The Babysitter
By: Robert Coover
3.39
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
'She arrives at 7.40, ten minutes late...' She babysits for Mr and Mrs Tucker. She has left a boyfr…
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1. A Rose for Emily
By: William Faulkner
3.83
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Emily is a member of a family in the antebellum Southern aristocracy; after the Civil War, the fami… read more
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"So the next day we all said, “She will kill herself"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"She died in one of the downstairs rooms, in a heavy walnut bed with a curtain, her gray head propped on a pillow yellow and moldy with age and lack of sunlight."-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"When the Negro opened the blinds of one window, they could see that the leather was cracked; and when they sat down, a faint dust rose sluggishly about their thighs, spinning with slow motes in the s…"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that whic…"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
2. The Overcoat
By: Nikolai Gogol
4.15
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
The Overcoat which is generally acknowledged as the finest of Gogol's memorable Saint Petersburg st… read more
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"In the department of...but it would be better not to say in which department."-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"وخلت بطرسبرغ من أكاكيڤيتش وكأنما لم يكن موجودًا فيها أبدًا، اختفى وغاب ذلك المخلوق الذي لم يكن له من يحميه، والذي لم يكن عزيزًا على أحد ولا شيقًا بالنسبة لأحد."-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Moreover, he had a peculiar knack, as he walked along the street, of arriving beneath a window just as all sorts of rubbish were being flung out of it: hence he always bore about on his hat scraps of…"-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Así desapareció un ser humano a quien nadie defendió, a quien nadie había querido, por quien nadie se interesó… Fue un ser que soportó humildemente las burlas de sus colegas y que bajó a la tumba sin…"-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
3. The Story of an Hour
By: Kate Chopin
4.07
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
In these four stories, Kate Chopin subtly captures the intricate interior lives of a generation of … read more
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"Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
"there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature…And yet she had loved him- so…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
4. The Secret Sharer
By: Joseph Conrad
3.90
Format: 309 pages,
A young man sets out on his first voyage as captain, aboard a vessel and among a crew that are equa… read more
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- short stories
5. The School
By: Donald Barthelme , Steven Polansky
3.79
Format: 128 pages,
When I knew him, Barthelme was in his early forties. He died in 1989, at the age of 58. "The School… read more
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6. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
By: Harlan Ellison
5.00
Format: 398 pages, ebook
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi short story by Harlan Ellison. It… read more
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8. CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
By: George Saunders
3.87
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
Six short stories and a novella. Set in a dystopian near-future in which America has become little … read more
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10. El ahogado más hermoso del mundo
By: Gabriel García Márquez
3.00
Format: 468 pages,
Cuento de Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Acompanado por fotografias de Hernan Diaz. read more
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11. Stone Animals
By: Kelly Link
3.03
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
A family moves into a house, a possibly haunted house, and the rabbits on the front porch stir and … read more
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12. How to Talk to Girls at Parties
By: Neil Gaiman , Fábio Moon , Gabriel Bá
3.03
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
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13. Tales of Unrest
By: Joseph Conrad
3.77
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924) was one of the most remarkable figures in English literature. Born in Pol… read more
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15. Franchise
By: Isaac Asimov
4.06
Format: 340 pages,
In a future United States where one individual is selected by computer to represent the entire nati… read more
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16. Recitatif
By: Toni Morrison
4.31
Format: 19 pages, Audiobook
A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison—the only one she ever wrote—about race and the … read more
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"Difficult to “move on"-Toni Morrison, Recitatif
17. The Husband Stitch
By: Carmen Maria Machado
4.36
Format: 45 pages, ebook
"‘I have heard all of the stories about girls like me, and I am unafraid to make more of them.’ … read more
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"I feel as lonely as I have ever been"-Carmen Maria Machado, The Husband Stitch
18. Money Tree
By: Nalo Hopkinson
3.56
Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio
A young man sets out to uncover sunken treasure and make his fortune, and his sister must pick up t… read more
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19. The Babysitter
By: Robert Coover
3.39
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
'She arrives at 7.40, ten minutes late...' She babysits for Mr and Mrs Tucker. She has left a boyfr… read more
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20. Hills Like White Elephants
By: Ernest Hemingway
3.85
Format: 6 pages, Kindle Edition
A conversation in a Spanish cafe between a man and a woman that is not as simple as it seems. Hi… read more
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21. There's A Place For You
By: Mark Z. Danielewski
4.12
Format: 16 pages, ebook
A lifelong interest of mine has been the question of space. How we need it, fear it, want it, find … read more
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"Was that the definition of the future? Not even striving to know itself like the present might"-Mark Z. Danielewski, There's A Place For You
