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Marriage Maxims 2 | 婚姻箴言2
A collection of witty and insightful quotes about marriage from various figures, humorously explo...
Bluebeard | 蓝胡子
A wealthy but terrifying man with a blue beard marries a young woman, forbidding her from enterin...
Follow Your Own Course | 走自己的路
The essay encourages readers to ignore naysayers and self-doubt, pursue their own passions with c...
A Life for a Life | 以命相抵
Impoverished author Richard Savage, unable to pay his doctor's bill after recovering from illness...
When Love Was the Adventure | 当爱成为冒险
This article recounts King Edward VIII's abdication in 1936 to marry American divorcee Wallis Sim...
The Haunted Pub | 闹鬼的酒吧
A bartender recounts his eerie experiences living above a pub, where initially comforting ghostly...
The Fowler and the Adder | 捕鸟人与蝰蛇
A fowler intending to kill a bird is fatally bitten by a snake he steps on. With his dying breath...
The Spaghetti Postcard | 意大利面条明信片
A doctor arranges for his pregnant mistress to have their baby in Italy, asking her to send a pos...
Jingwei Fills the Sea | 精卫填海
This fable tells the story of Jingwei, a bird transformed from a drowned girl, who tirelessly att...
Little Briar-Rose | 玫瑰公主
A princess, cursed to sleep for a hundred years after pricking her finger on a spindle, is awaken...
The Mistress and Her Servants | 女主人与仆人
Two servants, tired of being woken early by their mistress's rooster, kill it hoping to sleep lon...
The Headless Horseman | 无头骑士
A Dutchman encounters the legendary Headless Horseman near Sleepy Hollow cemetery one dark winter...
The Miser | 守财奴
A miser hides his gold but loses it to a thief. A neighbor points out that an unused stone is as ...
The Two Soldiers and the Robber | 两个士兵与强盗
Two soldiers are attacked; one flees while the other fights off the robber. The coward returns to...
The Little Match Girl | 卖火柴的小女孩
On a freezing New Year's Eve, a poor, barefoot girl tries to sell matches on the street. Too afra...
The Boasting Traveller | 吹牛的旅行者
A traveler boasts of an unbeatable jump in Rhodes but is challenged to prove it on the spot, illu...
The Bee-Keeper and the Thief | 养蜂人与小偷
A bee-keeper, robbed of his honey, is mistakenly attacked by his own bees upon their return. He r...
The Man, His Son and the Donkey | 父子与驴
A man and his son, trying to please every critic they meet on their journey with a donkey, end up...
The Boy Who Cried Wolf | 狼来了
A shepherd boy's repeated false alarms about a wolf cause the villagers to ignore his genuine cry...
The Fox and the Goat | 狐狸与山羊
A trapped fox tricks a thirsty goat into jumping into a well by praising the water. After using t...