Edition details
Great Short Stories. The Queen of Spadesby Puskin, Alexander. The Honest Thief by Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The Kiss by Chekhov, Anton. Aerial Ways by Pasternak, Boris. The Murderer by Bulgakov, Mikhail. A Russian Beauty by Nabokov, Vladimir. The Lady Who Loved Insects or The Errand Woman by anonymous. What the Seasons Brought the Almanac-Maker by Saikaku, Ihara. The Third Night by Soseki, Natsume. Tattoo by Junichirō, Tanizakiby. Princess Yung-t'ai's Necklace by Yasushi, Inoue. Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness by Kenzaburo, Ōe. Newlywed by Banana, Yoshimoto. The Pit and the Pendulum by Poe, Edgar Allan. A Horseman in the Sky by Bierce, Ambrose. Désirée's Baby by Chopin, Kate. The Other Two by Wharton, Edith. The Enchanted Bluff by Cather, Willa. Barn Burning by Faulkner, William. The Killers by Hemingway, Ernest. The Snake by Steinbeck, John. The Adventures of a Strolling Player by Goldsmith, Oliver.The Limerick Gloves by Edgeworth, Maria. The Selfish Giant by Wilde, Oscar. Lisheen Races, Second-Hand by Somerville, E. Æ. & Ross, Martin. Eveline by Joyce, James. Sunday Afternoon by Bowen, Elizabeth. The Majesty of the Law by O'Connor, Frank. Dante and the Lobster by Beckett, Samuel. Lost Ground by Trevor, William. Korea by McGahern, John. Night in Tunisia by Jordan, Neil. The Self-Made Cuckold, or the Unexpected Reconciliation by Marquis de Sade. An Episode of the Reign of Terror by de Balzac, Honoré. Miss Harriet by de Maupassant, Guy. A Young Girl's Confession by Proust, Marcel. Green Sealing-Wax by Colette. The Guest by Camus, Albert. The Manchester Marriage by Mrs. Gaskell. The Lady of Glenwith Grange by Collins, Wilkie. The Three Strangers by Hardy, Thomas. A Pair of Duelling Pistols by Warner, Sylvia Townsend. Eleven O'Clock by Pritchett, V. S. Numerous B&W illustrations. Black binding with red bands and gilt titling. Plain black slipcase. 572pp. 24x16cm.
About the book
Great Short Stories brings together notable examples of short fiction from a range of writers and literary traditions. The stories demonstrate the variety possible within the form, including humour, mystery, tragedy, romance and psychological observation. Each achieves a complete and memorable narrative within a relatively concentrated space.
