The Art of the Short Story: 100 Classic Masterpieces电子书

Introduction

The Elsinore Books Collection

Part 1: Characters

Gusev

Boule de Suif

Alyosha the Pot

Mateo Falcone

Little Brother

Bartleby, The Scrivener

The Lightning-Rod Man

The Ambitious Guest

The Darling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Part 2: Animals

Sredni Vashtar

Cat and Mouse in Partnership

A Dark-Brown Dog

Kashtanka

The Cat That Walked By Himself

The Black Cat

The Fly

The Boar-Pig

The Tiger Guest

Jackals and Arabs

Part 3: Epiphanies

Araby

The Dead

The Strength of God

The Egg

A Death in the Desert

A New England Nun

The Story of an Hour

Home Sickness

The Madonna of the Future

The Kiss

Part 4: Mystery and Adventure

The Red-Headed League

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

The Invisible Man

The Sign of the Broken Sword

The Purloined Letter

The Master of Mystery

The Problem of Cell 13

The Three Strangers

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

A Jury of Her Peers

Part 5: Horror and Ghosts

The Body Snatcher

The Signal-Man

August Heat

The Monkey’s Paw

“Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You my Lad”

The Phantom Coach

The Horla

An Inhabitant of Carcosa

Schalken the Painter

The Cask of Amontillado

Part 6: Strange, Surreal and Fantastic

Two Short Parables

The Secret Sharer

The Crystal Egg

The Bottle Imp

Wakefield

The Nose

The Overcoat

Memoirs of a Madman

The Seven Fathers in the House

The Statement of Randolph Carter

Part 7: Humour, Satire and Tall Tales

The Cop and the Anthem

The Ransom of Red Chief

What Stumped the Blue Jays

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

News!

The Artful Hussar

From The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Golden Honeymoon

When I Was a Witch

Micromegas: A Philosophical History

Part 8: Love

Malachi’s Cove

The Lady with the Dog

Verotchka

The Storm

The Horse Dealer’s Daughter

The Nightingale and the Rose

The Trial of Love

Angela; An Inverted Love Story

How Peppa Loved Gramigna

First Love

Part 9: Summer Tales

Byezhin Prairie

The Enchanted Bluff

The Garden Party

The Country of the Blind

A White Heron

Gooseberries

How Much Land Does a Man Need?

The Sheriff’s Children

The Piece of String

“Rip Van Winkle”

Part 10: Winter Tales

To Build a Fire

The Interlopers

Misery

Vanka

The Open Boat

Master and Man

A Lodging for the Night

The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton13

The Happy Prince

The Night Before Christmas

A Final Word

Acknowledgements

The Elsinore Books Collection

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