Short Stories
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The Descent of Man
This collection of ten stories, first published in 1904, shows Edith Wharton dissecting some of the customs, habits and vagaries of courtshi…
The Tales of Chekhov
This is the first of thirteen volumes of Anton Chekhov's short stories, translated by Constance Garnett.Anton Chekhov was a Russian doctor w…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up y…
Selected Short Stories
Selected Short Stories showcases the profound talent of Stephen Crane, an influential figure in American literature whose work continues to …
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
The Mysterious Stranger
Here's a Mark Twain story that's very unlike those he became famous for, but when I read it back in Catholic high school, it left a deep imp…
What is Man?
"What Is Man?", published by Mark Twain in 1906, is a dialogue between a young man and an older man jaded to the world. It involve…
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories
Step into the enchanting world of Hans Christian Andersen, a master storyteller whose fairy tales have captivated generations. This collecti…
One Basket
This sparkling collection of 7 short stories by Ferber includes some that are considered her all time best like The Woman Who Tried To be Go…
The Jacket
A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life imprisonment in San Quentin State Priso…
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
In the Midst of Life
These stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. This is the 1909 edition. The 1909 edition omits six…
A Christmas Carol
The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted man of business and has little time for the good humor and charity of the Christmas season. B…
The Machine Stops
"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Revie…
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
Wild Animals I Have Known
Wild Animals I Have Known is an 1898 book by naturalist and author Ernest Thompson Seton. The first entry in a new genre of realistic wild-a…
Carry On, Jeeves
"Leave it to Jeeves" was Bertie's motto, be the question one of a colour of a tie, the style of a hat, the cut of a coat. Jeeves w…
Far Above Rubies
Proverbs 31:10-11 says, "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust i…