The Yellow Wallpaper
By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
3.98
Format: 350 pages,
"The Yellow Wallpaper" (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a 6,000-word short sto…
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1. 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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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
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- horror
"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
2. 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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- gothic
- classics
- feminism
- mental health
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
"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
3. The Raven
By: Edgar Allan Poe , Gustave Doré
4.29
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
In Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century,… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
"Quoth the raven nevermore."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
"Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
"La ciencia no nos a enseñado aun si la locura es o no lo mas sublime de la inteligencia"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
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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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
"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
5. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.37
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happin… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- short stories
- horror
"Would you walk away from Omelas?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"Of course I didn’t read James and sit down and say, Now I’ll write a story about that “lost soul."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
6. White Nights
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.06
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersbur… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- short stories
"E ti chiedi: “Dove sono i tuoi sogni?"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
"Kalbim içimde konuşurken ben susmayı beceremem."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
"Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
7. 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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- feminism
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
"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
8. 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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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
"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
9. 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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- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
"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
10. 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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11. The Bell Jar
By: Sylvia Plath
4.06
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented… read more
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- feminism
- fiction
- mental health
"I woke to the sound of rain."-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
"I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come."-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
"When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn't know."-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
"I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow."-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
12. 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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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
"[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
13. Carmilla
By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu
3.86
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- fiction
- horror
"Love will have its sacrifices. No sacrifice without blood."-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
"You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever."-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
"If your dear heart is wounded, my wild heart bleeds with yours."-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
"Darling, darling. I live in you, and you would die for me. I love you so."-J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
14. The Metamorphosis
By: Franz Kafka , Stanley Corngold
3.88
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690 "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning fr… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- short stories
- horror
"Oh, God"-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
"I only fear danger where I want to fear it."-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
"What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream."-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
"It was half past six and the hands were quietly moving forwards."-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
15. The Awakening
By: Kate Chopin
3.68
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
When first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female mar… read more
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- feminism
- classics
- fiction
"The morning was full of sunlight and hope."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
"She had resolved to never take another step backward."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
"She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
"She felt that her speech was voicing the incoherency her thoughts, and stopped abruptly."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
16. We Have Always Lived in the Castle
By: Shirley Jackson , Jonathan Lethem
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not l… read more
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17. 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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- classics
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- horror
"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
18. I Who Have Never Known Men
By: Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman
4.22
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
"As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker." A young woman is kept in a cage underg… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"Survival is never more than putting off the moment of death."-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
"I thought it was unfair, and then I understood that, alone and terrified, anger was my only weapon against the horror"-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
"Look at them. They’re pretending, they behave as though they still have some control over their lives and make momentous decisions about which vegetable to cook first."-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
"Only now, I tell myself that what I'd felt for her, the trust that slowly built up, the constant preference for her company and the joy each time I was reunited with her after an expedition were prob…"-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
19. The Picture of Dorian Gray
By: Oscar Wilde
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth… read more
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- classics
- fiction
- horror
"To define is to limit."-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
"All art is quite useless."-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
"What fire does not destroy, it hardens"-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
"The basis of optimism is sheer terror."-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
20. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
3.87
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780143131847. Mary Shelley's seminal novel of t… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- fiction
- horror
"I am malicious because I am miserable"-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
"One wondering thought pollutes the day"-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!"-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
"I looked upon the sea, it was to be my grave"-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
21. 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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