19 must-read classics books like Under the Lion's Paw by Hamlin Garland

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Under the Lion's Paw

By: Hamlin Garland

3.38

Format: None pages, None

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Cover of Wakefield by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hélène Frappat

1. Wakefield

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne , Hélène Frappat

3.64

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Parti un soir de chez lui en prétextant un voyage, monsieur Wakefield ne revint que vingt ans plus … read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
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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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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"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

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3. The Yellow Wall-Paper

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges

4.08

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendenc… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"Its time we woke up,"

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"This was not life, this was a nightmare."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

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4. The Masque of the Red Death

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

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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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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
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6. The Open Boat

By: Stephen Crane

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Four men struggle for survival after escaping from a sinking ship and into a small open boat. read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
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7. A Clean Well Lighted Place

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is a short story by American author Ernest Hemingway, first published… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
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8. 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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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"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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9. Editha

By: William Dean Howells

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Library Binding

Editha is a patriotic young lady who convinces her lover, George, to join the army to fight in the … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
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10. 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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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"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

11. Harrison Bergeron

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.93

Format: None pages, ebook

It is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution, every American is… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
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12. The Chrysanthemums

By: John Steinbeck

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
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13. Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , N.C. Wyeth

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Doctors is all swabs."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"Thems that die'll be the lucky ones."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"... Bear up until you see you're gaining."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"We must go on, because we can't turn back."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

14. Miss Hinch

By: Henry Sydnor Harrison

3.47

Format: 1 pages,

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15. 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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16. Death of a Salesman

By: Arthur Miller

3.57

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

'For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you t… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"I’m tired to the death."

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"LINDA [with infinite patience]"

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"Be liked and you will never want."

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"I'm losing weight, you notice, Pop?"

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

17. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

By: Ambrose Bierce

3.50

Format: 262 pages, ebook

The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands bound behind his back. A noose is tied around his n… read more

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18. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

By: Mark Twain

4.75

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a wild yarn involving a case of mistaken identi… read more

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19. Young Goodman Brown

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Hawthorne's classic tale of a young Puritan's meeting with the Devil. read more

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20. Through the Tunnel

By: Doris Lessing

4.07

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Do your students enjoy a good laugh? Do they like to be scared? Or do they just like a book with a … read more

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21. The Call of the Wild

By: Jack London

3.91

Format: 172 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on Lo… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck"

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"…and from that moment Buck hated him with a bitter and deathless hatred."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"There is a patience of the wild – dogged, tireless, persistent as life itself."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

"A man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated."

-Jack London, The Call of the Wild

22. The Other Two

By: Edith Wharton

4.28

Format: 320 pages,

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23. To Build a Fire

By: Jack London

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

To Build a Fire is one of Jack London's most beloved short stories. A heartbreaking tale set in the… read more

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24. 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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25. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

By: Jules Verne , Anthony Bonner

3.89

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronna… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not"

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

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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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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"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. Chickamauga

By: Ambrose Bierce

3.73

Format: 216 pages,

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28. Summer of '69

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.95

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the '60s summer when everything chang… read more

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  • fiction
"The most important thing is that you go to bed each night believing you raised a hero."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Summer of '69

Cover of Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway

29. 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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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
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30. Under the Lion's Paw

By: Hamlin Garland

3.38

Format: None pages, None

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  • classics
  • school
  • short stories
  • college
  • fiction

31. Top Man

By: James Ramsey Ullman

3.72

Format: None pages, None

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  • short stories

20 must-read fiction books like Under the Lion's Paw by Hamlin Garland

Transform Your Habits

Wakefield

Nathaniel Hawthorne , Hélène Frappat

3.64

Transform Your Habits

A Rose for Emily

William Faulkner

3.83

Transform Your Habits

The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

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Transform Your Habits

Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca

4.13

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The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee

4.09

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