The Wordsworth Collection of Classic Short Stories

The Wordsworth Collection of Classic Short Stories
Author:
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 1412
Release: 2007
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781840222708

These accomplished tales from the pens of great writers are object-lessons in the art of creating a literary masterpiece on a small canvas

Selected Short Stories

Selected Short Stories
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1997
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781853261909

A selection of short stories including favourites such as Youth, a modern epic of the sea; The Secret Sharer, a thrilling psychological drama; An Outpost of Progress, a blackly comic prelude to Heart of Darkness; Amy Foster, a moving story of a shipwrecked, alienated Pole; and The Lagoon and Karain, two exotic, exciting Malay tales.

The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield

The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 694
Release: 2006
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781840222654

This collection allows the reader to become familiar with the complete range of Mansfield's work from the early, satirical stories set in Bavaria, through the luminous recollections of her childhood in New Zealand, and through the mature, deeply felt stories of her last years.

The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories

The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories
Author: Various
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 1176
Release: 2005-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781840220568

A superb collection of some of the greatest tales of the genre; many are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from the vintage era of the supernatural.

Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century

Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century
Author: David Stuart Davies
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2000
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781840224078

A collection of classic featuring tales by Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, RL Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Anthony Trollope and many others.

Great English Short Stories

Great English Short Stories
Author: Paul Negri
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2012-09-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0486114171

DIVFirst-rate selections include Hardy's "The Fiddler of the Reels," James' "Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad," Dickens' "The Haunted Hotel," and tales by Saki, Kipling, Lawrence, Trollope, Stevenson, and others. /div

The Collected Short Stories

The Collected Short Stories
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2010-06-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429967323

International bestselling author Jeffrey Archer has enthralled readers with his riveting suspense, surprise denouements, and unforgettable storylines. Now Archer's three acclaimed collections of short fiction are brought together in one irresistible volume. THE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES A Quiver Full of Arrows takes readers on a journey of encounters that befall an assortment of kindly strangers, wary old friends, and long-lost loves. Sly reflections on human nature are at the center of A Twist in the Tale in which blindly adventurous game-players compete for stakes higher than they dreamed. Expect the unexpected and you'll still be surprised in Twelve Red Herrings, a dozen tales of betrayal, love, murder and revenge capped with a startling twist. Thirty-six stories in all, each poised to astonish and inspire, revealing "master entertainer" (Time) Jeffrey Archer at his artfully entertaining best.

Best Short Stories

Best Short Stories
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 271
Release: 1996-03-27
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0486289184

New edition features 7 of the most popular tales of one of the greatest of all short-story writers. Included are "La Parure," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "La Maison Tellier," "La Ficelle," "Miss Harriet," "Boule de Suif" and "Le Horla," all reflecting Maupassant's intimate familiarity with Paris and the universality of his creations.

Shadows of Sherlock Holmes

Shadows of Sherlock Holmes
Author: David Stuart Davies
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781853267444

A collection of stories featuring detectives, criminal agents and debonair crooks from the golden age of crime fiction: a time when Sherlock Holmes was esconsced in his rooms at 221B Baker Street and London was permanently wreathed in a sinister fog.

Cranford & Selected Short Stories

Cranford & Selected Short Stories
Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2006
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781840224511

Contains six of her finest stories that have been selected to demonstrate the variety and accomplishment of her shorter fiction, and to trace the development of her art.