20 must-read short stories books like By Word of Mouth by Rudyard Kipling

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By Word of Mouth

By: Rudyard Kipling

2.81

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

This was Kipling’s first published story, written at the age of 18 while working for The Civil and …

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1. Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

By: Agatha Christie

3.96

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players! Mr. Shaitana wa… read more

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"I have always disapproved of murder."

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

"Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?"

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

"Hercule Poirot spread out his hands in his most foreign manner."

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

"There is the natural liar...Always says the thing that sounds best."

-Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)

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2. The Tale of Mr. Tod (World of Beatrix Potter, #18)

By: Beatrix Potter

3.87

Format: 82 pages, Hardcover

Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny are back in this adventure that also features two particularly "dis… read more

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3. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

By: Beatrix Potter

3.86

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Timmy and his wife Goody attempt to save nuts for winter, but encounter obstacles. read more

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  • short stories
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4. Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes

By: Beatrix Potter

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

Beatrix Potter gathered material for a book of rhymes over many years. In 1917, when her publisher … read more

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5. The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (World of Beatrix Potter, #14)

By: Beatrix Potter

4.17

Format: 58 pages, Hardcover

Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny are brought together once more in this exciting tale of danger and … read more

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6. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (World of Beatrix Potter, #12)

By: Beatrix Potter

4.05

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is an original classic by Beatrix Potter. Poor Jemima. All she wa… read more

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7. The Black Cat

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

Format: 300 pages,

"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more

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  • short stories
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8. The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

By: Beatrix Potter

3.75

Format: None pages,

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9. Shadow: A Parable

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.12

Format: None pages,

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10. The Tale of Two Bad Mice

By: Beatrix Potter

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

To celebrate Peter's birthday, Frederick Warne is publishing new editions of all 23 of Potter's ori… read more

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11. The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit

By: Beatrix Potter

4.04

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This, along with The Tale of Miss Moppet, was intended for very young children. It is a simple tale… read more

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12. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)

By: Beatrix Potter

4.22

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

"Now, my dears," said old Mrs Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but… read more

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"I am aware these little books don't last long even if they are a success."

-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)

"Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: "One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime."

-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)

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13. No. 252 Rue M. Le Prince

By: Ralph Adams Cram

4.24

Format: 384 pages,

This story was first published in the book of macabre stories Black Spirits and Whitein 1895. read more

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Cover of The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

14. The Pit and the Pendulum

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.15

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Get set for true terror in one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous short stories. We enter the mind… read more

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"How at least shall we distinguish its shadows from those of the tomb?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum

"In the deepest slumber-no! In delirium-no! In a swoon-no! In death-no! even in the grave all is not lost."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum

"In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man. Arousing from the most profound slumbers, we break the gossamer web of some dream. Yet in a second afterward, (…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum

"He who has never swooned, is not he who finds strange palaces and wildly familiar faces in coals that glow; is not he who beholds floating in mid-air the sad visions that the many may not view; is no…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum

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15. The Tell-Tale Heart

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None

4.24

Format: 31 pages, Library Binding

A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more

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"would a madman have been so wise as this?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

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16. Metzengerstein

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.04

Format: None pages,

The story takes place in Hungary, between two rival families: the Metzengersteins and the Berlifitz… read more

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  • short stories
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17. The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

By: Beatrix Potter

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

THE TALE OF MR. JEREMY FISHER The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, like Peter Rabbit, began life as an il… read more

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  • short stories

18. Ligeia

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.51

Format: 235 pages,

Suspense, fear and the supernatural provide the center for this tale by the master prose writer. read more

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19. Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes

By: Beatrix Potter

3.95

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

To celebrate Peter's birthday, Frederick Warne is publishing new editions of all 23 of Potter's ori… read more

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20. The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

By: Beatrix Potter

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkleis an original classic by Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle … read more

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21. The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

By: Beatrix Potter

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Little pig Robinson goes to market for his aunts and, after a series of unexpected and amazing adve… read more

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22. The Story of Miss Moppet

By: Beatrix Potter

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

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23. The Tale of Pigling Bland

By: Beatrix Potter

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The Tale of Pigling Bland was published the year the Beatrix Potter was married and settled down to… read more

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24. 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

25. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

By: Beatrix Potter

4.16

Format: None pages,

When Timmy Willie from the country and Johnny Town-Mouse visit one another, they get a taste of eac… read more

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26. The Cask of Amontillado

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.08

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more

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"For the love of God, Montresor!"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

27. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

By: Beatrix Potter

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkinis an original classic by Beatrix Potter. Beatrix Potter's famous tale o… read more

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28. A Ghost

By: Guy de Maupassant

4.06

Format: 340 pages,

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29. King Pest

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.26

Format: None pages,

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30. By Word of Mouth

By: Rudyard Kipling

2.81

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

This was Kipling’s first published story, written at the age of 18 while working for The Civil and … read more

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31. The fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh

By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

3.02

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Many of the horror stories of monsters and ghouls, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and … read more

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