5 Top short stories books like Darkness by Anton Chekhov

Cover of Darkness by Anton Chekhov

Darkness

By: Anton Chekhov

2.92

Format: 26 pages, None

*Illustrated *Includes Table of Contents Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) may have suffered an untimely d…

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Cover of The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) by Raymond Chandler

1. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

By: Raymond Chandler

3.95

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more

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"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."

-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

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2. Robinson Crusoe

By: Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three dec… read more

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"For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first. "

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"On a horse? I was married on a horse? Gillian looked like she could kill the groom"

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them."

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"for me to think of such a voyage was the most preposterous thing that ever man in such circumstances could be guilty of."

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

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3. The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #9 ) (Sherlock Holmes)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.64

Format: 157 pages, ebook

Un’ingenua ragazza straniera in vacanza a Londra può scambiare le attenzioni di un aitante gentiluo… read more

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"My dear Watson,"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #9 ) (Sherlock Holmes)

"My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self …"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #9 ) (Sherlock Holmes)

"There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows. Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest peri…"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #9 ) (Sherlock Holmes)

Cover of The Adventure of the Final Problem - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #11) by Arthur Conan Doyle

4. The Adventure of the Final Problem - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #11)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

4.11

Format: 1 pages, Audio CD

Sherlock Holmes has determined that there is a diabolical mastermind behind the criminal activities… read more

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"It's stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Final Problem - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #11)

"He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and nearly all that is undetected in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. He has a brain …"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Final Problem - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #11)

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5. Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)

By: Hilary Mantel

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has fai… read more

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6. God Sees the Truth, but Waits

By: Leo Tolstoy

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

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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Cover of The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, Peter Ackroyd, Ed Glinert

7. The Sign of Four

By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Peter Ackroyd , Ed Glinert

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sher… read more

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8. King Lear

By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more

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"Fortune love you."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"She is herself a dowry."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"All dark and comfortless."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"Nothing can come of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

9. The Adventure of the Empty House (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, #1)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

4.36

Format: 512 pages,

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10. The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe

By: Stephen Hawking

3.57

Format: None pages,

Based on a series of lectures given at Cambridge University, Professor Hawking's work introduced "t… read more

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11. The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars

3.74

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more

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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

12. A Yellow Duster

By: Bram Stoker

3.60

Format: None pages,

This is a romance story by Bram Stoker the author of Dracula. read more

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13. The Adventure of the Resident Patient (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #8)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

4.15

Format: None pages,

Doctor Percy Trevelyan brings Holmes an unusual problem. Having been a brilliant student but a poor… read more

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14. The Naval Treaty (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #10)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Edward Raleigh

3.86

Format: 138 pages, Audio

France and Russia will pay anything to know England's naval plans. A desperate thief acts. The disg… read more

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15. Paradise Lost

By: John Milton , John Leonard

3.84

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more

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"What hath night to do with sleep?"

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Solitude sometimes is best society."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

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16. The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

By: Hilary Mantel

4.39

Format: 759 pages, Paperback

With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with … read more

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"Everybody wants something, if only for the pain to stop."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"Those who think a heart cannot break have led blessed and sheltered lives."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"It was not by a serpent, but by paper and ink that evil came into the world."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

"You can persuade the quick to think again, but you cannot remake your reputation with the dead."

-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)

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17. A Change of Plans

By: Dennis E. Taylor

3.80

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

Earth is dying, and humanity is scrambling to set up colonies in other star systems. But the search… read more

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18. The Church

By: C.S. Lewis

3.73

Format: None pages, None

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19. Darkness

By: Anton Chekhov

2.92

Format: 26 pages, None

*Illustrated *Includes Table of Contents Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) may have suffered an untimely d… read more

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9 Top fiction books like Paradise Lost by John Milton, John Leonard

Transform Your Habits

Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Faerie Queene

Edmund Spenser , None , C. Patrick O'Donnell , Thomas P. Roche Jr.

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum

4.29

Transform Your Habits

King Lear

William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

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