The Star-Child (Little Clothbound Classics)
By: Oscar Wilde
3.77
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and …
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1. Gooseberries and other stories
By: Anton Chekhov , Constance Garnett
3.76
Format: None pages, ebook
"Oh, good God," he kept saying with great relish. "Good God..." 'Gooseberries' is accompanied h… read more
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- short stories
- classics
- fiction
"The Lie which elates us is dearer than a thousand sober truths"-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths."-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
"Человеку нужно не три аршина земли, не усадьба, а весь земной шар, вся природа, где на просторе он мог бы проявить все свойства и особенности своего свободного духа."-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
"Happiness does not exist, nor should it, and if there is any meaning or purpose in life, they are not in our peddling little happiness, but in something reasonable and grand. Do good!"-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
2. The Yellow Wall-Paper
By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
4.07
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
'The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is tor… read more
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- short stories
- classics
- fiction
"I am a doctor, dear, and I know. You are gaining flesh and color, your appetite is better. I feel really much easier about you." "I don't weigh a bit more," said I, "nor as much; and my appetite may …"-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper
3. Woman Much Missed
By: Thomas Hardy
3.59
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
'Woman much missed, how you call to me, call to me...' After the death of his wife Emma, a grief… read more
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- short stories
- classics
- fiction
"Soon will be growing Green blades from her mound, And daisies be showing Like stars on the ground, Till she form part of them - Ay - the sweet heart of them, Loved beyond measure With a child's pleas…"-Thomas Hardy, Woman Much Missed
4. The Masque of the Red Death
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.06
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more
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- fiction
- short stories
- classics
- fantasy
"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
5. Hell Screen
By: Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
4.20
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
"There can be no doubt that Akutagawa had more individuality than any other writer of his time and… read more
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- short stories
- classics
- fiction
"He was said to have survived starvation by eating human flesh, after which he had the strength to tear out the antlers of a living stag with his bare hands."-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"People used to say that on moonless nights Her Ladyship's broad-skirted scarlet trousers would glide eerily along the outdoor corridor, never touching the floor."-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"I could have sworn that the man's eyes were no longer watching his daughter dying in agony, that instead the gorgeous colors of flames and the sight of a woman suffering in them were giving him joy b…"-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"Still more horrible was the color of the flames that licked the latticed cabin vents before shooting skyward, as though - might I say? - the sun itself had crashed to earth, spewing its heavenly fire…"-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
6. The Cossacks
By: Leo Tolstoy , Cynthia Ozick , Peter Constantine
3.77
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
This 1862 novel, in a vibrant new translation by Peter Constantine, is Tolstoy's semiautobiographic… read more
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- classics
- fiction
7. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #7)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
When the Countess of Morcar's priceless blue carbuncle is stolen, a reformed thief is charged with … read more
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8. The Life of a Stupid Man
By: Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.' … read more
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9. The Gentle Spirit
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.89
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
In this compelling study of despair, based on a real-life incident, a pawnbroker mourns the loss of… read more
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- short stories
- classics
- fiction
"I'm a master of speaking silently—all my life I've spoken silently and I've lived through entire tragedies in silence."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit
"Oh, I have always been proud, I always wanted all or nothing! You see it was just because I am not one who will accept half a happiness, but always wanted all"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit
"I worked it through with pride,I almost spoke without words, and i'm masterly at speaking without words.All my life I have spoken without words, and I have passed through whole tragedies on my own ac…"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit
"Listen! This is where it began but I keep getting muddled... The fact of the matter is that I now want to recall everything, every trifle, every little detail. I still want to collect my thoughts and…"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit
10. Love and Freindship: And Other Youthful Writings
By: Jane Austen
3.14
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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11. Street Haunting
By: Virginia Woolf
3.94
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
Six short stories and / or essays, extracted from The Crowded Dance of Modern Life(1993) and Select… read more
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12. The Gift of the Magi
By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger
4.11
Format: 26 pages, Hardcover
O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more
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- short stories
- classics
- fiction
"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
13. Shooting an Elephant
By: George Orwell
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Shooting an Elephant" is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a poli… read more
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14. The Lottery and Other Stories
By: Shirley Jackson
4.32
Format: 480 pages,
The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when i… read more
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15. The Lagoon
By: Joseph Conrad
4.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
By a stagnant lagoon, as his love lies dying, Arsat tells the story of their meeting and the price … read more
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17. The Night is Darkening Round Me
By: Emily Brontë
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
'... ever-present, phantom thing; My slave, my comrade, and my king' Some of Emily Bronte's most ex… read more
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18. Big Blonde
By: Dorothy Parker
3.80
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Little Clothbound irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world… read more
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19. Of Ghosts and Goblins
By: Lafcadio Hearn
3.83
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and … read more
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- short stories
- classics
- fantasy
20. The Star-Child (Little Clothbound Classics)
By: Oscar Wilde
3.77
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and … read more
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21. Babette's Feast
By: Isak Dinesen
3.74
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Little Clothbound irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world'… read more
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