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The Awakening and Selected Short Stories

The Awakening and Selected Short Stories

by Kate Chopin

The Awakening and Selected Short Stories is written by Kate Chopin an American author considered to be forerunner of twentieth century feminist authors.  She has written short stories and novels for adults and young children and most of her books have been published in magazines like Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, The Century Magazine, and The Yo..

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables is written by L. M. Montgomery, a Canadian writer whose literary works are popular among readers of all ages including children. This novel is a fiction story of a young orphan girl named Anne Shirley. Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert the siblings at their fifties were looking to adopt a boy to take care of their farm in Prince ..

Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories

Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American novelist who is best remembered for his fiction work “The Scarlet Letter”. Hawthorne titled this short story collection in remembrance of his life with his wife at “The Old Manse”, a historic manse of American literary associations. Like many of his works, Mos..

The Mantle and Other Stories

The Mantle and Other Stories

by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

The Mantle and Other Stories is written by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol, a Russian novelist of Ukranian origin. His contemporaries regard him as one of the masters of Russian literary realism, though he wrote many romantic pieces such as “Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka”, "Diary of a Madman", "The Carriage" and "The Portrait". The Mantle and Othe..

My Man Jeeves

My Man Jeeves

by P. G. Wodehouse

My Man Jeeves is written by P. G. Wodehouse, an English humorist who contributed to the literary world in many forms such as novels, poems, plays, short stories and lyrics. With unsurpassed popularity which spanned more than 70 years, P. G. Wodehouse was admired by the then contemporaries and still one of the most widely read authors. Featuring ..

Best Russian Short Stories

Best Russian Short Stories

by Leonid Andreyev

Best Russian Short Stories is a collection of short stories written by many Russian authors. The collection includes “THE QUEEN OF SPADES, BY ALEXSANDR S. PUSHKIN”, THE CLOAK BY NIKOLAY, by V. GOGOL”, “THE DISTRICT DOCTOR, BY IVAN S. TURGENEV”, “THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING, BY FIODOR M. DOSTOYEVSKY”, “GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS, BY LEO..

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

by Alexander Jessup

The Best American Humorous Short Stories is collection of short stories written by many authors and collected by Alexander Jessup, who is credited also for many such collections including “The Book of the Short Story” and “Little French Masterpieces”.  The author mentions in his introductory note that the primary selection criteria for comp..

Tales of Old Japan

Tales of Old Japan

by Baron Algernon Bertram

Tales of Old Japan is a collection of anthology works written by Baron Algernon Bertram, a British writer and diplomat better known by his popular name A.B. Mitford. His notable works include The Bamboo Garden, The Attaché at Peking, The Garter Mission to Japan, and Memoirs. His years of service at Japan as a diplomat and visits to the country a..