Short Story Books

A Budget of Christmas Tales

Charles Dickens

 A Budget of Christmas Tales is a collection of 20 wonderfull christmas tales, written by Charles Dickens and other remarkable children's authors. A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensWi..

Captain Boldheart & the Latin-Grammar Master

Charles Dickens

The story contained herein was written by Charles Dickens in 1867. It is the third of four stories entitled "Holiday Romance" and was published originally in a children's magazine in America. It purpo..

Hunted Down

Charles Dickens

Hunted Down is a unique collection of Dickens stories, rarely seen in print, establishing him as one of the masters of the detective genre Charles Dickens was one of the great pioneers of detective fi..

Sketches by Boz

Charles Dickens

Sketches by Boz is Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People (commonly known as Sketches by Boz) is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers an..

The Cricket on the Hearth

Charles Dickens

The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home is a novella by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20 December 1845 with illustrations by Daniel Maclise, John Leech, Richar..

The Chimes

Charles Dickens

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol and one year..

Perils of Certain English Prisoners

Charles Dickens

In 1857, Charles Dickens paired up with his close friend and fellow Victorian novelist Wilkie Collins to produce this interesting novella. Said to have been inspired by the Sepoy Mutiny of that year, ..

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, father of crime fiction, offers us another dozen short stories featuring master detective Sherlock Holmes. Famous for his intellectual prowess, his keen observation skills, and..