Love, society, and inner life

8 books

Little Novels of ItalyMaurice Hewlett · 1899A collection of five short stories set in Italy, including "Madonna of the Peach-Tree" about Giovanna Scarpa, a washerwoman of Verona.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Monday or TuesdayVirginia Woolf · 1921A 1921 collection of eight short stories by Virginia Woolf, including "A Haunted House," "Monday or Tuesday," "Kew Gardens," and "The Mark on the Wall." The stories use impressionistic, experimental prose to explore everyday moments, memory, and perception.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical LifeArthur Conan Doyle · 1894An 1894 short story collection by Arthur Conan Doyle drawing on his medical background, portraying the realities of doctors' lives in Victorian Britain. The red lamp of the title refers to the sign of a general practitioner's office.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

SketchesBenjamin Disraeli · 1840A collection of short fiction by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1840. The opening tale, "The Carrier Pigeon," is a romantic story of forbidden love between Lady Imogene and Lord Branchimont, heirs of feuding noble houses, who communicate through a trained dove.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

TatterdemalionJohn Galsworthy · 1920A 1920 collection of short stories and essays by John Galsworthy, arranged in two parts dealing with wartime and peacetime. The pieces follow various characters, including an elderly Englishwoman living in southern France during World War I who visits wounded soldiers in the hospital.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The eternal moment, and other storiesE. M. Forster · 1928A 1928 short story collection by E. M. Forster containing tales written before 1914, including the science fiction story "The Machine Stops," set in a future where humanity lives underground and depends entirely on a vast Machine.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Garden Party, and Other StoriesKatherine Mansfield · 1922A 1922 collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield, including the title story "The Garden-Party" along with pieces such as "At the Bay," "Miss Brill," and "The Daughters of the Late Colonel," depicting everyday life, family, and society.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Victorian Short Stories: Stories of CourtshipW. S. Gilbert · 1916A 1916 anthology of Victorian short stories about courtship, collecting works by W. S. Gilbert, Anthony Trollope, Hubert Crackanthorpe, George Egerton, and Israel Zangwill. The tales include Gilbert's "Angela," about a paralyzed artist in Venice who falls in love with a woman he knows only through her reflection in a canal.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية