«The Art of the Short Story» by Elsinore Books

This is an anthology for people who love story-telling. Our one hundred classic masterpieces were selected purely for their capacity to delight, instruct and charm. In this collection, readers will encounter some of the finest writing in world literature.

We have chosen to arrange the stories thematically, dividing the anthology into ten parts as follows:1) Characters2) Animals3) Epiphanies4) Mystery and Adventure5) Horror and Ghosts6) Strange, Surreal and Fantastic7) Humour, Satire and Tall Tales8) Love9) Summer Tales10) Winter Tales

Please view the preview of this book for a full listing of contents.

We hope this arrangement will encourage readers to move between the different parts of the anthology as their interest takes them, discovering as they do so, the shared sensibilities of authors remote in time and place.

Though these stories vary enormously in theme, tone and setting—from Russian snow storms, to spiritual epiphanies in Winesburg, Ohio—each of them has enthralled readers across generations; is exemplary in its attention to detail and evocation of mood; resists all simplistic and univocal interpretations, and remains as fresh and penetrating today as when it was first written.

At Elsinore Books we pride ourselves on creating beautiful e-books, and devote great attention to formatting, and ease of navigation. This book contains a cleanly-styled contents page that permits easy movement between the stories. 

Contents:

Part 1: Characters

Gusev — Anton ChekhovBoule de Suif — Guy de MaupassantAlyosha the Pot — Leo TolstoyMateo Falcone — Prosper MériméeLittle Brother — Mary E. MannBartleby, The Scrivener — Herman MelvilleThe Lightning-Rod Man — Herman MelvilleThe Ambitious Guest — Nathaniel HawthorneThe Darling — Anton ChekhovA Simple Heart — Gustave Flaubert

Part 2: Animals

Sredni Vashta — SakiKholstomer, The Story of a Horse — Leo TolstoyA Dark-Brown Dog — Stephen CraneKashtanka — Anton ChekhovThe Cat That Walked By Himself — Rudyard KiplingThe Black Cat — Edgar Allan PoeThe Fly — Katherine MansfieldThe Boar-Pig — SakiThe Tiger Guest — Pu SonglingJackals and Arabs — Franz Kafka

Part 3: Epiphanies

Araby — James JoyceThe Dead — James JoyceThe Strength of God — Sherwood AndersonThe Egg — Sherwood AndersonA Death in the Desert — Willa CatherRoman Fever — Edith WhartonThe Story of an Hour — Kate ChopinHome Sickness — George MooreThe Madonna of the Future — Henry JamesThe Kiss — Anton Chekhov

Part 4: Mystery and Adventure

The Red-Headed League — Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle — Arthur Conan DoyleThe Arrow of Heaven — G. K. ChestertonThe Sign of the Broken Sword — G. K. ChestertonThe Purloined Letter — Edgar Allan PoeThe Master of Mystery — Jack LondonThe Problem of Cell 13 — Jacques FutrelleThe Three Stranger — Thomas HardyThe Diamond as Big as the Ritz — F. Scott FitzgeraldA Jury of Her Peers — Susan Glaspell

Part 5: Horror and Ghosts

The Body Snatcher — Robert Louis StevensonThe Signal-Man — Charles DickensAugust Heat — W. F. HarveyThe Monkey’s Paw — W. W. Jacobs“Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You my Lad” — M. R. JamesThe Phantom Coach — Amelia EdwardsThe Horla — Guy de MaupassantAn Inhabitant of Carcosa — Ambrose BierceSchalken the Painter — Sheridan Le FanuThe Cask of Amontillado — Edgar Allan Poe

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