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After his release Porter moved to New York City, where he continued writing stories under the pen name O. HenryThough his work earned him an avid readership, O. Henry died in poverty and oblivion scarcely eight years after his arrival in New York. But in the treasury of stories he left behind are such classics of the genre as \"The Gift of the Magi,\" \"The Last Leaf,\" \"The Ransom of Red Chief,\" \"The Voice of the City\" and \"The Cop and the Anthem\" — all included in this choice selection. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44456685928545,"sku":"9780486110073","price":0.75,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_321917bf-377a-4d5c-9c08-dce3f2a0b0ba.jpg?v=1778565837"},{"product_id":"monday-or-tuesday","title":"Monday or Tuesday","description":"One of the most distinguished critics and innovative authors of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf published two novels before this collection appeared in 1921. However, it was these early stories that first earned her a reputation as a writer with \"the liveliest imagination and most delicate style of her time.\" Influenced by Joyce, Proust, and the theories of William James, Bergson, and Freud, she strove to write a new fiction that emphasized the continuous flow of consciousness, time's passage as both a series of sequential moments and a longer flow of years and centuries, and the essential indefinability of character. Readers can discover these and other aspects of her influential style in the eight stories collected here, among them a delightful, feminist put-down of the male intellect in \"A Society\" and a brilliant and sensitive portrayal of nature in \"Kew Gardens.\" Also included are \"An Unwritten Novel,\" \"The String Quartet,\" \"A Haunted House,\" \"Blue \u0026amp; Green,\" \"The Mark on the Wall,\" and the title story. In recent years, Woolf's fiction, feminism, and high-minded sensibilities have earned her an ever-growing audience of readers. This splendid collection offers those readers not only the inestimable pleasures of the stories themselves, but an excellent entrée into the larger body of Woolf's work.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44456790130785,"sku":"9780486110080","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_2d46d034-28f9-4734-899f-47064ce32edf.jpg?v=1778565967"},{"product_id":"the-body-snatcher-and-other-tales","title":"The Body Snatcher and Other Tales","description":"Renowned as the author of such popular adventure stories as Kidnapped and Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson also wrote gripping tales of terror and the supernatural. Stevenson's considerable gifts as a teller of tales shine brightly in this choice collection of three of his best short stories. The Gothic tale of \"The Body Snatcher\" concerns a young medical student's dealings with grave robbers who provide corpses to dissect and study — a practice that takes on increasingly sinister dimensions. Swirling seas, dangerous reefs, and inhospitable islanders provide the grim backdrop for a tale of greed, lunacy, and unbridled fear in \"The Merry Men,\" the name given by the inhabitants of Aros to the fearsome breakers that pound their tiny Scottish isle. \"The Bottle Imp\" — an intricately told tale of love and adventure, avarice and envy, and good and evil — centers on a magical bottle that provides its owner with all he desires, but at a great cost. This exceptional collection of tales will thrill admirers of the author's craft as well as aficionados of classic horror stories.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44456796684385,"sku":"9780486110097","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_6114aa6e-a7c9-45ca-8ceb-864941fe62bb.jpg?v=1778565975"},{"product_id":"bartleby-and-benito-cereno","title":"Bartleby and Benito Cereno","description":"Herman Melville towers among American writers not only for his powerful novels, but also for the stirring novellas and short stories that flowed from his pen. Two of the most admired of these — \"Bartleby\" and \"Benito Cereno\" — first appeared as magazine pieces and were then published in 1856 as part of a collection of short stories entitled The Piazza Tales. \"Bartleby\" (also known as \"Bartleby the Scrivener\") is an intriguing moral allegory set in the business world of mid-19th-century New York. A strange, enigmatic man employed as a clerk in a legal office, Bartleby forces his employer to come to grips with the most basic questions of human responsibility, and haunts the latter's conscience, even after Bartleby's dismissal. \"Benito Cereno,\" considered one of Melville's best short stories, deals with a bloody slave revolt on a Spanish vessel. A splendid parable of man's struggle against the forces of evil, the carefully developed and mysteriously guarded plot builds to a dramatic climax while revealing the horror and depravity of which man is capable. Reprinted here from standard texts in a finely made, yet inexpensive new edition, these stories offer the general reader and students of Melville and American literature sterling examples of a literary giant at his story-telling best.