Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 7
Title | Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 7 PDF eBook |
Author | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman |
Publisher | Tacet Books |
Pages | 793 |
Release | 2020-04-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 396799399X |
This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman:A New England Nun Ann Mary; Her Two Thanksgivings Luella Miller Little-Girl-Afraid-of-a-Dog Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas The Gospel According To Joan The Revolt of "Mother" - O. HenryThe Gift of the Magi The Cop and the Anthem A Retrieved Reformation The Ransom of Red Chief Springtime a la Carte The Count and the Wedding Guest Witches' Loaves - William Dean HowellsChristmas Every Day The Pumpkin-Glory Butterflyflutterby and Flutterbybutterfly City and Country in the Fall, A Long-distance Eclogue A Case Of Metaphantasmia An Experience A Pair Of Patient Lovers - T. S. ArthurAn Angel in Disguise Amy's Question Dressed for a Party The Two Husbands The Brilliant and the Commonplace Other People's Eyes The Fatal Error - Stephen LeacockMy Financial Career Merry Christmas How to Make a Million Dollars How to Live to be 200 How to Avoid Getting Married Aristocratic Education Self-Made Men - Sherwood AndersonA Man of Ideas An Awakening An Apology for Crudity Hands The Egg The Man In The Brown Coat The Other Woman - Robert BarrAn Alpine Divorce "And the Rigour of the Game" Gentlemen: The King! The Hour and the Man The Man Who was not on the Passenger List Which Was the Murderer? Not According to the Code - Lafcadio HearnYuki-Onna The Story of Ming-Y A Ghost A Dead Secret Chin Chin Kobokama The Cedar Closet A Ghost Story - Giovanni VergaRosso Malpello Rustic Chivalry How Peppa Loved Gramigna Jeli, the Shepherd La Lupa The Story of St. Joseph's Ass The Bereaved - Hamlin GarlandUnder the Lion's Paw A Branch Road A "Good Fellow's Wife" A Night Raid at Eagle River Uncle Ethan Ripley Mrs. Ripley's Trip A Day's Pleasure
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Fantasy
Title | Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Fantasy PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Grahame |
Publisher | Tacet Books |
Pages | 791 |
Release | 2020-04-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 396858466X |
This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.The theme of this edition is: Fantasy For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: Edgar Rice Burroughs: - Tarzan's First Love - A Jungle Joke - Tarzan Rescues the Moon - John Carter and the Giant Of Mars - The Ancient Dead - Beyond Thirty - Skeleton Men of JupiterJohn Kendrick Bangs: - The Water Ghost Of Harrowby Hall - The Spectre Cook Of Bangletop - A Midnight Visitor - The Speck On The Lens - A Quicksilver Cassandra - The Ghost Club - A Psychical PrankOscar Wilde: - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - The Sphinx without a Secret - A Model Millionaire - The Happy Prince - The Fisherman and his Soul - The Nightingale and the Rose - The Young KingLord Dunsany: - Chu-Bu and Sheemish - The Hoard of the Gibbelins - The Quest of the Queen's Tears - How One Came, As Was Foretold, To The City Of Never - The Wonderful Window - The Bride Of The Man Horse - The House Of The SphinxKenneth Grahame: - The Twenty-First of October - Dies Irae - Mutabile Semper - The Magic Ring - Its Walls Were as of Jasper - A Saga of the Seas - The Reluctant Dragon
Best Short Stories
Title | Best Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 1996-03-27 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 0486289184 |
New edition features 7 of the most popular tales of one of the greatest of all short-story writers. Included are "La Parure," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "La Maison Tellier," "La Ficelle," "Miss Harriet," "Boule de Suif" and "Le Horla," all reflecting Maupassant's intimate familiarity with Paris and the universality of his creations.
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
Title | The Best American Short Stories of the Century PDF eBook |
Author | John Updike |
Publisher | |
Pages | 810 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
The incomparable John Updike selects the 55 finest short stories from America's bestselling anthology, published since 1915.
