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Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 5 - cover

Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 5

Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Susan Glaspell, Laura E. Richards, August Nemo, Alice Dunbar-Nelson

Publisher: Tacet Books

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Summary

This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers.
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This book contains:

- F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Diamond as Big as the Ritz
The Jelly-Bean
May Day
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Head and Shoulders
The Cut-Glass Bowl


- Edith Wharton:The Triumph of Night
The Pelican
The Fullness Of Life
April Showers
A Journey
Afterward
Xingu

- Stephen Crane:A Dark Brown Dog
An Experiment in Misery
The Veteran
Four Men in a Cave
A Tent in Agony
The Snake
Upturned Face

- Susan Glaspell:His Smile
"Government Goat"
A Jury of Her Peers
The Anarchist: His Dog
"One of Those Impossible Americans"
At Twilight
From A to Z

- Kate Chopin:A Respectable Woman
A Pair of Silk Stockings
A Matter of Prejudice
A December Day in Dixie
At the 'Cadian Ball
The Storm
Désirée's Baby

- Laura E. Richards :Maine to the Rescue
The Coming of the King
The Golden Windows
The Shed Chamber
The Green Satin Gown
The Scarlet Leaves
Don Alonzo

- Alice Dunbar Nelson:A Carnival Jangle
Little Miss Sophie
La Juanita
The Praline Woman
Sister Josepha
Mr. Baptiste
M'sieu Fortier's Violin

- Louisa May Alcott:A Modern Cinderella
My Red Cap
A Christmas Dream, and How it Came to Be True
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
Aunt Kipp
Rosy's Journey
The Brothers

- Hans Christian Andersen:The Little Mermaid
Brave Tin Soldier
The Princess and the Pea
The Goloshes of Fortune
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Last Dream of Old Oak
Little Tiny or Thumbelina

- Charles Dickens:A Child's Dream of a Star
Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn
Nobody's Story
The Child's Story
The Magic Fishbone
What Christmas is As We Grow Older
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
Available since: 04/09/2020.

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