The Wordsworth Collection of Classic Short Stories
Title | The Wordsworth Collection of Classic Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Wordsworth Editions |
Pages | 1412 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781840222708 |
These accomplished tales from the pens of great writers are object-lessons in the art of creating a literary masterpiece on a small canvas
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
Title | The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Mansfield |
Publisher | Wordsworth Editions |
Pages | 694 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781840222654 |
This collection allows the reader to become familiar with the complete range of Mansfield's work from the early, satirical stories set in Bavaria, through the luminous recollections of her childhood in New Zealand, and through the mature, deeply felt stories of her last years.
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories
Title | The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Various |
Publisher | Wordsworth Editions |
Pages | 1176 |
Release | 2005-01-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781840220568 |
A superb collection of some of the greatest tales of the genre; many are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from the vintage era of the supernatural.
Selected Short Stories
Title | Selected Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Conrad |
Publisher | Wordsworth Editions |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781853261909 |
A selection of short stories including 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 Foster, a moving story of a shipwrecked, alienated Pole; and The Lagoon and Karain, two exotic, exciting Malay tales.
The Best Short Stories
Title | The Best Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | Wordsworth Editions |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781853261893 |
Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce.
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
Title | The Diamond as Big as the Ritz PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Scott Fitzgerald |
Publisher | Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing |
Pages | |
Release | 2019-12-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is a novella by novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published in the June 1922 issue of The Smart Set magazine, and was included in Fitzgerald's 1922 short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. Much of the story is set in Montana, a setting that may have been inspired by the summer that Fitzgerald spent near White Sulphur Springs, Montana in 1915. Orson Welles adapted the story into a radio play in 1945 and another version was presented three times on the program Escape between 1947 and 1949. A teleplay version was broadcast on Kraft Theatre in 1955. The story's sisters, Kismine and Jasmine, were portrayed by Lee Remick and Elizabeth Montgomery, who were unknowns of 20 and 22 at the time. Mickey Mouse No. 47 (Apr./May 1956) contains a retelling of Fitzgerald's story under the title "The Mystery of Diamond Mountain", scripted by William F. Nolan and Charles Beaumont and illustrated by Paul Murry. Jimmy Buffett recounts the story in the song "Diamond As Big As The Ritz" from his 1995 album Barometer Soup. Famous novells of the author F. S. Fitzgerald: "This Side of Paradise", "The Beautiful and Damned", "The Great Gatsby", "Tender Is the Night", "The Last Tycoon", "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz", "May Day", "The Rich Boy".
Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century
Title | Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | David Stuart Davies |
Publisher | Wordsworth Editions |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781840224078 |
A collection of classic featuring tales by Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, RL Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Anthony Trollope and many others.