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Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 2 - cover

Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 2

L. Frank Baum, D. H. Lawrence, Anthony Trollope, George Gissing, O. Henry, Edith Nesbit, William Dean Howells, Honoré de Balzac, Bret Harte, Giovanni Verga, Lafcadio Hearn, Émile Zola, T. S. Arthur, Henry Lawson, Sarah Orne Jewett, Robert Barr, Willa Cather, Mary Shelley, Sherwood Anderson, John Galsworthy, M. R. James, Zona Gale, Lord Dunsany, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Selma Lagerlöf, Robert W. Chambers, Ernest Bramah, Paul Heyse, Théophile Gautier, W. W. Jacobs, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Stacy Aumonier, Arthur Morrison, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Ellis Parker Butler, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Stewart Edward White, Thomas Burke, Saki (H.H. Munro), Don Marquis, Kathleen Norris, Charles W. Chesnutt, Emma Orczy, George Ade, Banjo Paterson, Hamlin Garland, Charlotte M. Yonge, August Nemo

Publisher: Tacet Books

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Summary

This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers:

- Mary Shelley
- D. H. Lawrence
- Ellis Parker Butler
- Anthony Trollope
- Zona Gale
- Emma Orczy
- Don Marquis
- Charles W. Chesnutt
- Kathleen Norris
- Stanley G. Weinbaum
- Honoré de Balzac
- M. R. James
- Banjo Paterson
- Bret Harte
- Henry Lawson
- W. W. Jacobs
- Charlotte M. Yonge
- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- L. Frank Baum
- O. Henry
- William Dean Howells
- T. S. Arthur
- Sherwood Anderson
- Robert Barr
- Lafcadio Hearn
- Giovanni Verga
- Hamlin Garland
- Émile Zola
- Stewart Edward White
- Sarah Orne Jewett
- Willa Cather
- George Ade
- Robert W. Chambers
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
- Ruth McEnery Stuart
- Lord Dunsany
- George Gissing
- Théophile Gautier
- Paul Heyse
- Selma Lagerlöf
- Thomas Burke
- