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The Pit and the Pendulum

Edgar Allan Poe

Classic Fiction

The Pit and the Pendulum is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. The story centres around the torments end

gothic, horror, shortstories

The Lifted Veil

Goerge Eliot

Classic Fiction

Published the same year as her first novel, Adam Bede, this overlooked work displays the gifts for which George

fantasy, shortstories, spirituality

Three Sketches from a Hunters Album

Ivan Turgenev

Classic Fiction

Early stories from a master of Russian literature. When first published in book form in 1852, Turgenevs remarka

russia, russian, serfdom, shortstories

The Murders In The Rue Morgue

Edgar Allan Poe

Classic Fiction

The Murders in the Rue Morgue is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham s Magazine in 1841. It ha

gothic, horror, shortstories

A Visitation of the Plague

Daniel Defoe

Classic Fiction

One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin s 60th anniversary. All the titles are extrac

pandemic, plague, shortstories

Now Remember

Vladimir Nabokov

Contemporary Fiction

Memories of a rapturous Russian Childhood. Vladimir Nabokov is one of the giants of twentieth century literatur

shortstories

Etiquette For Renaissance Gentlemen

Baldesar Castiglione

Classic Fiction

A classic quidebook for noblemen. Upon its publication in 1528, Castigliones handbook was considered something

renaissance, shortstories

The Black Monk

And Peasants

Anton Chekhov

Classic Fiction

In ancient times a happy man grew at last frightened of his happiness — it was so great — and to propitiate t

russian, shortstories

His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood

And Other Stories

Poppy Z Brite

Contemporary Fiction

Contains four short stories from Swamp Foetus:
His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood, The Sixth Sentinel, Calcutta,

60s, collection, shortstories

The Pleasures and Pains of Opium

Revelations of ecstacy and torment

Thomas de Quincey

Classic Fiction

Thomas De Quincey began taking opium in 1804. For him it was the key to Paradise, as he experienced visions of

drugs, opium, shortstories

The Informers

Bret Easton Ellis

Contemporary Fiction

Set in Los Angeles, in the recent past. The birthplace and graveyard of American myths and dreams, the city har

collection, shortstories

Pulse

Julian Barnes

Contemporary Fiction

After the best-selling Arthur & George and Nothing to Be Frightened Of, Julian Barnes returns with fourteen sto

collection, shortstories

Ghost of Chance

William S Burroughs

Contemporary Fiction

Ghost of Chance is an adventure story set in the jungle of Madagascar and filled with the obsessions that mark

beat, ecology, postmodern, shortstories

The Overcoat and Other Short Stories

Nikolai Gogol

Classic Fiction

Four works by great 19th-century Russian author – The Nose, a savage satire of Russias incompetent bureaucrats;

collection, fantasy, folktales, russia, russian, shortstories

We Can Remember it For You Wholesale

The Collected Short Stories of Philip K Dick

Pilip K Dick

Science Fiction

The Fifth and final part of the definitive set of the complete stories of the twentieth centurys greatest sf au

collection, drugs, scifi, shortstories

Lady With Lapdog and Other Stories

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Classic Fiction

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov may be likened to his contemporaries, the pointilliste painters. Piece by piece, episod

collection, modernism, russia, russian, shortstories

The Squabble

Nikolai Gogol

Classic Fiction

Nikolai Gogols short story is a sublime work of tragi-comedy. In it, he brilliantly ridicules the Ukrainian pas

russia, russian, satire, shortstories

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol

Classic Fiction

More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogols stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a

collection, fantasy, folktales, russia, russian, satire, shortstories

The Captain’s Daughter and Other Stories

Alexander Pushkin

Classic Fiction

Pushkins version of the historical novel in the style of Walter Scott, this final prose work also reflects his

collection, historical, romantic, russia, russian, shortstories

Selected Stories

Anton Chekhov

Classic Fiction

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов, IPA: 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904

collection, russia, russian, shortstories

The Black Arab and Other Stories

Mikhail Prishvin

Classic Fiction

Mikhail Prishvin was born in the family mansion of Krutschevo in Oryol Governorate (now in Stanovlyansky Distri

russia, russian, shortstories, soviet

The Best Stories of Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant

Classic Fiction

Modern Library volume 98 edited by Saxe Commins.

collection, french, shortstories

Short Stories of De Maupassant

Guy De Maupassant

Classic Fiction

Maupassant was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and effici

collection, french, shortstories

Droll Stories Volume 1

Honoré de Balzac

Classic Fiction

Balzac’s Droll Stories are one of the greatest achievements of the genius of comedy. For more than a century th

collection, comedy, folktales, french, shortstories

Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys

Will Self

Contemporary Fiction

The New York Times Book Review has called Will Self a defiant satirist with a peculiar mastery of the vocabular

collection, satire, shortstories, urbanism

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Classic Fiction

Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, commonly regarded as amongst t

christian, christiananarchist, collection, russia, russian, shortstories

Heavy Water and Other Stories

Martin Amis

Contemporary Fiction

In this wickedly delightful collection of stories, Martin Amis once again demonstrates why he is a modern maste

collection, shortstories

Mondo Desperado

Patrick McCabe

Contemporary Fiction

From a farmers romance to his skin condition to one mans culinary relationship with Bruce Lee, it all happens i

black, collection, comedy, ireland, shortstories

The Seeds of Time

John Wyndham

Science Fiction

For the ten short stories collected here, John Wyndham turns his imagination to, among other subjects, body-sna

collection, scifi, shortstories

The Golden Man

Philip K Dick

Science Fiction

Heres a chance to read not just one but fifteen stories created by one of the most popular science fiction writ

collection, drugs, postmodern, scifi, shortstories