Sweat
By: Zora Neale Hurston
3.77
Format: 9 pages, None
The short story Sweat by American author Zora Neale Hurston was first published in 1926 in Fire!!, …
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1. The Dead
By: James Joyce
3.99
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's story details a New Year's Eve … read more
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"Like distant music these words that he had written years before were borne towards him from the past."-James Joyce, The Dead
"Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"-James Joyce, The Dead
"In one letter that he had written to her then he had said: 'Why is it that words like these seem to me so dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"-James Joyce, The Dead
"Escuchando esta noche los nombres de esos grandes cantantes del pasado me pareció, debo confesarlo, que vivimos en época menos espaciosa. Aquéllos se pueden llamar, sin exageración, días espaciosos:…"-James Joyce, The Dead
2. 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
3. The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction of Mary Shelley
By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , Jacob Weisman , None
3.73
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
This vibrant collection contains all five of Mary Shelley's supernatural stories, and sheds much ne… read more
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4. Sonny's Blues
By: James Baldwin
4.30
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Part of the Penguin 60s series, issued to celebrate 60 years of Penguin books. This collects "Sonny… read more
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"It's the only light we've got in all this darkness"-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
"All that hatred down there," he said, "all that hatred and misery and love. It's a wonder it doesn't blow the avenue apart."-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
"You don't know how much I needed to hear from you. I wanted to write you many a time but I dug how much I must have hurt you and so I didn't write. But now I feel like a man who's been trying to clim…"-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
"I had never before thought of how awful the relationship must be between the musician and his instrument. He has to fill it, this instrument, with the breath of life, his own. He has to make it do wh…"-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
5. The Storm
By: Kate Chopin
3.61
Format: 4 pages,
"The Storm" is a short story by the American writer Kate Chopin, written in 1898. It did not appear… read more
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6. 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
7. The Bear
By: William Faulkner
3.46
Format: 193 pages, Hardcover
"'The Bear' is a composite narrative of the initiation and inheritance of Isaac McCaslin (born in 1… read more
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"I be dog if hit don't look like sometimes that when a fellow sets out to play a joke, hit ain't another fellow he's playing that joke on; hit's a kind of big power laying still somewhere in the dark …"-William Faulkner, The Bear
8. The Lottery
By: Shirley Jackson
4.05
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more
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"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
9. Roman Fever
By: Edith Wharton
3.33
Format: 170 pages,
While visiting Rome with their daughters, two middle-aged women reminisce about their romantic riva… read more
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10. Bloodchild
By: Octavia E. Butler
5.00
Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition
Contains the short story Bloodchild only. Years ago a group known as the Terrans left Earth in sear… read more
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11. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.69
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
The sixties and seventies witnessed the emergence of Joyce Carol Oates as one of America's foremost… read more
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12. Everyday Use
By: Alice Walker , Barbara T. Christian
3.74
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Alice Walker's early story, "Everyday Use," has remained a cornerstone of her work. Her use of quil… read more
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13. The Wife of His Youth
By: Charles W. Chesnutt
4.51
Format: 192 pages,
A famous short story read more
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14. The Garden Party
By: Katherine Mansfield
3.62
Format: None pages, ebook
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more
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15. Babylon Revisited
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.33
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
F. Scott Fitzgerald's stories defined the 1920s 'Jazz Age' generation, with their glittering dreams… read more
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16. Desiree's Baby
By: Kate Chopin , None
3.56
Format: 256 pages, Audiobook
Kate Chopin was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly with a Louisiana Creole back… read more
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17. The Fall of the House of Usher
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.87
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more
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"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
18. Barn Burning
By: William Faulkner
4.25
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
"Barn Burning" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner which first appeared in Har… read more
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19. I Stand Here Ironing
By: Tillie Olsen
3.75
Format: 40 pages,
Published in Tillie Olsen's short story collection "Tell Me a Riddle" in 1961. read more
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20. Girl
By: Jamaica Kincaid
3.97
Format: 480 pages,
Girlwas originally published in the June 26, 1978 issue of The New Yorkerand subsequently included … read more
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21. A Good Man Is Hard To Find
By: Flannery O'Connor , Frederick Asals
3.96
Format: 433 pages, Paperback
A Good Man Is Hard to Findis Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor her… read more
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22. Two Kinds
By: Amy Tan
3.20
Format: None pages,
"Two kinds" is a short story from the book The Joy Luck Clubby Amy Tan. It was first published in 1… read more
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23. Cathedral
By: Raymond Carver
3.74
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
Raymond Carver's third collection of stories, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, including the cano… read more
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24. The Necklace
By: Guy de Maupassant , Gary Kelley
3.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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25. Good Country People
By: Flannery O'Connor
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Originally published in Harper's Bazaar, June 1955. This story is now available in the anthologies … read more
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"True genius can get an idea across even to an inferior mind."-Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People
26. 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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27. Sweat
By: Zora Neale Hurston
3.77
Format: 9 pages, None
The short story Sweat by American author Zora Neale Hurston was first published in 1926 in Fire!!, … read more
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28. Woman Hollering Creek
By: Sandra Cisneros
4.02
Format: 9 pages, None
"...already did he divine the morning his daughter would raise her hand over her eyes, look south, … read more
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29. In the Waiting Room
By: Elizabeth Bishop
3.62
Format: None pages, None
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30. Fleur
By: Louise Erdrich
3.82
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
Short story. Chapter from the novel, Tracks. Published independently in Esquire. read more
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