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44456881487969,"sku":"9780486110554","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_1199aff4-3370-4ff1-8947-7d251b94e2a5.jpg?v=1778566075"},{"product_id":"young-goodman-brown-and-other-short-stories","title":"Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories","description":"Throughout his richly varied literary career, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) wrote compelling short stories of enduring appeal. His first important publication, long before The Scarlet Letter, was the 1837 collection Twice-Told Tales, which brought the New England writer immediate fame and high praise from no less an authority than Edgar Allan Poe. Another compilation, Mosses from an Old Manse, followed in 1846 and achieved further success. This volume contains six stories from those collections as well as another superb selection, \"My Kinsman, Major Molineux.\" In addition to the latter tale and the title story, this edition includes \"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment,\" \"The Birthmark,\" \"Rappaccini's Daughter,\" \"Roger Malvin's Burial\" and \"The Artist of the Beautiful.\" Here are tales rich in atmosphere and suspense, with plots centering on subjects as diverse as witchcraft, revenge, the power of guilt, and a passion for the beautiful, all recounted in the distinctive voice of one of America's great writers.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44456907604065,"sku":"9780486110592","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_3290e1a7-5204-467d-9358-820963f5d005.jpg?v=1778566105"},{"product_id":"the-kreutzer-sonata-and-other-short-stories","title":"The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories","description":"One of the world's greatest novelists, Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) also wrote numerous excellent short stories, three of which are contained in this volume. \"The Kreutzer Sonata\" (1891) is a penetrating study of jealousy as well as a splenetic complaint about the way in which society educates young men and women in matters of sex. In \"The Death of Ivan Ilych\" (1886), a symbolic Everyman discovers the inner light of faith and love only when confronted by death. \"How Much Land Does a Man Need?\" (1886) is a simple, didactic story of peasant life, written by Tolstoy in the wake of a spiritual crisis. All three tales offer readers a splendid introduction to Tolstoy's work as well as the focused delights of the short story form brought to a pinnacle in the hands of a master.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44456920678497,"sku":"9780486110622","price":1.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_eefe3a19-0f42-48b8-9a23-9e2bce12af8f.jpg?v=1778566128"},{"product_id":"the-secret-sharer-and-other-stories","title":"The Secret Sharer and Other Stories","description":"Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) spent much of his life at sea, and his experiences as a mariner deeply influenced his fiction. 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Here are adventures of the sea and of the soul, related by a novelist considered one of the greatest writers in the language, reprinted from authoritative editions.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44456936964193,"sku":"9780486110653","price":1.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_10223cfd-06fe-4e4c-98a7-578765a4f6f4.jpg?v=1778566144"},{"product_id":"the-little-regiment-and-other-civil-war-stories","title":"The Little Regiment and Other Civil War Stories","description":"In his brief but productive lifetime, Stephen Crane (1871–1900) wrote vividly and sensitively about a variety of subjects. In his work he displayed a rare ability to combine astute characterization, colorful settings, and an ironic tone in memorable tales offering perceptive explorations of human psychology and motivation. He is perhaps famous as author of The Red Badge of Courage, the quintessential Civil War classic. However, Crane wrote seven other stories involving this monumental conflict. All are gathered together in this volume. They include \"A Mystery of Heroism,\" \"A Gray Sleeve,\" \"Three Miraculous Soldiers,\" \"The Little Regiment,\" \"An Indiana Campaign,\" \"An Episode of War,\" and \"The Veteran,\" which features Henry Fleming, protagonist of The Red Badge of Courage, years after the war. Attractive and sturdily bound, this modestly priced edition will find an enthusiastic audience among admirers of Crane's work, students of American literature, and Civil War buffs alike. All will enjoy the work of an author now recognized as one of the most innovative, influential writers of his generation — an acknowledged master of the short story.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44456943485025,"sku":"9780486110660","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_9688ada8-da97-4e20-a78b-b8a5efb915a5.jpg?v=1778566151"},{"product_id":"the-canterville-ghost-and-other-stories","title":"The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories","description":"Renowned for his poetry, plays, essays, and conversational skills, Oscar Wilde also wrote scintillating works of short fiction. This volume includes four fine examples, including The Canterville Ghost, the comical tale of a spirit who terrorized the residents of Canterville Chase for three centuries. When the manor is acquired by a no-nonsense American family with no use for the supernatural, hilarity ensues. Three other stories feature \"The Sphinx Without a Secret,\" a tale of an enigmatic woman who carries a mystery's key to her grave; \"The Model Millionaire,\" recounting the exploits of a \"delightful, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession\"; and \"Lord Arthur Savile's Crime,\" in which an aristocrat learns that he is destined to commit murder. Rounding out the volume are Wilde's lyrical Poems in Prose: \"The Artist,\" \"The Doer of Good,\" \"The Disciple,\" \"The Master,\" \"The House of Judgment,\" and \"The Teacher of Wisdom.