11 Top short stories books like The Fiddler of the Reels by Thomas Hardy

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The Fiddler of the Reels

By: Thomas Hardy

3.13

Format: 60 pages, Paperback

The Fiddler of the Reels and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by Thomas Hardy As popular today…

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1. Odour of Chrysanthemums

By: D.H. Lawrence

3.65

Format: None pages, ebook

'Was this what it all meant - utter, intact separateness, obscured by heat of living?' D. H. Lawren… read more

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"She looked at his face, and she turned her own face to the wall. For his look was other than hers, his way was not her way. She had denied him what he was—she saw it now. She had refused him as himse…"

-D.H. Lawrence, Odour of Chrysanthemums

"There had been nothing between them, and yet they had come together, exchanging their nakedness repeatedly.... She had never seen him, he had never seen her, they had met in the dark and had fought i…"

-D.H. Lawrence, Odour of Chrysanthemums

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2. The Mystery of Edwin Drood

By: Charles Dickens , David Paroissien

3.66

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers si… read more

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"For certain, neither of them sees a happy Present, as the gate opens and closes, and one goes in, and the other goes away."

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

"But Rosa soon made the discovery that Miss Twinkleton didn't read fairly. She cut the love-scenes, interpolated passages in praise of female celibacy, and was guilty of other glaring pious frauds."

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

"He was simply and staunchly true to his duty alike in the large case and in the small. So all true souls ever are. So every true soul ever was, ever is, and ever will be. There is nothing little to t…"

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

"I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions into which I rushed, carryin…"

-Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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3. 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

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4. 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

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5. 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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6. 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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7. A Christmas Tree

By: Charles Dickens

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Christmas Tree is perhaps best described as Dickens's "other" Christmas story, this is an elderly… read more

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8. Lady Windermere's Fan

By: Oscar Wilde

3.66

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Beautiful, aristocratic, an adored wife and young mother, Lady Windermere is 'a fascinating puritan… read more

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9. 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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10. 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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11. The Lamplighter

By: Charles Dickens

3.97

Format: 176 pages, ebook

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12. The Turn of the Screw

By: Henry James

3.39

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format… read more

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"When I'm bad I am bad !"

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"He fairly glittered in the gloom."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"I was ready to know the very worst that was to be known."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"There was something between them." "There was everything."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

13. The Door in the Wall

By: H.G. Wells

4.06

Format: 368 pages,

The Door in the Wall, considered by both readers and critics, to be Wells's finest tale, examines a… read more

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14. The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

By: José Saramago , Giovanni Pontiero

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

The world's threats are universal like the sun but Ricardo Reis takes shelter under his own shadow.… read more

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15. George Silverman's Explanation

By: Charles Dickens

3.20

Format: None pages,

"George Silverman's Explanation", published in instalments from January to March 1868, was one of t… read more

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16. No Name

By: Wilkie Collins , None

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Mr Vanstone's daughters are Nobody's Children'. Magdalen Vanstone and her sister Norah learn the t… read more

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17. Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the inf… read more

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18. The Queen of Spades

By: Alexander Pushkin , None

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more

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19. Markheim

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

3.46

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Classic short story. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894), was … read more

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20. Medea

By: Euripides , Rex Warner

3.42

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medeacenters on the myth of Jason, leader… read more

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21. The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

By: Anthony Trollope , David Skilton

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Warden centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in p… read more

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"It is much less difficult for the sufferer to be generous than for the oppressor."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"... In what I do I may appear to be interfering with you, and I hope you will forgive me for doing so."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"He never quarreled with his wife, but he never talked to her;--he never had time to talk, he was so taken up with speaking."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"They say that faint heart never won fair lady. It is amazing to me how fair ladies are won, so faint are often men's hearts!"

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

22. The Old Curiosity Shop

By: Charles Dickens , Norman Page

3.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

The archetypal Victorian melodrama, as heartfelt and moving today as when it was first published, C… read more

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23. Amor de Perdição

By: Camilo Castelo Branco

4.29

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

Perhaps the height of Portuguese romanticism, Amor de Perdicao is a Portuguese Romeo and Juliet. Si… read more

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24. 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

Cover of Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

25. Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan—she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. Bu… read more

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"Sometimes I think that maybe I like guys more as a concept than a reality."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

"Family is complicated, Hani. Everyone has a different relationship with their family."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

"Right now, all men seem overwhelmingly unattractive - except the ones on the Netflix shows I watch."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

"Sometimes I think that maybe I like guys more as a concept than a reality. And girls more as a reality than a concept."

-Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

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26. Middle England (Rotters' Club, #3)

By: Jonathan Coe

3.93

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Set in the Midlands and London over the last eight years, Jonathan Coe follows a brilliantly vivid … read more

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"Com’è il morale? In generale"

-Jonathan Coe, Middle England (Rotters' Club, #3)

"Lei insegna all’università, vero? E quindi conosce William Blake."

-Jonathan Coe, Middle England (Rotters' Club, #3)

"C' erano poche cose altrettanto intime per lei che curiosare insiemeba qualcuno tra i libri"

-Jonathan Coe, Middle England (Rotters' Club, #3)

"Frustrato, Doug tentò un’altra strada. “Ascolta, supponiamo che la maggioranza voti per la Brexit e noi..."

-Jonathan Coe, Middle England (Rotters' Club, #3)

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27. Rain

By: W. Somerset Maugham

3.96

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

While stranded waiting for their ship to be released from quarantine, Dr. and Mrs. Macphail must sh… read more

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28. The House of Asterion

By: Jorge Luis Borges

4.50

Format: 2 pages, None

One of Borges's shortest stories, The House of Asterion was written over a period of two days. The … read more

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29. The Fiddler of the Reels

By: Thomas Hardy

3.13

Format: 60 pages, Paperback

The Fiddler of the Reels and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by Thomas Hardy As popular today… read more

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30. The Watcher

By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

3.39

Format: 157 pages, Hardcover

Born in Dublin in 1814, Sheridan Le Fanu came from a literary family of Huguenot origins; both his … read more

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Cover of Out of the Season and Out of Town by Charles Dickens

31. Out of the Season and Out of Town

By: Charles Dickens

3.00

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

Out of the Season and Out of Town are short stories by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens… read more

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