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 13
Title | Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 13 PDF eBook |
Author | Fitz James O'Brien |
Publisher | Tacet Books |
Pages | 2176 |
Release | 2020-04-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3966611147 |
This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: Fitz-James O'Brien: - The Diamond Lens. - The Lost Room. - What Was it? A Mystery. - My Wife's Tempter. - The Golden Ingot. - The Child Who Loved a Grave. - The Wondersmith.Francis Marion Crawford: - The Dead Smile. - The Screaming Skull. - Man Overboard! - For The Blood Is The Life. - The Upper Berth. - By The Waters of Paradise. - The Doll's Ghost.Francis Stevens: - Behind the Curtain. - Unseen Unfeared. - Elf Trap. - Serapion. - Friend Island. - Citadel of Fear. - Nightmare!Barry Pain: - Aunt Martha. - The Bet. - The Boy in the Book. - The Discovery of Nesting. - Eliza and the Special. - The Kindness of the Celestial. - The Victim of Apparatus.Frank L. Packard: - Corporal Bob. - The Guardian of the Devil's Slide. - Where's Haggerty? - McQueen's Hobby. - Munford. - "If a Man Die" - The Blood of Kings.Paul Laurence Dunbar: - The Scapegoat. - One Christmas At Shiloh. - The Mission Of Mr. Scatters. - A Matter Of Doctrine. - Old Abe's Conversion. - The Race Question. - A Defender Of The Faith.Otis Adelbert Kline: - The Corpse on the Third Slab. - The Man from the Moon. - The Cup of Blood. - Mignight Madness. - The Malignant Entity. - The Bird-People. - The Thing of a Thousand Shapes.John Ulrich Giesy: - The Occult Detector. - The Purple Light. - The Significance of the High "D". - The Wistaria Scarf. - The Master Mind. - Rubies of Doom. - The House of Invisible Bondage.Valery Bryusov: - The Republic of the Southern Cross. - The Marble Bust. - For Herself or for Another. - In the Mirror. - Protection. - The "Bemol" Shop of Stationery. - Rhea Silvia.Eleanor H. Porter: - A Delayed Heritage. - The Folly of Wisdom. - The Letter. - The Elephant's Board and Keep. - Crumbs. - The Lady in Black. - That Angel Boy.
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Science Fiction
Title | Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Science Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Abraham Merritt |
Publisher | Tacet Books |
Pages | 1079 |
Release | 2020-04-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3967992225 |
This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.The theme of this edition is: Science Fiction. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: Abraham Merritt: - The Pool Of The Stone God - The Last Poet And The Robots - The Fox Woman - The People Of The Pit - The Drone - Through The Dragon Glass - Three Lines Of Old FrenchEdgar Rice Burroughs: - Tarzan's First Love - A Jungle Joke - Tarzan Rescues the Moon - John Carter and the Giant Of Mars - The Ancient Dead - Beyond Thirty - Skeleton Men of JupiterHerbert George Wells: - The Time Machine - A Dream Of Armageddon - The Crystal Egg - The Man Who Could Work Miracles - The Flowering of the Strange Orchid - The Sea Riders - The AppleStanley G. Weinbaum: - A Martian Odyssey - The Adaptative Ultimate - Parasite Planet - Pygmalion's Spectacles - The Mad Moon - Redemption Cairn - The Lotus EatersFitz-James O'Brien: - The Diamond Lens. - The Lost Room. - What Was it? A Mystery. - My Wife's Tempter. - The Golden Ingot. - The Child Who Loved a Grave. - Thw Wondersmith.
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Children's literature 2
Title | Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Children's literature 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Selma Lagerlöf |
Publisher | Tacet Books |
Pages | 540 |
Release | 2020-04-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 3968589041 |
This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.The theme of this edition is:Children's literature II. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Selma Lagerlöf. - Hans Christian Andersen. - Elanor H. Porter. - Wilhelm Hauff. - George MacDonald.