\"","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44456989687905,"sku":"9780486110813","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_b1602c27-50a1-42a0-aeb7-46b4393c2a99.jpg?v=1778566199"},{"product_id":"a-pair-of-silk-stockings-and-other-short-stories","title":"A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Short Stories","description":"Known for her vivid portrayals of Creole life in Louisiana, Kate Chopin (1851–1904) wrote, during her brief literary career, poignant and perceptive stories about the emotional lives of women. Bypassing many of the conventions of 19th-century realism, she won praise for her realistic portraits of the inhabitants of bayou and urban areas. This collection of nine stories contains one of her most famous works, \"Désirée's Baby\" — a haunting and ironic tale of miscegenation. Additional stories include \"Madame Célestin's Divorce,\" \"A Gentleman of Bayou Téche\" and \"At the 'Cadian Ball,\" from Bayou Folk; \"A Respectable Woman,\" \"A Night in Acadie\" and Azélie\" from A Night in Acadie; \"The Dream of an Hour\" and the title story. Written with grace, delicate humor and a keen understanding of the human — especially the female — psyche, these stories are a superb introduction to an important American writer whose literary career was cut short by the harsh criticism directed at her novel The Awakening (1899).","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44457016164449,"sku":"9780486110875","price":1.0,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_32bca48e-8423-4366-b98a-c3abd5d3b73e.jpg?v=1778566230"},{"product_id":"the-adventure-of-the-dancing-men-and-other-sherlock-holmes-stories","title":"The Adventure of the Dancing Men and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories","description":"Undoubtedly the world's best-known fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, with his faithful sidekick, Dr. Watson, is the scourge of London's underworld, sallying forth from his rooms at 221B Baker Street to solve crimes and bring evildoers to justice. Now four of the best Holmes stories have been collected in this volume, offering a superb sampler of the great sleuth's fascinating adventures. Included are \"The Adventure of the Dancing Men,\" in which the sudden appearance of mysterious stick-figure drawings proves disastrous to a country squire and his bride; \"The Adventure of the Dying Detective,\" in which Holmes appears to have contracted a mysterious Asian disease that leaves him at death's door; and two other celebrated stories: \"The Musgrave Ritual\" and \"The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.\" In this inexpensive collection, these stories represent a wonderful introduction to the larger body of Holmes stories, as well as a delightful pocket-sized treat for any mystery lover.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44457032450145,"sku":"9780486110912","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_5882781e-2e72-4d76-85a2-1e1761ef34c3.jpg?v=1778566246"},{"product_id":"the-yellow-wallpaper-and-other-stories","title":"The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories","description":"Best known for the 1892 title story of this collection, a harrowing tale of a woman's descent into madness, Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote more than 200 other short stories. Seven of her finest are reprinted here. Written from a feminist perspective, often focusing on the inferior status accorded to women by society, the tales include \"Turned,\" an ironic story with a startling twist, in which a husband seduces and impregnates a naïve servant; \"Cottagette,\" concerning the romance of a young artist and a man who's apparently too good to be true; \"Mr. Peebles' Heart,\" a liberating tale of a fiftyish shopkeeper whose sister-in-law, a doctor, persuades him to take a solo trip to Europe, with revivifying results; \"The Yellow Wallpaper\"; and three other outstanding stories. These charming tales are not only highly readable and full of humor and invention, but also offer ample food for thought about the social, economic, and personal relationship of men and women — and how they might be improved.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44457067053153,"sku":"9780486111018","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_830828e4-b484-4f23-b308-00dc8e698b61.jpg?v=1778566283"},{"product_id":"the-gold-bug-and-other-tales","title":"The Gold-Bug and Other Tales","description":"Recognized today as the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) revealed his genius in tales of death, terror, evil, and perversity. Highly skilled in achieving a calculated psychological effect, Poe created chilling fictional nightmares permeated by mysterious forces, grotesque creatures, and improbable hallucinations. Poe's immense powers as a storyteller are at their peak in this anthology containing nine of his best-known short stories. Among them are \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue,\" a gripping 19th-century detective story that provided a model for future mystery writers; \"The Fall of the House of Usher\" and \"The Masque of the Red Death,\" pervaded with eerie thoughts, impulses, and fears; \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" and \"The Cask of Amontillado,\" masterpieces of wickedness and crime; \"The Pit and the Pendulum,\" with its agonizing specter of imminent and horrifying death; and \"The Gold-Bug,\" a fascinating detective story that combines romance and adventure in an absorbing tale of buried treasure. Mystery lovers and horror story enthusiasts will find this inexpensive collection, by one of the great masters of the form, an exciting addition to their personal libraries.