Short Stories eBooks
The Dance of Death
Short Stories, by Gustave FlaubertGustave Flaubert was born in Rouen in 1821. As a writer Flaubert was a perfectionist, who did not make a distinction between a beautiful or ugly subject: all was in the style. The idea, he argued, only exists by virtue of its form - its elements included the perfect word, cunningly contrived and verified rhythms, and a genuine architectural structure.
The Darling and Other Stories
Short Stories, by Anton ChekhovThe Darling, Ariadne, Polinka, Anyuta, The Two Volodyas, The Trousseau, The Helpmate, Talent, An Artist's Story, Three Years.
The Dolliver Romance
Short Stories, by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Dolliver Romance was the work that Nathaniel Hawthorne was working on at the time of his death. Hawthorne began working on it in 1858 after returning to the US from England, but put it aside for his Marble Faun. He began working on it again in 1861, as the Civil War started, and was still working on it in 1864 when he died suddenly.
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories
Short Stories, by H. G. WellsThe Door in the Wall is the story of a promising public figure used up by his job and obsessed by a vision of an enchanted garden he had known as a child. It is a tale all of us know, the attempt to recover a period when our lives were simpler and complications lay far in the future.
The Duel and Other Stories
Short Stories, by Anton ChekhovThe Duel is the main and longest story, but I don't really think it was the best. It is the story about a man in the Caucasus and his troubles with his wife and a biologist which culminates in a duel. All the characters are excellently written, and the story was very well done, but the end leaves much to be desired, and seems like he tried too quickly to wrap up the story.
The Faith of Men and Other Stories
Short Stories, by Jack LondonA short story collection first published in 1904. A Relic of the Pliocene, A Hyperborean Brew, The Faith of Men, Too Much Gold, The One Thousand Dozen,The Marriage of Lit-Lit, Batard, The Story of Jees Uck.
The Four Million
Short Stories, by O. HenryWilliam Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was the most popular short story writer of his time. His stories typically revolved around two of his favorite themes, the situation of the impostor and fate as the one unavoidable reality of life. Another device he used was the surprise ending, usually coming about through coincidence. He was the founder of the humorous weekly.
The Fragrance Of Egypt Through Five Stories
Short Stories, by George LoukasFive different stories with different principal characters give a taste of the life in Egypt a few years back. "A Thousand and One Nights" is a doomed romance between a Greek man and an Egyptian woman. "Chez Raymond" is the story of a young, talented Coptic hairdresser. "The Sporting Life" describes the life of a young man who failed in his studies abroad and tries to adapt back home. "A Case of...
The Game of Earthly Delights
Short Stories, by Rik OrlokHere is the surreal story of Daniel Black--a suburban spaceman who starts working at a virtual reality games corporation. There, he soon crosses the path of two sinister scientists, Wolfgang Eisel and the Padre. They blackmail him into becoming a guinea pig to try out their new groundbreaking virtual game, The Game of Earthly Delights. What follows is a rollercoaster ride into the extreme wild...
The Gentle Grafter
Short Stories, by O. HenryThe Gentle Grafter" looks at business from a distinctly shady angle, with its stories about cool-headed, sharp-dressing trickster Jeff Peters.O. Herny was a supreme story teller, drawing his material from the lives of ordinary people - clerks, city dwellers, exiles and drifters.O. Henry was the pseudonym for William Sydney Porter, master of the short story. His empathy ran deep and he wrote in...
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