Love, society, and inner lives
15 books
A brother to dragons, and other old-time talesAmélie Rives · 1888An 1888 collection of three short stories by Amélie Rives, previously published in magazines. The title story, narrated by an old servant, tells of a Warwickshire family quarrel over a supposed castle ghost and a prank with lasting consequences.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
A Chosen Few: Short StoriesFrank R. Stockton · 1895A collection of short stories by Frank R. Stockton, published in 1895, gathered by the author as representative examples of his best-known work, including "The Lady, or the Tiger?" along with humorous and fantastic tales of invention, ghosts, shipwrecks, and everyday mishaps.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
Fairy Prince and Other StoriesEleanor Hallowell Abbott · 1922A 1922 collection of short stories by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, narrated largely by a nine-year-old child. The title story follows a family's whimsical Thanksgiving visit from a young stranger, their mute brother Carol, and their tradition of budding the Christmas tree early.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
If You Touch Them They VanishGouverneur Morris · 1913A 1913 illustrated novel by Gouverneur Morris about a wealthy young man wrongly convicted of a crime and sent to prison, and the devoted old nurse who prepares a mountain cottage for his return and stands by him.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
In the Border CountryJosephine Daskam Bacon · 1909A 1909 novel by Josephine Daskam Bacon, told in three parts, about a woman who recounts a strange experience: while under anesthesia, she apparently leaves her body and becomes caught up in another woman's life before finding herself in a mysterious border country.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
Men without womenErnest Hemingway · 1927A 1927 collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway, including "The Killers" and "Hills Like White Elephants." The title story follows an aging bullfighter who returns to the ring for one more fight.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
The £1,000,000 bank-note, and other new storiesMark Twain · 1893A collection of short stories by Mark Twain, published in 1893. The title story follows a poor American stranded in London who is given a million-pound bank note as part of a bet between two wealthy brothers.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
The Beast in the JungleHenry James · 1903A novella by Henry James, first published in 1903, about John Marcher, a man who reunites with May Bartram, an acquaintance from years past, and confides in her his lifelong belief that some extraordinary fate awaits him.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short storyEdward J. O'Brien · 1918An annual anthology edited by Edward J. O'Brien, collecting twenty or so American short stories first published in 1917 magazines, along with a yearbook section surveying the year in American short fiction.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
The best short stories of 1919, and the yearbook of the American short storyEdward J. O'Brien · 1919An anthology edited by Edward J. O'Brien collecting short stories published in American magazines in 1919, with a yearbook section surveying the American short story from November 1918 to September 1919.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short storyEdward J. O'Brien · 1921An annual anthology edited by Edward J. O'Brien collecting eighteen short stories published in American magazines in 1920, by authors including Sherwood Anderson and Wilbur Daniel Steele, along with a yearbook of indexes, roll of honor lists, and critical commentary on the year's short fiction.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
The best short stories of 1922, and the yearbook of the American short storyEdward J. O'Brien · 1923An anthology edited by Edward J. O'Brien collecting nineteen short stories published in American magazines during 1922, by authors including Sherwood Anderson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ring W. Lardner, with a yearbook index of American short fiction.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
The best short stories of 1925, and the yearbook of the American short storyEdward J. O'Brien · 1926A 1926 anthology edited by Edward J. O'Brien collecting short stories by American writers published in magazines from October 1924 to September 1925, with an introductory essay and a yearbook surveying the year's American short fiction.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
The Man Without a Country, and Other TalesEdward Everett Hale · 1863A collection of short stories by Edward Everett Hale, first published in 1863, featuring the title tale of Philip Nolan, a fictional naval officer condemned to spend his life at sea without a country, along with eleven other tales on varied American subjects.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية