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Oct. 15, 2026

THE MOST-VISITED ARTICLES YESTERDAY

RANK ARTICLE__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1 “Clothes Make People”, by Gottfried Keller (1874)
2 “Letter From an Unknown Woman”, by Stefan Zweig (1922)
3 Why we think that German has a bigger vocabulary than English (or any other Indo-European language)
4 "Letter to Father" by Franz Kafka (1919)
5 “Chess Story”, by Stefan Zweig (1942)
6 Fifteen golden-age science-fiction stories, by A. E. van Vogt (1940-1951)
7 “Tobacco Shop (Tabacaria)”, by Fernando Pessoa (1928)
8 "Hearts of Three" (1916) - a treasure-hunt adventure novel by Jack London (co-authored by Charles Goddard)
9 “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” (1859), translated by Edward Fitzgerald
10 "The Magic Mountain" by Thomas Mann (1924)
11 The “Lyrical Ballads” (1798) version of Coleridge’s "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" – the original and arguably most authentic text
12 "In Moscow" (1891) - a satirical parody of intellectuals by Anton Chekhov in his prime, later period – never before translated into English
13 "Far From the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy (1874)
14 "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle (1905)
15 "Martin Eden" (1909) by Jack London
16 "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) by Charles Dickens
17 "German prefixes and suffixes – an overview"
18 "Black Destroyer" (1939) - the original text of A. E. van Vogt’s first published s-f story
19 "The Burrow (Der Bau)" by Franz Kafka (1922)
20 "Who Goes There?" – an iconic sci-fi story by John Campbell (1938)

THE MOST-VISITED ARTICLES CUMULATIVELY

RANK ARTICLE_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1 “Clothes Make People”, by Gottfried Keller (1874) (105K+)
2 “The Monster”, by A. E. van Vogt (1948) (101K+)
3 Synopses, comments and ratings of all the stories and novels of A. E. van Vogt (80K+)
4 Synopses, comments and ratings of all of Anton Chekhov’s 523 stories (70K+)
5 Synopses, comments and ratings of all the stories and novels of Jack London (64K+)
6 The “Lyrical Ballads” (1798) version of Coleridge’s "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" – the original and arguably most authentic text (58K+)
7 “Farewell to the Master (The Day the Earth Stood Still)”, by Harry Bates (1940) (51K+)
8 “Letter From an Unknown Woman”, by Stefan Zweig (1922) (50K+)
9 “The Conquest of Constantinople May 29, 1453” – Stefan Zweig’s dramatic account of a decisive moment in history (1940) (49K+)
10 “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” (1859), translated by Edward Fitzgerald (48K+)
11 “Tobacco Shop (Tabacaria)”, by Fernando Pessoa (1928) (43K+)
12 Survival in the Klondike – 10 great stories by Jack London (1898-1908) (39K+)
13 Synopses, comments and ratings of all 300 stories of Guy de Maupassant (38K+)
14 Three of A. E. van Vogt’s best late-period stories (1963-1972) (38K+)
15 “Fifteen golden-age science-fiction stories”, by A. E. van Vogt (1940-1951) (38K+)
16 "The Weapon Shop" by A. E. van Vogt (1942) (37K+)
17 "The Debt Paid Late (1941)" – one of Stefan Zweig’s best stories now available on-line in English (34K+)
18 "Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich" - 8 amusing tales by Stephen Leacock (1914) (34K+)
19 "The Voyage of The Space Beagle" (1950) by A. E. van Vogt (33K+)
20 "The Shadow Men" (1950) – an outstanding golden-age novella by A. E. van Vogt never before republished (33K+)

PEAK NO. OF DAILY VISITS: 5,889

Sept. 12, 2026

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