A Bird in the House by Margaret Laurence Vanessa MacLeod, the protagonist of Margaret Laurence's story 'A Bird in the House,' is twelve -- that profoundly... - Commentary by Karen Bernardo

Adrian by Saki (H.H. Munro) This little tale by Saki (H.H. Munro) pokes fun another of the favorite pasttimes of the wealthy during the Victorian-Edwardian era: traveling to exotic... - Commentary by Karen Bernardo

Araby by James Joyce We generally assume adolescence to be a time of innocence, as yet untainted by the cynicism of society. And yet James Joyce's "Araby," which deals... - Commentary by Karen Bernardo

Mrs. Packletide's Tiger by Saki (H.H. Munro) In 'Mrs. Packletide's Tiger,' Saki (H.H. Munro) tackles the Victorian-Edwardian fascination with wild-game hunting, as well as the... - Commentary by Karen Bernardo

The Boarding House by James Joyce In "The Boarding House," we meet Mrs. Mooney, a working-class woman who rents rooms in her house to young male lodgers. Running a... - Commentary by Karen Bernardo

The Dead by James Joyce From the title, we might expect Joyce's story "The Dead" to take place in a funeral parlor or a graveyard. Thus, we are somewhat surprised to see... - Commentary by Karen Bernardo

The Horse-Dealer's Daughter by D.H. Lawrence D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter' could be described as a story in which boy meets girl. Its plot, on the... - Commentary by Karen Bernardo

The Odour of Chrysanthemums by D.H. Lawrence Impressionistic and symbolic, dense with figurative language, D.H. Lawrence's 'The Odour of Chrysanthemums' relies heavily... - Commentary by Karen Bernardo

The Open Window by Saki The fiction of Saki (H.H. Munro) often verged off into a type of writing that qualified it for inclusion in horror anthologies. One such story is... - Commentary by Karen Bernardo