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44457074425953,"sku":"9780486111032","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_76025c22-fe0a-4205-a242-57567805a611.jpg?v=1778566291"},{"product_id":"the-duel-and-other-stories","title":"The Duel and Other Stories","description":"This captivating collection of short stories, selected from works written during Chekhov's prolific period, displays those qualities for which the Russian author and playwright is famous: a natural aptitude for detail, dialogue, humor, and compassion. The six masterfully executed tales, reprinted here in the authoritative Constance Garnett translation, include \"The Darling,\" a poignant piece supporting the claim that life has no meaning without love; \"The Kiss,\" a fanciful confection recounting an officer's brief encounter with an unknown woman; as well as \"Anna on the Neck,\" \"The Man in a Case,\" \"The Malefactor,\" and the title story. As noted by author John Barth, \"Chekhov is a superb anatomist of the human heart and an utter master of his literary means. The details of scene and behavior, the emotions registered — seldom bravura, typically muted and complex, often as surprising to the characters themselves as to the reader but always right — move, astonish, and delight us line after line, story after story.\"","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44457106931809,"sku":"9780486111094","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_71d55748-f4e9-42df-b352-52d4a2bc098d.jpg?v=1778566329"},{"product_id":"six-great-sherlock-holmes-stories","title":"Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories","description":"Undoubtedly the best-known detective in literature, Sherlock Holmes was the creation of British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), who endowed his super sleuth with an extraordinary facility for solving crimes. Drawing on his remarkable powers of observation and deduction, coupled with an encyclopedic knowledge of crimes and criminals, Holmes seeks out his prey in the London underworld, where no evildoer is safe from his keen wits and tenacious pursuit. Reprinted from a standard text, this inexpensive volume offers mystery lovers a choice selection of six of the finest Sherlock Holmes stories: \"A Scandal in Bohemia,\" \"The Red-headed League,\" \"The Adventure of the Speckled Band,\" \"The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,\" \"The Final Problem,\" and \"The Adventure of the Empty House.\" In these richly atmospheric stories, Victorian London comes vividly to life as hansom cabs clatter over the cobblestoned streets, gas lamps flare in the thick fog, and an almost palpable sense of excitement seizes the reader as Holmes and Dr. Watson set off on another adventure.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44457136291937,"sku":"9780486111131","price":1.0,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_7b7eb778-7890-4074-b669-24a8edcb4ec4.jpg?v=1778566361"},{"product_id":"the-mysterious-stranger-and-other-stories","title":"The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories","description":"The author of outstanding travel books, autobiographical works and novels, including the classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910) is regarded by many as America's finest humorist and a major writer of short stories. The four selections in this volume span his entire writing career and are among his best-known stories. They include: \"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,\" one of Twain's most amusing pieces of folk humor, first published in 1865; \"The £1,000,000 Bank Note,\" a lighthearted exploration of the power of money; \"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,\" a masterfully written short story about greed; and his last work, \"The Mysterious Stranger,\" a novelette published posthumously in 1916, presenting Twain's rather grim views of God, man, and the universe.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44457152577633,"sku":"9780486111162","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_2da7d6f6-deb6-4a50-bf29-9f0c7c44c2bc.jpg?v=1778566376"},{"product_id":"humorous-stories-and-sketches","title":"Humorous Stories and Sketches","description":"Mark Twain's inimitable blend of humor, satire and masterly storytelling earned him a secure place in the front rank of American writers. 