Short Stories

A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays

Willa Cather

This volume gathers a selection of Willa Cather’s essays, short stories, and sketches that portray the social…

Little Novels of Italy

Maurice Hewlett

The work is a short, episodic novel set in early‑modern Verona, introducing the young washer‑woman Giovanna…

A Young Man in a Hurry, and Other Short Stories

Robert W. Chambers

The volume is a collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers, whose work often captures the rhythms of…

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 17

Wilson’s Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 17 is a first‑person narrative set in the Scottish…

Montezuma's Castle, and Other Weird Tales

Charles B. Cory

Montezuma’s Castle, and Other Weird Tales is a short‑story collection by Charles B.

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)

Songling Pu

The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago

Arthur Conan Doyle

The volume gathers a series of short adventure and historical tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, and it opens with…

Last Words: A Final Collection of Stories

Juliana Horatia Ewing

The volume is a modest anthology of juvenile tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing, first assembled after the…

Tin-types taken in the streets of New York: A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life

Lemuel Ely Quigg

The work is a series of vignettes that capture the bustling, often chaotic life of turn‑of‑the‑century New…

The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 2 (of 5)

Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

The Tales of the Heptameron, Volume 2, is a French‑origin anthology of love stories rendered into English,…

Die Nacht der Erfüllung: Erzählungen

Rabindranath Tagore

Das Werk ist eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten des indischen Nobelpreisträgers Rabindranath Tagore, übersetzt…

Side Show Studies

Francis Metcalfe

The work is a lively, episodic tale set amid the chaotic bustle of a turn‑of‑the‑century amusement park.

Sämtliche Werke 20: Aus dem Dunkel der Großstadt : Acht Novellen

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dieses Werk ist eine Sammlung von acht Novellen, die das Thema „Großstadt“ aus der Perspektive der russischen…

Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks

Anonymous

Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks is a modest anthology of children’s poetry and short tales,…

A brother to dragons, and other old-time tales

Amélie Rives

The work is a sprawling nineteenth‑century American tale that begins as a rambling confession from a narrator…

The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 5 (of 5)

Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

The Heptameron, as compiled by Queen Margaret of Navarre, is a French anthology of love‑filled narratives…

Geschichten vom lieben Gott

Rainer Maria Rilke

Dieses Werk ist eine Sammlung kurzer, religiöser Erzählungen, die im Dialog zwischen einem Erzähler und…

The Magic World

E. Nesbit

The Magic World is a whimsical collection of short, magical tales aimed at younger readers, and it opens with…

Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume I

This anthology gathers the most representative pieces of American wit, from the celebrated sketches of…

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe

The work is a short gothic horror tale that begins with a lone narrator riding through a bleak autumn…

Mister Galgenstrick: und andere Humoresken

Karl Ettlinger

Der Band ist eine Sammlung von humorvollen Kurzgeschichten, die das Leben in den deutschen Provinzen Hessen…

Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Ghost Stories

This volume gathers a selection of short ghost stories that trace the evolution of the genre from antiquity…

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Ambrose Bierce

The piece is a Civil‑War‑era short story that opens with a stark tableau on a northern Alabama railroad…

Arabische Nächte: Erzählungen aus Tausend und eine Nacht

Dieses Werk ist eine Sammlung von Erzählungen, die unter dem Titel »Tausend und eine Nacht« zusammengefasst…