How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction and Began My Life Over Again
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.48
Format: None pages, None
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1. The Shot
By: Alexander Pushkin , Alexander Poushkin
3.86
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
The Shot is a short story written by Alexander Pushkin, one of the most renowned Russian writers of… read more
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2. Sonny's Blues
By: James Baldwin
4.30
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Part of the Penguin 60s series, issued to celebrate 60 years of Penguin books. This collects "Sonny… read more
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"It's the only light we've got in all this darkness"-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
"All that hatred down there," he said, "all that hatred and misery and love. It's a wonder it doesn't blow the avenue apart."-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
"You don't know how much I needed to hear from you. I wanted to write you many a time but I dug how much I must have hurt you and so I didn't write. But now I feel like a man who's been trying to clim…"-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
"I had never before thought of how awful the relationship must be between the musician and his instrument. He has to fill it, this instrument, with the breath of life, his own. He has to make it do wh…"-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
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4. How Much Land Does a Man Need?
By: Leo Tolstoy , Boris Dralyuk
4.11
Format: 66 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of a greedy peasant named Pakhom. Although Pakhom enjoys health and family happiness, he … read more
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"I understood that men only think that they live by caring only about themselves: in reality they live by love alone."-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?
"Next morning, when Semyon woke up, the children were still asleep and his wife had gone over to the neighbour's to borrow some bread. Only the stranger was sitting on the bench, wearing the old trous…"-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?
"An elder sister came from the town to visit her younger sister in the country. This elder sister was married to a merchant and the younger to a peasant in the village. The two sisters sat down for a …"-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?
5. The Nine Billion Names of God
By: Arthur C. Clarke
3.86
Format: 568 pages, Paperback
This collection of science fiction short stories includes: * The Nine Billion Names of God * I Reme… read more
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6. Rip Van Winkle
By: Washington Irving
3.81
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
What would you do if you met the Strange Men in the mountains? Would you dare to pass the haunted t… read more
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7. The Nose
By: Nikolai Gogol , Ronald Wilks
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
'Strangely enough, I mistook it for a gentleman at first. Fortunately I had my spectacles with me s… read more
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10. The School
By: Donald Barthelme , Steven Polansky
3.79
Format: 128 pages,
When I knew him, Barthelme was in his early forties. He died in 1989, at the age of 58. "The School… read more
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11. 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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"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
12. FUBAR
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
3.98
Format: None pages,
The waters of renewal sometimes course through the unlikeliest of settings. In the short story, "FU… read more
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13. 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
14. The Swimmer
By: John Cheever
3.56
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Neddy Merrill decides to swim home from a friend's pool party, traveling from fashionable swimming … read more
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15. Emergency
By: Denis Johnson
4.38
Format: None pages, Podcast
I'd like to strongly recommend that you listen to this month's fiction podcast, in which Tobias Wol… read more
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17. Tobermory
By: Saki
3.50
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Tobermoryis one of Saki's (H. H. Munro) best known short stories. Toby is a cat that learns to spea… read more
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18. 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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19. How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials
By: None , Thomas Seltzer
2.83
Format: 64 pages,
publ. 1917 & 1925 in "Best Russian Stories" read more
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20. 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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21. 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
22. The Most Dangerous Game
By: Richard Connell
3.94
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
The Most Dangerous Game features a big-game hunter from New York who becomes shipwrecked on an isol… read more
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"But you can’t mean—"-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
"The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees."-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
"Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have."-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
23. Condensed Milk
By: Varlam Shalamov
4.17
Format: None pages,
Narrated in the first person, this short story is one episode in the life of a Russian labour-camp … read more
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24. The Kugelmass Episode
By: Woody Allen
3.66
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
A fictional short story read more
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25. Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh
By: Wendy S. Painting
4.58
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
Presenting startling new biographical details about Timothy McVeigh and exposing stark contradictio… read more
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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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"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
27. Before the Law
By: Franz Kafka
3.98
Format: 4 pages, Kindle Edition
Before the Law (German: Vor dem Gesetz) is a parable contained in the novel The Trial (German: Der … read more
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28. It's a Good Life
By: Jerome Bixby
4.09
Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio
What is more idyllic than a small Midwestern agricultural town? Peaksville would sound like a scene… read more
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29. La destrucción de Kreshev
By: Isaac Bashevis Singer
3.73
Format: 119 pages, Paperback
"Singer tells the story of an intelligent and beautiful young woman, Lise, who is married off to a … read more
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30. How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction and Began My Life Over Again
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.48
Format: None pages, None
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31. The Blood of the Martyrs
By: Stephen Vincent Benét
4.00
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look… read more
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