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"To Build a Fire and Other Stories" is a classic collection of some of Jack London's most loved short stories. In this volume you will find the following stories: To The Man On The Trail, The White Silence, In A Far Country, The Wisdom Of The Trail, An Odyssey Of The North, The Law Of Life, The God Of His Fathers, Bâtard, The League Of The Old Men, Love Of Life, The Wit Of Porportuk, To Build A Fire, All Gold Canyon, The Apostate, South Of The Slot, The Chinago, A Piece Of Steak, Mauki, Koolau The Leper, The Strength Of The Strong, War, The Mexican, Told In The Drooling Ward, The Water Baby, and The Red One.
The Complete Short Stories of Saki (H. H. Munro)
Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916) was a British writer, whose witty works satirizing Edwardian society and culture led him to be known as a master of the short story. Munro, better recognized by the pen name Saki, produced works that contrasted the conventions and hypocrisies of Edwardian England with the uncomplicated and sometimes cruel state of nature, a conflict which the latter usually won. This complete edition of short stories will entertain readers with its wonderfully intricate characters, rich political satire and fine narrative style. The book begins with Saki's first works, the «Reginald» stories, a small series of vignettes centered around the societal and cynical young Reginald. Also included are Saki's later and more popular story collections: «Reginald in Russia,» the somewhat macabre tales of «The Chronicles of Clovis,» Saki's best known «Beasts and Super-Beasts,» «The Toys of Peace,» and «The Square Egg.»
Tales of War, Fifty-One Tales, and Tales of Three Hemispheres
Famed Anglo-Irish author, Lord Dunsany (1878-1957), was a short story writer, playwright, poet, essayist and autobiographer whose works earned him notoriety as one of the most significant contributors to the modern fantasy genre. His short stories, especially, were widely popular with audiences who enjoyed his formulated mythologies, his examination of the nature of time and human existence, and his satiric, and often anti-industrial, views on the relationship of humanity to nature. This edition includes: Dunsany's thirty-two «Tales of War,» written during his time in the trenches in the bloody First World War, and recalling the horrors of war in vivid detail; «Fifty-One Tales,» a collection of short fantasy stories which later influenced writers like J.R.R. Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft and Ursula K. Le Guin; and finally a fourteen-piece collection called «Tales of Three Hemispheres,» which concludes with the 3-piece series called «Beyond the Fields We Know.»
My Man Jeeves and Other Early Jeeves Stories
"My Man Jeeves and Other Early Jeeves Stories" is a collection of short stories concerning P. G. Wodehouse's most beloved character, Jeeves. This collection brings together all the stories found in the book «My Man Jeeves» as well as four other early stories. Contained in this volume you will find the following hilarious tales: Leave it to Jeeves, Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest, Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg, Absent Treatment, Helping Freddie, Rallying Round Old George, Doing Clarence a Bit of Good, The Aunt and the Sluggard, Extricating Young Gussie, Jeeves Takes Charge, Jeeves and the Chump Cyril, and Jeeves in the Springtime.
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
Readers will recognize their favorite horror stories in the collection «The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings.» Edgar Allen Poe was a master of suspense, horror, and mystery, and his stories, while truly terrifying, are also delightfully entertaining. In «The Tell-Tale Heart,» the narrator has just killed a man and buried him under his floor. As he sits right above the body, he begins to hear the dead man's heart thumping loudly in his ears. Guilt and paranoia flood the narrator, and the audience experiences the narrator's plunge into madness as his fears begin to manifest. Many of Poe's other popular works are included in the anthology, such as «The Fall of the House of Usher» and «The Cask of Amontillado.» Murder is a theme in both the works, though Poe executes his characters in decidedly different ways. Still, madness, anger, and retribution all make their way into the majority of Poe's works. Also in the collection are select poems such as «Lenore» and «The Raven.» Both stories tell tales of death and lost love about two different women named Lenore; Poe's poems mourn these characters, making his words even more poetic and poignant. He speaks through his verses to convey his devastated feelings of despair. For these and all the included works, «The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings» is a must-have for every horror or suspense fan.
The Darling and Other Stories
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his family. What began as a necessity became a legitimate career in 1886 when he was asked to write in St. Petersburg for the Novoye Vremya (New Times), owned by millionaire magnate Alexey Suvorin. Chekhov began paying more attention to his writing, revising and developing his own principles and conceptions of truth, for a time coming under the influence of Leo Tolstoy. As a result of his widespread popularity, Chekhov amassed a vast collection of short stories displaying an early use of stream-of-consciousness writing, as well as his powerful ideas concerning the individual, the tedium of life, and the beauty nature and humanity. This edition contains «The Darling», «Ariadne», «Polinka», «Anyuta», «The Two Volodyas», «The Trousseau», «The Helpmate», «Talent», «An Artist's Story», and «Three Years».
Great Short Works of Herman Melville
Early American writer Herman Melville is best known for his great American novel «Moby Dick.» However, Melville was also a prolific and honest short story writer. His stories play with irony, twisting the fates of his protagonists and making sure that the reader is left with a deep sense of wonder and enlightenment. Many of his works are set from an «outsider's» perspective of immigrants in early America, which is interesting considering that Melville was an American. Yet in the 1800's, many Americans were still struggling to find their identities. Some were recent immigrants, and others were trying to catch up with the changing times and moralities. America was becoming more obsessed with wealth and status, leaving very little room for those that were not able to make it to the top. Innocence was lost in America, and Melville wanted to give those lost souls a voice with his works. With stories like «Bartleby: The Scrivener, A Story of Wall-Street» and «Billy Budd, Foretopman,» Melville gave the stereotypical impersonal American a relatable face for his audience. He did not receive much praise during his own time. However, now Melville is praised as an early American philosopher of theoretical and political subjects due to the 20th century «Melville Revival.» His mix of styles may seem difficult, but his mastery speaks to the genius that is Melville.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories (The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.)
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, and Other Stories" is the collection of Washington Irving's stories originally published as «The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.» This collection of Washington Irving's stories are some of his most loved and includes the following: The Author's Account of Himself, The Voyage, Roscoe, The Wife, Rip Van Winkle, English Writers on America, Rural Life in England, The Broken Heart, The Art of Book-making, A Royal Poet, The Country Church, The Widow and her Son, A Sunday in London, The Boar's Head Tavern, The Mutability of Literature, Rural Funerals, The Inn Kitchen, The Spectre Bridegroom, Westminster Abbey, Christmas, The Stage-Coach, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, The Christmas Dinner, London Antiques, Little Britain, Stratford-on-Avon, Traits of Indian Character, Philip of Pokanoket, John Bull, The Pride of the Village, The Angler, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and L'Envoy
Monday or Tuesday: Eight Stories
In this early collection of eight short stories by Virginia Woolf conventional notions of plot and character are abandoned for a stream of consciousness, almost dream-like and experimental form of prose. Readers while find the relative brevity of this volume, and the stories within it, helpful in overcoming any unfamiliarity with this style of writing. «Monday or Tuesday: Eight Stories» was first published in 1921 and includes the following stories: «A Haunted House,» «A Society,» «Monday or Tuesday», «An Unwritten Novel,» «The String Quartet,» «Blue & Green,» «Kew Gardens,» and «The Mark on the Wall».
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" is a collection of twelve detective stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous literary creation, Sherlock Holmes. Contained within this collection are the following tales: 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, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, and The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.