14 best-selling short stories books like Xelucha by M.P. Shiel

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Xelucha

By: M.P. Shiel

2.80

Format: 13 pages, ebook

Matthew Phipps Shiell, also known as M. P. Shiel, was a prolific British writer of West Indian desc…

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1. First Love

By: Constance Garnett , Ivan Turgenev

3.77

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"Jealous Othello, ready for murder, was suddenly transformed into a schoolboy."

-Constance Garnett, First Love

"I did not want to know whether I was loved, and I did not want to acknowledge to myself that I was not loved;"

-Constance Garnett, First Love

"I should not wish ever to have it repeated; but I should consider myself unhappy if I had never experienced it."

-Constance Garnett, First Love

"Aprovéchate todo lo que puedas, pero no te entregues tú mismo: el sentido de la vida es no pertenecer a nadie más que a si mismo."

-Constance Garnett, First Love

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2. The Revolt of "Mother" and Other Stories

By: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

3.66

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Eight poignant tales vividly portray patient, self-reliant heroines living in small New England vil… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Nice People

By: H.C. Bunner

2.83

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Henry Culyer Bunner is considered a comedic genius of the short story form. Known for choosing dist… read more

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  • short stories
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4. The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.20

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

When Bingo Little falls in love at a Camberwell subscription dance and Bertie Wooster drops into th… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Warm-hearted! I should think he has to wear asbestos vests!"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"The kid is a pest, a wart, and a pot of poison, and should be strangled!"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"My God, man!" I gargled. "The cravat! The gent's neckwear! Why? For what reason?"

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

"I thought Eustace *was* a horrible accident, and Claude about the same, but I didn't say so."

-P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)

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5. Tickets, Please!

By: D.H. Lawrence

4.00

Format: 162 pages,

'Tickets Please' returns Lawrence to his native Nottingham during the war. The social revolution of… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. The Middle Toe of the Right Foot (The Spy, Detective and Mystery Series)

By: Ambrose Bierce

4.08

Format: 31 pages,

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. The White Company

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

"Now order the ranks, and fling wide the banners, for our souls are God's and our bodies the king's… read more

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  • fiction
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8. The Mortal Immortal, and the Evil Eye

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (nee Godwin) (1797-1851) was an English romantic gothic novelist. She r… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

9. The Hand of Fu-Manchu

By: Sax Rohmer

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dr Fu-Manchu is back once again! His very existence seemingly proves him immune from natural laws, … read more

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10. The Ambitious Guest

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne , B.J. Harrison

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Audiobook

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11. The Lifted Veil

By: George Eliot

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Horror was my familiar. Published the same year as her first novel, Adam Bede, this overlooked work… read more

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12. The Willows

By: Algernon Blackwood

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood person… read more

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13. The Man Who Would Be King

By: Rudyard Kipling

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

"My gord, Carnehan," says Daniel, "This is a tremenjus business, and we've got the whole country as… read more

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14. The Rats in the Walls

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"The Rats in the Walls" is a short story by H.P. Lovecraft. Written in August-September 1923, it wa… read more

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15. The Treasure in the Forest:

By: H.G. Wells

4.00

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

The canoe was now approaching the land. The bay opened out, and a gap in the white surf of the reef… read more

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16. Carmilla

By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

3.86

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Love will have its sacrifices. No sacrifice without blood."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

"You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

"If your dear heart is wounded, my wild heart bleeds with yours."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

"Darling, darling. I live in you, and you would die for me. I love you so."

-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

17. The Problem of the Superfluous Finger

By: Jacques Futrelle

3.27

Format: 64 pages,

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18. 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
  • 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

19. Christmas at Red Butte

By: L.M. Montgomery , Joanne Panettieri

3.92

Format: None pages,

A delightful tale of a Christmas sacrifice by renouned storyteller Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of … read more

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20. Lost in a Pyramid or the Mummy's Curse

By: Louisa May Alcott

0.00

Format: 152 pages, ebook

This wonderful story starts with curiosity, fun and discovery, and ends with madness and death. Two… read more

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21. The Magic Shop

By: H.G. Wells , François Roca

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Out for a walk in London one day, Gip and his father happen upon a magic shop. At Gip's urging, the… read more

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22. The Triumph of Night

By: Edith Wharton

3.60

Format: None pages,

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23. 2BR02B

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

2BR02B is a satiric short story that imagines life & death in a future world where aging has been "… read more

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24. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

By: L. Frank Baum , W.W. Denslow

4.00

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Come along, Toto, she said. We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to … read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid..."

-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

"If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace."

-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

"El verdadero valor reside en enfrentarse al peligro aun cuando uno está asustado."

-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

"She is protected by the Power of Good, and that is greater than the Power of Evil."

-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

25. Barbara of the House of Grebe

By: Thomas Hardy

3.63

Format: None pages, Audio Cassette

Desiderio femminile, pazzia, ruoli sociali. Un lungo racconto magistrale, narrato con maestria e co… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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26. The Lady with the Little Dog

By: Anton Chekhov

3.72

Format: 15 pages, Kindle Edition

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) may have suffered an untimely death, but he squeezed the most out of his … read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Anna Sergeevna e lui si amavano come due esseri molto vicini, affini, come marito e moglie, come se il destino li avesse destinati l'uno all'altra e non capivano perché li aveva fatti sposare con alt…"

-Anton Chekhov, The Lady with the Little Dog

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27. Pirates' Gold

By: H. Bedford-Jones

3.20

Format: 136 pages, ebook

From the pages of the December, 1920 issue of "Adventure" magazine comes this thrilling tale of pir… read more

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  • audiobook

28. The Man Who Lived Backwards

By: Charles F. Hall

3.54

Format: None pages, None

Where can you find a world where raindrops cut through you like bullets, and sandwiches are as hard… read more

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  • short stories
  • audiobook
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29. The Dead and the Countess

By: Gertrude Atherton

3.22

Format: None pages, None

The dead sleep peacefully -- until a railway is built near their cemetery. While the old priest wor… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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30. Malachi's Cove

By: Anthony Trollope

3.92

Format: 41 pages, Library Binding

Born in London on 24th April 1815 Anthony Trollope is considered a giant of English literature. His… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Xelucha by M.P. Shiel

31. Xelucha

By: M.P. Shiel

2.80

Format: 13 pages, ebook

Matthew Phipps Shiell, also known as M. P. Shiel, was a prolific British writer of West Indian desc… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • fiction
  • horror

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