Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 5

This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers.

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This book contains:

- F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Diamond as Big as the Ritz

The Jelly-Bean

May Day

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Head and Shoulders

The Cut-Glass Bowl

- Edith Wharton:The Triumph of Night

The Pelican

The Fullness Of Life

April Showers

A Journey

Afterward

Xingu

- Stephen Crane:A Dark Brown Dog

An Experiment in Misery

The Veteran

Four Men in a Cave

A Tent in Agony

The Snake

Upturned Face

- Susan Glaspell:His Smile

"Government Goat"

A Jury of Her Peers

The Anarchist: His Dog

"One of Those Impossible Americans"

At Twilight

From A to Z

- Kate Chopin:A Respectable Woman

A Pair of Silk Stockings

A Matter of Prejudice

A December Day in Dixie

At the 'Cadian Ball

The Storm

Désirée's Baby

- Laura E. Richards :Maine to the Rescue

The Coming of the King

The Golden Windows

The Shed Chamber

The Green Satin Gown

The Scarlet Leaves

Don Alonzo

- Alice Dunbar Nelson:A Carnival Jangle

Little Miss Sophie

La Juanita

The Praline Woman

Sister Josepha

Mr. Baptiste

M'sieu Fortier's Violin

- Louisa May Alcott:A Modern Cinderella

My Red Cap

A Christmas Dream, and How it Came to Be True

An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving

Aunt Kipp

Rosy's Journey

The Brothers

- Hans Christian Andersen:The Little Mermaid

Brave Tin Soldier

The Princess and the Pea

The Goloshes of Fortune

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Last Dream of Old Oak

Little Tiny or Thumbelina

- Charles Dickens:A Child's Dream of a Star

Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn

Nobody's Story

The Child's Story

The Magic Fishbone

What Christmas is As We Grow Older

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain