“ “Well, now,” said the doctor, “my role is over.” I did my job and I can say, not without some pride, that it was done well. Now all that remains is to send...

“The Venerable Mordukh Soulis was for many years a pastor in the Bolvirian parish, located in the swamps of the low-lying valley of the Dyul River. He was a ...

“The mill where Bill lived with his adoptive parents stood in a mountain valley, among a pine forest and high mountains. These mountains piled higher and hig...

The story “The Old Age House” was first published in the collection “Fables,” published in 1900, after Stevenson’s death. The idea for such a collection came...

“Prince Florizel walked with Mr. Rolls to the very door of the small hotel where he lived. They talked a lot, and the young man was more than once moved to t...

“Francis Scrimgeour, a clerk at the Scottish Bank in Edinburgh, lived in a peaceful and respectable environment until he was twenty-five. His mother died whe...

“Reverend Simon Rolls was very successful in the field of research into ethical teachings and was known as a special expert in theology. His work On the Chri...

Artist V. N. NENOV. The file was created from text and illustrations that are freely available on the Internet. The structure of the book, arrangement and nu...

A story about the priest of the Bolviri parish, the Reverend Murdoch Soulis, who in his youth had the opportunity to feel sorry for a woman persecuted by eve...