Book Description

This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman:A New England Nun Ann Mary; Her Two Thanksgivings Luella Miller Little-Girl-Afraid-of-a-Dog Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas The Gospel According To Joan The Revolt of "Mother" - O. HenryThe Gift of the Magi The Cop and the Anthem A Retrieved Reformation The Ransom of Red Chief Springtime a la Carte The Count and the Wedding Guest Witches' Loaves - William Dean HowellsChristmas Every Day The Pumpkin-Glory Butterflyflutterby and Flutterbybutterfly City and Country in the Fall, A Long-distance Eclogue A Case Of Metaphantasmia An Experience A Pair Of Patient Lovers - T. S. ArthurAn Angel in Disguise Amy's Question Dressed for a Party The Two Husbands The Brilliant and the Commonplace Other People's Eyes The Fatal Error - Stephen LeacockMy Financial Career Merry Christmas How to Make a Million Dollars How to Live to be 200 How to Avoid Getting Married Aristocratic Education Self-Made Men - Sherwood AndersonA Man of Ideas An Awakening An Apology for Crudity Hands The Egg The Man In The Brown Coat The Other Woman - Robert BarrAn Alpine Divorce "And the Rigour of the Game" Gentlemen: The King! The Hour and the Man The Man Who was not on the Passenger List Which Was the Murderer? Not According to the Code - Lafcadio HearnYuki-Onna The Story of Ming-Y A Ghost A Dead Secret Chin Chin Kobokama The Cedar Closet A Ghost Story - Giovanni VergaRosso Malpello Rustic Chivalry How Peppa Loved Gramigna Jeli, the Shepherd La Lupa The Story of St. Joseph's Ass The Bereaved - Hamlin GarlandUnder the Lion's Paw A Branch Road A "Good Fellow's Wife" A Night Raid at Eagle River Uncle Ethan Ripley Mrs. Ripley's Trip A Day's Pleasure