Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 7

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:





- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman:A New England Nun

Ann Mary; Her Two Thanksgivings

Luella Miller

Little-Girl-Afraid-of-a-Dog

Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas

The Gospel According To Joan

The Revolt of "Mother"



- O. HenryThe Gift of the Magi

The Cop and the Anthem

A Retrieved Reformation

The Ransom of Red Chief

Springtime a la Carte

The Count and the Wedding Guest

Witches' Loaves



- William Dean HowellsChristmas Every Day

The Pumpkin-Glory

Butterflyflutterby and Flutterbybutterfly

City and Country in the Fall, A Long-distance Eclogue

A Case Of Metaphantasmia

An Experience

A Pair Of Patient Lovers



- T. S. ArthurAn Angel in Disguise

Amy's Question

Dressed for a Party

The Two Husbands

The Brilliant and the Commonplace

Other People's Eyes

The Fatal Error



- Stephen LeacockMy Financial Career

Merry Christmas

How to Make a Million Dollars

How to Live to be 200

How to Avoid Getting Married

Aristocratic Education

Self-Made Men



- Sherwood AndersonA Man of Ideas

An Awakening

An Apology for Crudity

Hands

The Egg

The Man In The Brown Coat

The Other Woman



- Robert BarrAn Alpine Divorce

"And the Rigour of the Game"

Gentlemen: The King!

The Hour and the Man

The Man Who was not on the Passenger List

Which Was the Murderer?

Not According to the Code



- Lafcadio HearnYuki-Onna

The Story of Ming-Y

A Ghost

A Dead Secret

Chin Chin Kobokama

The Cedar Closet

A Ghost Story



- Giovanni VergaRosso Malpello

Rustic Chivalry

How Peppa Loved Gramigna

Jeli, the Shepherd

La Lupa

The Story of St. Joseph's Ass

The Bereaved



- Hamlin GarlandUnder the Lion's Paw

A Branch Road

A "Good Fellow's Wife"

A Night Raid at Eagle River

Uncle Ethan Ripley

Mrs. Ripley's Trip

A Day's Pleasure