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Summary

A treasure trove of short classic stories by some of the greatest storytellers in the world:

  • 1. Mademoiselle Fifi by Guy de Maupassant
  • 2. The Test by W. W. Jacobs
  • 3. Miss Brill by Katharine Mansfield
  • 4. England, my England by D. H. Lawrence
  • 5. The Dead Hand by Wilkie Collins
  • 6. The Stalled Ox by Saki
  • 7. Red Hanrahan by W. B. Yeats
  • 8. My Uncle Jules by Guy de Maupassant
  • 9. A Love Knot by W. W. Jacobs
  • 10. The Odour of Chrysanthemums by D. H. Lawrence
  • 11. Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 12. Found on a Drowned Man by Guy de Maupassant
  • 13. MS Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 14. The Devil’s Spectacles by Wilkie Collins
  • 15. Glad Ghosts by D. H. Lawrence
  • 16. The Piece of String by Guy de Maupassant
  • 17. Tobermory by Saki
  • 18. A Queer Night in Paris by Guy de Maupassant
  • 19. The Child who was Tired by Katharine Mansfield
  • 20. Miss Harriet by Guy de Maupassant
  • 21. Curried Cow by Ambrose Bierce
  • 22. In the Family by W. W. Jacobs
  • 23. The Parrot by Guy de Maupassant
  • 24. The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 25. A Bottomless Grave by Ambrose Bierce
  • 26. The Love of Long Ago by Guy de Maupassant
  • 27. The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling
  • 28. The Nose by Nikolai Gogol
  • 29. The Eyes of the Panther by Ambrose Bierce
  • 30. The Belated Russian Passport by Mark Twain
  • 31. The Inconsiderate Waiter by J. M. Barrie
  • 32. Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • 33. The Disbursement Sheet by W. W. Jacobs
  • 34. The Lifted Veil by George Eliot
  • 35. Two of a Trade by W. W. Jacobs
Public Domain (P)2013 Red Door Audiobooks

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  • 10-03-14

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I am not usually a short story collection fan, but this anthology was better than I was expecting. I think the stories were well-selected and tended to be more along the lines of the novels that I enjoy (19th and early 20th century). It was my first introduction to D.H. Lawrence which I enjoyed. I ended up liking the narrator more that I expected as well. I am glad that I chose this title and if you are looking for something thought provoking but with multiple story lines, this is a good option.

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