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Also included here are \"Journalism in Tennessee,\" in which a novice newspaperman is shown the \"correct way\" to report a news story; \"About Barbers,\" a delightful account of every barbershop customer's worst fear; \"Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences,\" Twain's hilarious savaging of that author's style, and four more: \"A Literary Nightmare,\" \"The Stolen White Elephant,\" \"The Private History of a Campaign that Failed\" and \"How to Tell a Story. \"Delightfully entertaining, these charming pieces will find an appreciative audience among students, general readers and lovers of classic American humor.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44457159098465,"sku":"9780486111186","price":1.0,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_6a5f9e32-b11f-4e95-9486-d6c35a6e438a.jpg?v=1778566384"},{"product_id":"the-open-boat-and-other-stories","title":"The Open Boat and Other Stories","description":" This collection features four prized selections by one of America’s greatest writers, Stephen Crane. “The Open Boat” is based on a harrowing incident in the author’s life: the 1897 sinking of a ship on which he was a passenger. “The Blue Hotel” and “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” reflect Crane’s early travels in Mexico and the American Southwest. 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Opening a door to his bizarre world of broad comedy, fantasy, and social commentary, the title story portrays a petty official's mental disintegration as he struggles for the attention of the woman he loves. Set during the repressive rule of Nicholas I, it satirizes the bureaucratic excesses of the era. 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In these interrelated tales, Prince Florizel of Bohemia and his aide, Colonel Geraldine, travel incognito through some of the most dangerous haunts of 19th-century London. \"The Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts\" introduces Florizel to the formidable Suicide Club, an organization for people who wish to end their lives, but don't have the courage to accomplish the act themselves. The \"Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk\" reveals the grim contents of a large piece of luggage that travels hundreds of miles to its final destination; and in \"The Adventure of the Hansom Cab,\" a bloody resolution seals the fate of a notorious and elusive assassin. Brimming with heart-stopping drama, this rare, lesser-known work by a master storyteller will appeal to a wide circle of readers, including fans of the great 19th-century English writer as well as lovers of a good mystery story.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44457593176161,"sku":"9780486112947","price":1.25,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_0b551753-ee48-4062-a7ef-df678db1e832.jpg?v=1778566918"},{"product_id":"grimms-fairy-tales","title":"Grimm's Fairy Tales","description":"Early in the nineteenth century, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm compiled a collection of stories to preserve the folklore of their native Germany. Forty-three of them—fairy tales, some deliciously dark, that have bewitched readers for generations—are gathered here. 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The vitality and variety of London's experiences are reflected in his stories, which range from earthy accounts of survival in the Arctic and the South Sea Islands to gripping tales of political upheaval and drama within the boxing ring. The short story format offers an ideal showcase for London's narrative genius, providing a focus for the great power and fluency of his language. This collection features 13 of London's best works in the genre, including his most acclaimed short story, \"To Build a Fire,\" in which a new arrival to the Klondike stubbornly ignores warnings about the folly of traveling alone. 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That art is nowhere more evident than in \"The Beast in the Jungle,\" regarded by many as James's greatest achievement in short fiction. It is a gripping portrait of a man alienated from life and love, haunted and obsessed by his fears. 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This outstanding, affordable volume presents a selection of the best of both conjure and color line tales. Ten stories include \"The Goophered Grapevine,\" widely considered Chesnutt's best work, \"Po' Sandy,\" \"Sis' Becky's Pickaninny,\" \"The Doll,\" \"The Wife of His Youth,\" \"Dave's Neckliss,\" \"The Passing of Grandison,\" \"A Matter of Principle, \"The Sheriff's Children,\" and a wry look at the American intelligentsia, \"Baxter's Procrustes.\" Brimming with wit, charm, and insight, these stories testify to the qualities that have earned Chesnutt an enduring place in American literature and have made his fiction required reading for scholars and students of African-American history and culture. 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This rich selection of four short stories by the great 19th-century Russian author of Dead Souls includes \"The Nose,\" a savage satire of incompetent bureaucrats and the snobbery and complacency of the Russian upper classes; \"Old-Fashioned Farmers,\" a sketch depicting an elderly couple who live a happy but simple life in rustic seclusion; \"The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich,\" and of Gogol's most famous comic stories; and \"The Overcoat,\" an exceptionally moving tale — considered a masterpiece of the form — about a poor and much-ridiculed St. Petersburg official. 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