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7 best short stories - Sea Stories

Author : Stephen Crane

Publisher : Tacet Books

Page : 124 pages

File Size : 30,76 MB

Release : 2020-05-12

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 3968584023

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Sea fiction a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highlights nautical culture in these environments. Nautical fiction usually includes distinctive themes, such as a focus on masculinity and heroism, investigations of social hierarchies, and the psychological struggles of the individual in the hostile environment of the sea. For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven great examples of these stories of salt water and adventure. Enjoy! - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane. - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson. - The Sea Raiders by H. G. Wells. - Soaked in Seaweed: or Upset in the Ocean by Stephen Leacock. - A Descent into the Maelström by Edgar Allan Poe. - An Adventure in the Upper Sea by Jack London. - The Old Man of the Sea by W. W. Jacobs. For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!



Rain and Other South Sea Stories

Author : W. Somerset Maugham

Publisher : Courier Corporation

Page : 178 pages

File Size : 40,93 MB

Release : 2012-03-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0486114198

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The clash between a missionary and a prostitute, "Rain" is among this master storyteller's most famous tales. Additional selections include "Macintosh," "The Fall of Edward Barnard," "The Pool," and other compelling stories of life in the tropics.



7 Best Short Stories: Sherlock Holmes

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher : Tacet Books

Page : 202 pages

File Size : 31,50 MB

Release : 2019-07-22

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 8577773809

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Sherlock Holmes is a private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective", Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. - A Scandal in Bohemia - The Red-headed League - A Case of Identity - The Boscombe Valley Mystery - The Five Orange Pips - The Man with the Twisted Lip - The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle



7 Best Short Stories by Jack London

Author : Jack London

Publisher : Tacet Books

Page : 138 pages

File Size : 34,55 MB

Release : 2019-01-10

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 8577770176

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Jack London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: The Law of Life To Build a Fire That Spot All Gold Canyon An Odyssey of the North A Piece of Steak Lost Face



7 Best Short Stories: Humor

Author : Saki

Publisher : Tacet Books

Page : 86 pages

File Size : 14,11 MB

Release : 2019-06-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 8577772942

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The ability to produce humor and laughter is one of the things that makes us human. Humor implies a complex knowledge of the world and the ability to interpret reality in multiple layers. That said, it is not surprising that many authors have chosen humorous fiction to convey their message. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that use humor to reach and entertain the reader: - A Burlesque Autobiography by Mark Twain - Luck by Mark Twain - The Death of a Government Clerk by Anton Chekhov - The Mouse by Saki - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol - Soaked in Seaweed: or Upset in the Ocean by Stephen Leacock - My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock



7 Best Short Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher : Tacet Books

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 41,47 MB

Release : 2019-01-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 8577770079

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This is a collection of the 7 best short stories of one of the most iconic writer ever to have been published, Arthur Conan Doyle. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: A Scandal In Bohemia The Five Orange Pips The Disintegration Machine When the World Screamed The Great Keinplatz Experiment The Horror of the Heights The Ring of Thoth



Stories of the Sea

Author : Diana Secker Tesdell

Publisher : Everyman Paperback Classics

Page : 400 pages

File Size : 34,53 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Sea stories, American

ISBN : 9781841596051

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Classic adventure stories by Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London mix with marvellously imaginative tales by Isak Dinesen, Patricia Highsmith and J. G. Ballard. Robert Olen Butler explores the memories of a Titanic victim who has become part of the sea that swallowed him; Ray Bradbury's 'The Fog Horn' summons something primeval and lonely from the ocean depths; John Updike's lovers retrace the route of Homer's Odyssey on a cruise ship. From Edgar Allan Poe's dramatic 'A Descent into the Maelstrom' to Ernest Hemingway's chilling 'After the Storm', the stories here are as wide-ranging and entrancing as the sea itself.



7 best short stories - Coming of Age

Author : Kate Chopin

Publisher : Tacet Books

Page : 84 pages

File Size : 12,47 MB

Release : 2020-05-12

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 3967991075

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Becoming an adult is a difficult process, often painful and always unforgettable. Cultures and religions have always tried to demarcate this passage with a rite or public ceremony, but the internal process of each one is unique. Join us in these seven stories carefully selected by critic August Nemo: - Caline by Kate Chopin - My Kinsman, Major Molineux by Nathaniel Hawthorne - I'm a Fool by Sherwood Anderson - Her First Ball by Katherine Mansfield - I Want to Know Why by Sherwood Anderson - So On He Fares by George Moore - Araby by james Joyce



7 best short stories by H.G. Wells

Author : H. G. Wells

Publisher : Tacet Books

Page : 245 pages

File Size : 21,60 MB

Release : 2019-01-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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The 7 best short stories collection presents a special selection of works by noteworthy writers. This edition features the English writer H. G. Wells. Wells was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, satire, biography, and autobiography, and even including two books on war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called a "father of science fiction". This book contains the following writings: The Time Machine. A Dream Of Armageddon. The Crystal Egg. The Man Who Could Work Miracles. The Flowering of the Strange Orchid. The Sea Riders. The Apple. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!



7 best short stories - Dystopia

Author : H. G. Wells

Publisher : Tacet Books

Page : 416 pages

File Size : 33,3 MB

Release : 2020-05-12

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 3968586042

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Dystopian fiction- sometimes combined with, but distinct from apocalyptic literature - is the opposite: the portrayal of a setting that completely disagrees with the author's ethos. The critic August Nemo selected seven classic tales of dystopian scenarios. - The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster - The Answer by H. Beam Piper - The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel - The Empire of the Ants by H.G. Wells - In The Year 2889 by Jules Verne - The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers - Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!