Short Story Books

Tales of Unrest

Joseph Conrad

Tales of Unrest (1898) is the first collection of short adventure stories by Joseph Conrad published in his lifetime. Of the five stories in this volume, “The Lagoon,” the last in order, is the earlie..

Urban Sketches

Bret Harte

Urban Sketches is an American short stories collection written by Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte, was an American short-story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featu..

The Birds' Christmas Carol

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Carol Bird was born on Christmas Day. She has spent all of her 11 years putting others above herself, always finding ways to make their lives a little more special. Even when faced with her own illnes..

A Bell's Biography

Nathaniel Hawthorne

A Bell's Biography is a short story from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Snow-Image And Other Twice-Told Tales...

A. V. Laider

Sir Max Beerbohm

A. V. Laider is a short stories collection written by Sir Max Beerbohm, an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a hum..

Martin Paz

Jules Verne

"Martin Paz" is a long short story by Jules Verne, written in 1851. It appeared in the Musée des familles from July 10 through August 11, 1852. The text was later revised and enlarged for publication ..

Blackfeet Indian Stories

George Bird Grinnell

Those who wish to know something about how the people lived who told these stories will find their ways of life described in the last chapter of this book.The Blackfeet were hunters, travelling from p..

Cicely and Other Stories

Annie F. Johnston

These stories first appeared in the Youth's Companion and Forward. The author wishes to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors in permitting her to republish them in the present volume. Messrs. L.C. ..