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The Complete Short Stories of Mark...

Mark Twain

The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain

This comprehensive volume of all of Twain's shorter works is representative of his vast humor and wit. «The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain» includes the following tales: The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Story of the Bad Little Boy, Cannibalism in the Cars, A Day at Niagara, Legend of the Capitoline Venus, Journalism in Tennessee, A Curious Dream, The Facts in the Great Beef Contract, How I Edited an Agricultural Paper, A Medieval Romance, My Watch, Political...

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Mark Twain

The Country of the Blind and Other...

H. G. Wells

The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (The Selected Stories of H. G. Wells)

H. G. Wells (1866-1946) is widely considered the father of the science fiction genre. His stories examine space and time travel, alien worlds, and the destructive potential of modern technology. Wells' influence is far reaching and remains potent today. «The Country of the Blind and Other Stories» collects thirty-three of Wells' most renowned short stories. In «The Country of the Blind,» perhaps his most famed shorter work, Nunez the mountaineer falls does the side of a mountain on an...

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H. G. Wells

Life: It's Just a Phase

Sarah Davis

Life: It's Just a Phase

Life is just a phase. We're born, we live, we explore, we experience and we die. This compilation of short stories, poems and art ranges from horror to comedy to erotica to personal narrative but the one thing that they all have in common is that they address the experience of what it is like to be human.

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Sarah Davis

The guitar that sung a thousand tea...

Storm Perdue

The guitar that sung a thousand tears

Sometimes disabilities can get the better of us. Though sometimes a soul rises from the bodies, to show us just how strong we really are. A young woman named Alessia, volunteered to speak at a conference for people with disabilities.

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Storm Perdue

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other...

Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

"The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories that includes «The Invaders» (or «The Raid»),"The Wood-Cutting Expedition," «Three Deaths,» «Polikushka,» «The Death of Ivan Ilyich,» «After the Ball,» and «The Forged Coupon.» The most famous and superbly written of these is «The Death of Ivan Ilyich,» which Tolstoy wrote later in his life. It tells a tale revolving around a man in his 40s who has spent his entire life climbing the social ladder in Russia. Barely...

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Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other...

Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

“The Death of Ivan Ilyich” tells a tale of a man in his 40s who has spent his entire life climbing the social ladder in Russia. Barely tolerant of his wife and generally indifferent to the other people around him, Ivan has a minor accident hanging curtains in a new apartment that proves to be a terminal injury. As his life slowly and painfully spirals inexorably toward death, Ivan struggles immensely against what he perceives to be an unfair fate. Only in the end does he see how he might have...

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Leo Tolstoy

The Diary of a Superfluous Man, and...

Иван Тургенев, Ivan Turgenev

The Diary of a Superfluous Man, and Other Stories

"The Diary of a Superfluous Man, and Other Stories" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and...

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Иван Тургенев, Ivan Turgenev

The Diary of a Superfluous Man and...

Ivan Turgenev

The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories

Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) stands as one of Russia's most influential authors. Along with Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, he helped shape the Russian novel and consequently the Russian identity. Born into wealth, Turgenev had a compelling vision of nobility and the perils of serfdom. His profound novels and short stories made him internationally revered. In this collection of short stories, Turgenev characterizes the «superfluous man»—an archetype which becomes central to the rest of his work and...

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Ivan Turgenev

Body of Thought

Mary M Thompson

Body of Thought

Body of Thought by Mary M Thompson. What is real, and what isn't? The revelation is ours to discover.

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Mary M Thompson

Social Distancing

Michael K Freundt

Social Distancing

10 short stories; different voices; unsettling content; gender bending; experimental.

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Michael K Freundt

W przeklętym domu

Maciej Roman Wierzbiński

W przeklętym domu

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Maciej Roman Wierzbiński

Zawody/Zbytki

Juliusz Kaden Bandrowski

Zawody/Zbytki

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Juliusz Kaden Bandrowski

Сон об уходящей натуре. Поэма-аллюз...

Константин Кривчиков

Сон об уходящей натуре. Поэма-аллюзия

Публицистическая поэма-аллюзия о временах и современниках с лирическими отступлениями и прозаическими комментариями – честно и от души. Книга содержит нецензурную брань.

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Константин Кривчиков

The Fall of the House of Usher and...

Эдгар По

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales

Enter the dark worlds created by Edgar Allen Poe in the collection «The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales.» Poe emphasizes morbidity and death through his tales and poems, and this anthology holds all of Poe's best and most famous works from throughout his career. In «The Fall of the House of Usher,» a man and his sister suffer from a strange, debilitating illness. Her death drives him to the point of madness, and the fragile mansion falls along with the Usher family line. It is...

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Эдгар По

The Garden Party, and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party, and Other Stories

"The Garden Party, and Other Stories" by Katherine Mansfield. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...

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Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield is often recognized as one of the true innovators of the modern short story. The New Zealand-born Englishwoman embraced a Bohemian lifestyle and became involved in a series of scandalous relationships, which greatly influenced some of her most significant work. Her best-known writings were produced in her final years, as she was plagued by illness. Her fiction is dominated by themes of male-female relationships, sexual ambivalence, and gender roles. Most of her work focuses...

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Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) is credited alongside James Joyce as the creator of the modern short story. The New Zealand-born Englishwoman embraced a Bohemian lifestyle and became involved in a series of scandalous relationships, which greatly influenced some of her most significant work. Her best-known writings were produced in her final years, as she was plagued by illness. Her fiction is dominated by themes of male-female relationships, sexual ambivalence and gender roles. Most of her work...

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Katherine Mansfield

Кто такой настоящий друг

Татьяна Михайловна Коробкова

Кто такой настоящий друг

Собственные размышления о том, какие же все-таки проявления дружбы считать истинными. Мне повезло столкнуться со всеми описанными проявлениями.

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Татьяна Михайловна Коробкова

Летящая стрела жизни (сборник)

Георгий Баженов

Летящая стрела жизни (сборник)

В новую книгу Георгия Баженова вошли его роман-портрет «Музы сокровенного художника», письма сестре Элеоноре, дневники матери и записки родной тёти, а также интервью и критическая статья о творчестве автора.

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Георгий Баженов

Cygan to Cygan

Lidia Ostałowska

Cygan to Cygan

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Lidia Ostałowska

Arabska Wiosna

Группа авторов

Arabska Wiosna

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Группа авторов

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry, O. Hooper Henry и др.

The Gift of the Magi

"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story, written by O. Henry (a pen name for William Sydney Porter), about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular one for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The plot and its «twist ending» are well-known, and the ending is generally considered an example of...

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O. Henry, O. Hooper Henry и др.

The Gift of the Magi and Other Shor...

O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories

O. Henry, the pen name of William Sydney Porter, is one of the most famous short story writers of all times whose stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. O. Henry is so acknowledged as a great short story writer that his pen name is associated with a prestigious American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. Included in this collection of «The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories» is the title story which describes the struggles...

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O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi and Other Shor...

O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories

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O. Henry

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