Short Stories Classics Books

A selection of Zola's most popular stories including: "The Flood, "The Miller's Daughter," "Captain Burle," and "The Death of Oliver Becaille."

Sunshine streamed in through the one small window, where a caged bird was blithely singing, and a few flowers blossomed in the light. But blither than the bird's song, sweeter than the flowers, was the little voice and wan face of a child, who lay upon a bed placed where the warmest sunbeams fell.

Maupassant's Short Stories Vol. 12 by Guy de Maupassant.

Bret Harte's witty, sometimes heart-rending tales of frontier California earned him acclaim during the 1860s as the new prophet of American letters. His books, The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat and M'liss, helped establish the foundations of western American fiction.

Maupassant's Short Stories Vol. 9 by Guy de Maupassant.

Maupassant's Short Stories Vol. 6 by Guy de Maupassant.

Famous Modern Ghost Stories by E. D. Scarborough, Editor.

The Schoolmaster and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov.

They were standing facing one another in a grassy ring intersected by the path at the outlet of the wood. The insolent and overbearing look had passed away from the amateur's face, but a grim half-smile was on his lips and his eyes shone fiercely from under his tufted brows. From the way in which...

It will appeal to anyone that is a fan of fishing, or sailing or the San Francisco Bay area for that matter. In the early 1900's, young Jack pursues poachers in several short storys that are often funny and sometimes hair-raising! The characters are colorful and full of mischief.