Classic Short Stories and Short Works of Fiction

Explore timeless classic short stories and fiction works from renowned authors. Discover must-read tales that captivate and inspire in this curated collection of literary masterpieces.

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Great Short Works of Herman Melville

by Herman Melville

Billy Budd, Sailor and Bartleby, the Scrivener are two of the most revered shorter works of fiction in history. Here, they are collected along with …
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The portable Conrad

 

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Death in Venice

by Thomas Mann

Eight complex stories illustrative of the author's belief that "a story must tell itself," highlighted by the high art style of the famous title novella.
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Stories

 

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The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

by Nikolai Gogol

When Pushkin first read some of the stories in this collection, he declared himself "amazed." "Here is real gaiety," he wrote, "honest, unconstrained, without mincing, …
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Dubliners

by James Joyce

Fifteen short stories evoke the character, atmosphere, and people of the Irish city of Dublin at the turn of the century
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Young Goodman Brown

 

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Great American short stories

 

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The Short Novels of John Steinbeck

 

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Jack London: Novels and Stories (LOA #6)

by Jack London

This Library of America volume of Jack London’s best-known work is filled with thrilling action, an intuitive feeling for animal life, and a sense of …
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Mississippi Writings

 

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The Complete Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories …
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The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway

by Ernest Hemingway

The complete, authoritative collection of Ernest Hemingway's short fiction, including classic stories like "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and "The Short Happy …
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The Penguin Thomas Hardy.

 

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The Stories of John Cheever

by John Cheever

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A seminal collection from one of the true masters of the short story. Spanning the duration of Cheever’s …
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Close Range

by Annie Proulx

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