PDF Books in Fiction Short Stories
Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories
by Nathaniel HawthorneMosses 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 Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan PoeThe Fall of the House of Usher is written by Edgar Allan Poe, an American author who has contributed to the invention and practicing writing in emerging genres of literary world such as detective fiction and science fiction. Poised to making a living in writing alone, he had run into financial troubles. This novel narrates the story of a family,..
The Mantle and Other Stories
by Nikolai Vasilevich GogolThe 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..
The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
by KnowlesThe Legends of King Arthur and His Knights is folklore collection of stories based on the British leader King Arthur who won the sixth century battle against the Saxon invasion of Britain. Though the King Arthur’s existence is being debated by the modern historians, there are sources of poems and verses where he is casted as the great warrior, w..
My Man Jeeves
by P. G. WodehouseMy 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
by Leonid AndreyevBest 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 Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories
by Mark TwainThe Mysterious Stranger is the last novel written by Mark Twain, an American author and humorist, who is best remembered as “the father of American literature”. The Mysterious Stranger being his last attempted novel which he could not complete it fully. This novel explores the author’s ideas of moral sense and the damned human race; in effect it..
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
by Alexander JessupThe 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..