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Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Victorian Fairy Tale:<br /> <br /> The reinvention of fairy tales was a very particular feature of Victorian literature. Many authors dedicated to other genres tried their luck by making their own versions of the fairytale universe. <br /> <br /> This book contains the following texts:<br /> <br /> – The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin; <br /> – The Rose and the Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray; <br /> – The Golden Key by George MacDonald; <br /> – The Little Lame Prince by Dinah Craik; <br /> – The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde; <br /> – Melisande by Edith Nesbit; <br /> – The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame.<br /> <br /> For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
7 best short stories - Vampire
Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Vampire.<br /> <br /> The vampire is now a fixture in popular fiction. Such fiction began with 18th-century poetry and continued with 19th-century short stories. Over time, some attributes now regarded as integral became incorporated into the vampire's profile: fangs and vulnerability to sunlight appeared over the course of the 19th century. Implied though not often explicitly documented in folklore, immortality is one attribute which features heavily in vampire film and literature. Much is made of the price of eternal life, namely the incessant need for blood of former equals. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that were essential to the formation of the vampire's folklore:<br /> <br /> – The Vampyre by John William Polidori.<br /> – Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.<br /> – Mrs. Amworth by E. F. Benson.<br /> – Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker.<br /> – Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe.<br /> – Clarimonde by Théophile Gautier.<br /> – The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker.
7 best short stories - Weird Fiction
Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Weird Fiction.<br /> <br /> Weird Fiction fiction utilises elements of horror, science fiction and fantasy to showcase the impotence and insignificance of human beings within a much larger universe populated by often malign powers and forces that greatly exceed the human capacities to understand or control them. The critic August Nemo has selected seven classic tales of the genre, especially for readers who want (and have courage!) to face the abyss:<br /> <br /> – The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft.<br /> – Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.<br /> – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce.<br /> – The White People by Arthur Machen.<br /> – Number 13 by M. R. James.<br /> – The Derelict by William Hope Hodgson.<br /> – The Repairer of Reputations by Robert W. Chambers.
7 best short stories - Ghost Stories
Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to ghost stories.<br /> <br /> The critic Augst Nemo brings seven tales with tormented souls that will make you shiver:<br /> <br /> – An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House by Sheridan le Fanu.<br /> – The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell.<br /> – A Warning to the Curious by M. R. James.<br /> – Nightmare-Touch by Lafcadio Hearn.<br /> – The Furnished Room by O. Henry.<br /> – The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling.<br /> – The Open Window by Saki<br /> Bonus: Supernatural Horror in Literature by H. P. Lovecraft.
7 best short stories - Occult Detective
Unlike the traditional detective, the occult detective is employed in cases involving ghosts, curses, and other supernatural elements. Some occult detectives are portrayed as being themselves psychic or in possession of other paranormal powers. The critic August Nemo selected seven mystery stories with the great experts in supernatural phenomena:
– The Gateway of the Monster by William Hope Hodgson – The House Among the Laurels by William Hope Hodgson – The Story of Saddler's Croft by E. and H. Heron – The Story of Baelbrow by E. and H. Heron – Green Tea by Sheridan Le Fanu – The Familiar by Sheridan Le Fanu – Aylmer Vance and the Vampire by Alice and Claude Askew For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
7 best short stories - Iceland
Icelanders have the highest literacy rates in the world. This is largely due to the rich literary tradition developed in this region. In this book, August Nemo brings seven short stories from different authors and periods so that you have an interesting overview of the story in Iceland.
– The Story Of Audunn And The Bear by Anonymous. – A Dry Spell By Einar H. Kvaran. – The Old Hay by Guðmundur Friðjónsson. – When I Was On The Frigate by Jón Trausti. – Father And Son by Gunnar Gunnarsson. – The Fox Skin by Gudmundur G. Hagalin. – New Iceland by Halldor Kiljan Laxness. For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
7 best short stories - Arsène Lupin
Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest.
This edition is dedicated to Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief and master of disguise. Created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc, Lupin was featured in 17 novels and 39 novellas. The character has also appeared in a number of books from other writers as well as numerous film, television, stage play, and comic book adaptations – including the mystery comedy Lupin, a streaming television series created by George Kay and François Uzan that premiered on Netflix on 8 January 2021.
This book contains the following texts: The Arrest of Arsène Lupin; Arsène Lupin in Prison; The Escape of Arsène Lupin; The Mysterious Traveller; The Queen's Necklace; Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late; The Red Silk Scarf.
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7 best short stories - Walking
Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest.This edition is dedicated to walking. A common activity for man, walking can be a form of physical exercise, spiritual practice and philosophical tool. Being so universal, the habit of walking has certainly been addressed many times by literature – in this volume you will find seven examples of this relationship between literature and walking.This book contains the following texts: Walking, and the wild by Henry David Thoreau; Walking Tours by Robert Louis Stevenson; Walking an Antidote to City Poison by Sydney Smith; A Stout Pedestrian by Walter Scott; Lake Scenery by William Wordsworth; The Exhilarations of the Road by John Burroughs; Is Walking Selfish? by Arnold Haultain. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
7 best short stories - Canada
Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Canadian literature. Influences on Canadian writers are broad, both geographically and historically, representing Canada's diversity in culture and region. This book contains the following texts: A Red Girl's Reasoning by E. Pauline Johnson; My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock; An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr; The Blood of Kings by Frank L. Packard; The Little Bell of Honour by Gilbert Parker; The Way of the Winning of Anne by L. M. Montgomery; Captain Joe and Jamie by Charles G. D. Roberts. Bonus content:The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People by John George Bourinot. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
7 best short stories - Germany
Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest.This edition is dedicated to German literature. German literature is essential for those who love literature and history. The history of literature in German is intertwined with the establishment of national states in Central Europe and with the history of the book itself, after the invention of the press by Johannes Gutenberg.This book contains the following texts: The criminal from lost honour by Friedrich Schiller; The cold heart by Wilhelm Hauff; A Tale by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; The Sandman by E. T. A. Hoffmann; Blind by Paul Heyse; Saint Cecilia; or, the power of music by Heinrich von Kleist; The wonders in the Spessart by Karl Immermann.If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!