22 Top short stories books like A Wedding Gift by Guy de Maupassant

A Wedding Gift

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.04

Format: None pages, None

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1. Gooseberries and other stories

By: Anton Chekhov , Constance Garnett

3.76

Format: None pages, ebook

"Oh, good God," he kept saying with great relish. "Good God..." 'Gooseberries' is accompanied h… read more

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"The Lie which elates us is dearer than a thousand sober truths"

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths."

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

"Человеку нужно не три аршина земли, не усадьба, а весь земной шар, вся природа, где на просторе он мог бы проявить все свойства и особенности своего свободного духа."

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

"Country life has its advantages,' he used to say. 'You sit on the veranda drinking tea and your ducklings swim on the pond, and everything smells good. . . and there are gooseberries."

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

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2. The Sealed Room

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.46

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer … read more

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3. The Student

By: Anton Chekhov

3.54

Format: 56 pages, Collection

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

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4. Lost Hearts

By: M.R. James , Danko Krilić

3.60

Format: 332 pages, ebook

The tale tells the story of Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy, who is sent to stay with his much … read more

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5. 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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"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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6. The Signalman

By: Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn

3.66

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Presents the tale of a young man who, after listening to an eccentric railroad signalman's predicti… read more

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"Hallow! Below there!"

-Charles Dickens, The Signalman

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7. The Oval Portrait

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.94

Format: None pages,

In this story of artistic obsession, a wounded man finds shelter in an abandoned chteau in the Appe… read more

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8. A Blunder [Foiled!]

By: Anton Chekhov

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Collection

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9. A Haunted House and Other Short Stories

By: Virginia Woolf , Leonard Woolf

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The stories found in A Haunted Housereflect Virginia Woolf's experimental writing style and act as … read more

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10. 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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11. The Cone

By: H.G. Wells

5.00

Format: None pages,

The Cone is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895 in Unicorn. It was intended to be… read more

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12. Rats

By: M.R. James

3.65

Format: 276 pages, ebook

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13. Kew Gardens

By: Virginia Woolf

3.51

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1927, at The Hogarth Press, Virginia Woolf produced and published a limited edition of what was … read more

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14. The Sphinx Without a Secret

By: Oscar Wilde

3.67

Format: 117 pages, ebook

The Sphinx Without A Secret is a short story which centres around two college friends, who, after n… read more

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15. A Respectable Woman

By: Kate Chopin

3.78

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

The short story which takes place on Gaston Baroda's sugar plantation in Louisiana, apparently in t… read more

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16. The Mezzotint

By: M.R. James

5.00

Format: 646 pages,

This short story of the supernatural was originally published in 1904. It concerns a university don… read more

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17. Eleonora

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.46

Format: 170 pages,

Eleonorais a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842 in Philadelphia in the literar… read more

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18. The Gift of the Magi

By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger

4.11

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more

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"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

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19. 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

20. 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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21. The Kiss

By: Kate Chopin

4.22

Format: 160 pages,

A short story by Kate Chopin. read more

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22. Wailing Well

By: M.R. James

3.86

Format: 157 pages, ebook

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23. Mrs Badgery

By: Wilkie Collins

3.57

Format: 10 pages, Kindle Edition

This seemingly comic short story by Wilkie Collins, has a darker side to it, dealing with grief and… read more

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24. Tarquin of Cheapside

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

2.51

Format: None pages, None

Tarquin of Cheapside by Francis Scott Fitzgerald This short story was first published in the "Smart… read more

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25. In a Far-Off World

By: Olive Schreiner

2.38

Format: None pages, None

Short story. read more

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26. How It Happened

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

About the Author-Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottis… read more

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27. A Pirate of the Land

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.63

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

About the Author-Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottis… read more

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28. About Love (Little Clothbound Classics)

By: Anton Chekhov

4.04

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and … read more

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29. Aunt Hetty on Matrimony

By: Fanny Fern

3.76

Format: None pages, None

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30. A Wedding Gift

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.04

Format: None pages, None

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31. At the barber's

By: Anton Chekhov

3.61

Format: None pages, None

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17 must-read fiction books like In a Far-Off World by Olive Schreiner

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The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.60

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The New Dress

Virginia Woolf

3.67

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Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

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Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn

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