle. Lily's social standing erodes when her friend Judy Trenor's husband Gus gives Lily a large sum of money. Lily innocently accepts the money, believing that it is the return on investments he supposedly made for her. The rumors of this transaction, and of her mysterious visit to Gus in his city residence, crack her social standing further. One day Lily receives a note from Selden. She is sure he is going to propose and accepts the meeting the next day. Selden, frightened by this sudden change of her heart (earlier she virtually escaped when he tried to kiss her), flees to Havana, and then Europe, leaving no notice. [more]

Keywords: The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton

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H. P. Lovecraft The Shunned House

Fantasy
English
10858 Words
Ages 8 and up
215
2

"The Shunned House" is a story by H. P. Lovecraft in the horror fiction genre. For many years the protagonist and his uncle, Dr. Elihu Whipple, have nurtured a fascination with an old, abandoned house on Benefit Street. Dr. Whipple has made extensive records tracking the mysterious, yet apparently coincidental sickness and death of many who have lived in the house for over one hundred years. They are also puzzled by the strange weeds growing in the yard, as well as the unexplained foul smell and whitish, phosphorescent fungi growing in the cellar. After the protagonist discovers a strange, yellowish vapour in the basement, which seems to be coupled with a moldy outline of a huddled human form on the floor, he and his uncle decide to spend the night in the house, investigating the possibility of some supernatural force. They set up cots and chairs in the cellar, arm themselves with military flamethrowers, and outfit a modified Crookes tube in the hopes of destroying any supernatural presence they might find. The protagonist hatches a plan. He orders a military gas mask, digging tools, and six carboys of sulfuric acid to be delivered to the cellar door of the shunned house. He digs into the earthen floor of the cellar, turning up fungous yellow ooze, and arranges the barrels of acid around the hole in the belief that he will happen upon some kind of monstrous creature. Eventually, he uncovers a soft, blue-white, translucent tube, bent in half and two feet in diameter at its widest point. He frantically climbs out of the neck-deep hole and dumps in four barrels of acid, realizing that he had found the elbow of a gigantic monster. The protagonist faints after emptying the fourth barrel. [more]

Keywords: the shunned house, h p lovecraft, supernatural horror, gothic haunted house, ghost story, science fantasy

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Dhruv Bhachawat The Haunted House

Fiction
English
1659 Words
Ages 8 and up
847
6

'The Haunted House' is the story about a little boy Henry who is trapped by a vampire in [more]

Keywords: The Haunted House, vampire, horror, fiction, Adventure, bravery

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Henrick Ibsen A Doll's House

Drama
English
26468 Words
Ages 10 and up
742
2

A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th century marriage norms. It aroused great controversy at the time, as it concludes with the protagonist, Nora, leaving her husband and children because she wants to discover herself. Ibsen was inspired by the belief that "a woman cannot be herself in modern society," since it is "an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint." Its ideas can also be seen as having a wider application: Michael Meyer argued that the play's theme is not women's rights, but rather "the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she really is and to strive to become that person." In a speech given to the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1898, Ibsen insisted that he "must disclaim the honor of having consciously worked for the women's rights movement," since he wrote "without any conscious thought of making propaganda," his task having been "the description of humanity." In 2006, the centennial of Ibsen's death, A Doll's House held the distinction of being the world's most performed play. [more]

Keywords: a dolls house, herick ibsen, the dolls house, ibsen, play, classic, drama, theater, literature

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Jenni Darby House of Stench

Horror
English
852 Words
Ages 18 and up
17
2

Papa said it was the goblins in the basement that made the house smell so bad. He [more]

Keywords: house, goblins, halloween, haunted, scary, horror, fiction, fantasy, basement

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Edith Wharton House of Mirth

Fiction
English
129126 Words
Ages 8 and up
188
2

House of Mirth is written in the style of a novel of manners, set against the backdrop of the 1890s New York aristocracy, it is considered American literary naturalism. Wharton places her tragic heroine, Lily Bart, in a society that she describes as a "hot-house of traditions and conventions." House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, a woman who is torn between her desire for luxurious living and a relationship based on mutual respect and love. She sabotages all her possible opportunities for a wealthy marriage, loses the esteem of her social circle, and dies young, poor, and alone. [more]

Keywords: the house of mirth, edith wharton, historical romance, social satire, drama and tragedy, psychological fiction

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