The Originals: The Classic Short Story Tellers

Discover timeless tales from the original masters of short stories. Explore classic books by legendary storytellers that shaped literature. Perfect for enthusiasts of enduring fiction.

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Great Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The shorter works of one of the world's greatest writers, including The Gambler and Notes from Underground The short works of Dostoevsky exist in the …
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The River why

by David James Duncan

Since its publication by Sierra Club Books nearly two decades ago, The River Why has become a classic, standing with Norman Maclean's A River Runs …
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Where I'm Calling From

by Raymond Carver

The final story collection from “one of the great short story writers of our time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) features classic stories from Cathedral, What We …
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Nine Stories

by J.D. Salinger

The "original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful" short fiction (New York Times Book Review) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after …
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Never Come Morning

by Nelson Algren

Never Come Morning is unique among the novels of Algren. The author's only romance, the novel concerns Bruno Bicek, a would-be boxer from Chicago's Northwest …
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Samuel Beckett: the Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989

by Samuel Beckett

Gathers the Nobel Prize winning poet and dramatist's short prose into one volume that affords the reader a view of Beckett's development as an artist.
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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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Lost in the Funhouse

by John Barth

John Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published …
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The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake

by Breece D'J Pancake

Breece D'J Pancake cut short a promising career when he took his own life at the age twenty-six. Published posthumously, this is a collection of …
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Revenge of the lawn

 

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Go Down, Moses

by William Faulkner

“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but …
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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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Dubliners

 

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The Big Hunger

by John Fante

Published here for the first time, this text presents a collection of recently-discovered stories by John Fante.
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Great Short Works of Stephen Crane

by Stephen Crane

The collected short work of an American master, including The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. Stephen Crane died at …
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Tales of Ordinary Madness

 

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South of no north

 

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