Book Details

This book contains 70 short stories from 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.

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Contents

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. Henry: The 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 Howells: Christmas 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. Arthur: An 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 Leacock: My 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 Anderson: A Man of Ideas, An Awakening, An Apology for Crudity, Hands, The Egg, The Man In The Brown Coat, The Other Woman

- Robert Barr: An 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?

- Lafcadio Hearn: Not According to the Code, Yuki-Onna, The Story of Ming-YA Ghost, A Dead Secret, Chin Chin Kobokama, The Cedar Closet, A Ghost Story

- Giovanni Verga: Rosso Malpello, Rustic Chivalry, How Peppa Loved Gramigna, Jeli, the Shepherd, La Lupa, The Story of St. Joseph's Ass, The Bereaved

- Hamlin Garland: Under 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