Short Story Books
Going into Society
Charles DickensGoing into Society is short story written by Charles Dickens. Excerpts belowAt one period of its reverses, the House fell into the occupation of a Showman. He was found registered as its occupie..
The Poison Belt
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Poison Belt is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, the second book about Professor Challenger. Written in 1913, much of it takes place in a single room in Challenger's ho..
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen LeacockSunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literat..
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
William Le QueuxMademoiselle of Monte Carlo is a collection of mystery and detective stories written by William Le Queux, an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying..
The Great Stone Face
Nathaniel HawthorneThe Great Stone Face, and Other Tales of the White Mountains is a collection of short stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. The..
The Broken Cup
Heinrich ZschokkeThe Broken Cup is a collection short stories written by Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke, German, later Swiss, author and reformer. Most of his life was spent, and most of his reputation ear..
Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home
Bayard TaylorBeauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home is a collection of short stories written by Bayard Taylor, an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat. The Stories in ..
The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories
Kate ChopinThe Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggl..