Short Stories

The colour out of space

H. P. Lovecraft

The opening places the tale squarely in the realms of early twentieth‑century science‑fiction horror,…

The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands

W. Somerset Maugham

The collection gathers a series of short narratives set among the South Sea islands, each offering a glimpse…

Lost Face

Jack London

Jack London’s “Lost Face” is a sprawling adventure tale that plunges the reader into the brutal frontier of…

Works of George W. Peck A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions of the "Bad Boy" Series and Others

George W. Peck

Chronicles of Avonlea

L. M. Montgomery

The opening of Chronicles of Avonlea places the familiar Anne Shirley in a quiet, summer evening at the Dix…

Short Stories for English Courses

This volume presents a thoughtfully assembled collection of short stories intended for high‑school readers,…

Chatterbox, 1906

Various

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

In In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn presents a series of Japanese legends and observations that blend…

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906

L. M. Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery’s “Short Stories, 1905‑1906” gathers a dozen tales written during a prolific early phase…

The Beckoning Hand, and Other Stories

Grant Allen

The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction that blends horror, suspense, and…

Original Short Stories — Volume 09

Guy de Maupassant

The volume opens with a vivid portrait of Toine Burnt‑Brandy, the rotund innkeeper of a tiny Normandy tavern…

The Darling and Other Stories

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The collection opens with a languid summer scene in a provincial Russian town, where Olenka, the gentle…

Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 3, May, 1923: The unique magazine

Various

Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 3 (May 1923) is a pulp‑era magazine that assembles a eclectic mix of short…

Le Horla

Guy de Maupassant

Le Horla, texte court de Guy de Maupassant, se présente comme un journal intime où l’auteur décrit, jour…

The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter gathers together a series of short, animal‑centric tales that were…

The Decameron, Volume I

Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron is a medieval frame narrative that gathers a hundred short tales told by a group of young…

The Prose Tales of Alexander Pushkin

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

The volume gathers a selection of Alexander Pushkin’s short prose, drawn from his vivid portrayals of Russian…

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.)

The volume gathers the most celebrated American humorists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,…

世說新語

Yiqing Liu

Joe Wilson and His Mates

Henry Lawson

Joe Wilson and His Mates is a collection of Henry Lawson’s short stories that blend historical fiction with…

The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I.

E. T. A. Hoffmann

The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I assembles the first half of E. T. A.

Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II

Rudyard Kipling

The volume gathers the poems and short stories that have become part of the literary heritage of Rudyard…

The snow-image, and other twice-told tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Snow‑Image, and Other Twice‑Told Tales gathers a handful of his early sketches and…

Indian Tales

Rudyard Kipling

The work is a short‑story collection that opens with a vivid encounter in a London billiard‑saloon, where the…