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Great English Short Stories

Short Stories

Young Goodman Brown And Other Short Stories

Many of these short stories are modeled after O'Henry, the master of the twist at the end, such as in the masterpiece THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.

Katherine Mansfield is widely regarded as a writer who helped create the modern short story. Born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1888, she came to London in 1903 to attend Queen's College and returned permanently in 1908. her first book of stories, In...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, making the selection of titles easy and enjoayable,...

Edited by critically acclaimed, best-selling author Alice Sebold, the stories in this year's collection serve as a provacative literary 'antenna for what is going on in the world' ('Chicago Tribune).' The collection boasts great variety from 'famous...

This specially commissioned selection of Conrad's short stories includes favourites such as Youth, a modern epic of the sea; The Secret Sharer, a thrilling psychological drama; An Outpost of Progress, a blackly comic prelude to Heart of Darkness; Amy...

Diane was assigned a tutor in order to improve her grades. Mike was not an ordinary tutor because he understood the real need of his student. He brought out Diane's submissive side and used it to his advantage as she became her private pet always...

Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening - and he knows what question the stranger...

Excerpt from Short Stories Round a table lit with perfumed tapers sat seven joyous women bandying sweet talk. About them the noblest marble of the greatest masters gleamed white against walls of crimson stucco, and formed a con trast with the...

Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century is a wonderful collection of classic stories specially selected and introduced by David Stuart Davies. These are tales from the golden age of the great storytellers presenting evocative snapshots from that...

Short Stories

Short Stories

Fourteen short works of fiction by noteworthy American women authors offer entrancing tales of redemption, betrayal, tradition, and rebellion. Dating from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, these narratives range in mood from 'Heat,' Joyce...

All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume – plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years.‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.’The dapper,...

Subtle humour is one of the key elements in Chekhov's imaginative stories. But as an artist, Chekhov is more complicated. He paints life with all its nuances and shades of grey. His stories are full of characters who give us invaluable insight into...

This is a short story collection written from writing prompts.

Alphonso Smith (28 May 1864 - 13 June 1924) was an American Professor of English, college dean, philologist, and folklorist.Professor Smith's collected and edited short stories in this title is a must read for anyone interested in literature. His...

Such an expression of unhappiness was enough by itself to make one's eyes slide above the paper's edge to the poor woman's face-insignificant without that look, almost a symbol of human destiny with it. Life's what you see in people's eyes; life's...

Five powerful and original stories: 'quot;Free,'quot; 'quot;The Second Choice,'quot; 'quot;Married,'quot; 'quot;Nigger Jeff,'quot; and 'quot;The Lost Phoebe.'quot;

WARNING: Adult content! This book contains depictions of forced diapering, spankings, enemas, and humiliations, both public and private.Diaper punishment abounds in these eight stories by Princess Pottypants, as we see several young women doing their...

The selection of stories in this book represents Chekhov's early work which perhaps is not as well known as some of his plays. The stories nevertheless possess unique potency and relevance to our modern lives just as they did back in 19th century...

Chekhov's trilogy of interlinked stories about Truth, Freedom and Love. First published in 1898 in Russian and released as separate stories. This title, based on translations by Constance Garnett with revision and adaptation by Max Bollinger follows...

A selection of short stories. Including: Magic Carpet,The Panda, Green House, Famous for a Day and Mandolin Concerto

A book containing 7 short stories which are also sold separately (1) Iran is planning an attack on the US. The US retaliates with an experimental weapon but the attempt backfires and the president and many high government officials are trapped in a...

This collection contains ten of Helen Hickok's short stories. It begins with two pleasant children's stories, followed by a bit more dramatic children's story, all based on Helen's country childhood. These are followed by seven young adult and adult...

Five poignant tales based in part on the author'apos;s experiences as a nurse during the Civil War: 'quot;Obtaining Supplies,'quot; 'quot;A Night,'quot; 'quot;My Contraband,'quot; 'quot;Happy Women,'quot; and 'quot;How I Went Out to Service.'quot;

A collection of the finest short stories by E. F. Benson - one of the greatest horror and fantasy writers, and one of H. P. Lovecraft's favourite all-time authors. Including the classic tales 'The Room in the Tower' and 'Bagnell Terrace'

Includes 7 superbly crafted tales of love and marriage, divorce and other topics: 'quot;Souls Belated,'quot; 'quot;The Pelican,'quot; 'quot;The Muse'apos;s Tragedy,'quot; 'quot;Expiation,'quot; 'quot;The Dilettante,'quot; 'quot;Xingu,'quot; and...

A series of six mind captivating short stories:- Rage and Revenge- Doom of Atta- The Curse- Finding Vicky- Death- Unfinished Story

Family dynamic, psychological insight into relationships and romance are the central themes in this collection of Chekhov stories. These stories full of insight into lives of seemingly ordinary people offer a rare opportunity to experience defining...

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pubOne.info present you this new edition. The other winter, as I was taking a morning walk down to the East River, I came upon a bit of our motley life, a fact of our piebald civilization, which has perplexed me from time to time, ever since, and...

Collects all the stories Hemingway published in his lifetime, those published posthumously, and some that are appeaing in print for the first time

Collected Short Stories of Saki

Popular and prolific, Anthony Trollope wrote 47 novels as well as dozens of short stories that provide fascinating insights into Victorian life, behavior, and morals. A careful observer of people and places, Trollope created realistic, unsentimental...

Virginia Woolf tested the boundaries of fiction in these short stories, developing a new language of sensation, feeling and thought, and recreating in words the 'swarm and confusion of life'. Defying categorization, the stories range from the more...

Best Short Stories

Great Short Stories By American Women

Spores is a collection of seventeen short stories. Whilst they cover a variety of themes there is more than a hint of the supernatural about some of them. They owe a little to the influence of MR James, master of the ghost story and also the weird...

Selected Short Stories

'First time I've read a collection from Native American Writers. Won't be my last. Important collection that examines the contrast and sometimes conflict between Whites and Native Americans and also conflicts between full-blood and half-blood. Very...

'Ideal for students and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the literary works of an iconic American author. Very highly recommended.' 'The Midwest Book Review'Although better known today for his novels, in the 1920s F. Scott...