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The Tooth of the Giant
Forty meters below the summit of the Dent du Géant, a young climber hangs in a freezing storm while his partner refuses to let go of the rope.
Love stories
These love stories range from tender romances and generous acts to enchanted encounters and devotion tested by fate. Read “The Gift of the Magi,” “White Nights,” and other stories for free, or listen to any of them read aloud in a natural voice.
The Gift of the Magi
With only $1.87 for a Christmas gift, Della sells her beautiful hair to buy a platinum chain for her husband’s heirloom watch.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Four young lovers run away into an enchanted wood outside Athens, where the fairy king Oberon and his mischievous servant Puck play tricks with a love potion.
Beauty and the Beast
To save her father, Beauty goes to live in the palace of a terrible Beast.
Shakespeare's Love Sonnets
Ten of Shakespeare's most loved sonnets, from "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
The Nightingale and the Rose
A student needs a red rose to win a dance with the girl he loves, and there is none in his garden.
White Nights
A lonely young dreamer who has walked the streets of St Petersburg for years without a friend meets a weeping girl, Nastenka, by the canal one summer night.
Without Benefit of Clergy
An English official in India secretly lives with Ameera, a young Muslim girl, in a little house in the city.
A Service of Love
A young painter and a young pianist marry and move to New York to chase their art.
First Love
One summer at a country house near Moscow, sixteen-year-old Vladimir falls in love with Zinaida, the proud, teasing princess next door, who keeps a whole circle of…
Her First Ball
Leila, a country girl, goes to her very first ball, and everything is magical, until an old man spoils it.
My Fair Neighbour
The narrator secretly worships the young widow next door. His friend Nabin has caught the poetry bug and begs for help writing verses to a woman he loves.
Nala and Damayanti
King Nala wins the princess Damayanti over four gods who wanted her, then gambles away his kingdom and leaves her alone in the forest.
Rappaccini’s Daughter
A young student in Padua watches a beautiful girl tending flowers in the garden of her father, a doctor who grows poisonous plants.
Shakuntala
King Dushyanta, out hunting, meets Shakuntala at a hermitage in the forest and marries her in secret.
The Faithful Prince
Prince Bahramgor follows a golden deer, finds a fairy princess, and loses her again.
The Fisherman and His Soul
A young fisherman catches a little Mermaid in his net and falls in love with her, but she can't love him while he has a human soul.
The Lady with the Dog
On holiday in Yalta, a bored married man begins an affair with a young woman walking a little white dog.
The Little Mermaid
Deep under the sea, the youngest mermaid princess falls in love with a human prince.
The Merchant of Venice
Bassanio needs money to court the rich Portia, and his friend Antonio borrows it from the moneylender Shylock on a terrible bond: a pound of Antonio's flesh.
The Renunciation
Hemanta is deeply in love with his young wife Kusum. Then, on a moonlit spring night, he learns a secret about her past that could make his family cast them both out.
The Victory
Shekhar, the court poet, has written his finest verses for Princess Ajita without ever seeing her face.
Twelfth Night
Shipwrecked on a strange coast, Viola dresses as a boy to serve the Duke, falls in love with him, and finds that the lady he loves has fallen in love with her instead.
नल और दमयंती
राजा नल चार देवताओं को हराकर राजकुमारी दमयंती का दिल जीत लेते हैं, फिर जुए में अपना राज्य हार जाते हैं और उसे जंगल में अकेला छोड़ देते हैं। महाभारत की एक अमर प्रेम कथा।
सुंदरी और दानव
अपने पिता की जान बचाने के लिए सुंदरी एक भयानक दानव के महल में रहने चली जाती है। हर शाम दानव उससे एक ही सवाल पूछता है, और हर शाम वह मना कर देती है।
Pride and Prejudice
Five unmarried Bennet sisters, a mother determined to marry them off, and the proud, rich Mr.
The Romance of a Busy Broker
A Wall Street broker is so swept up in the rush of the trading day that he proposes to his stenographer between orders.
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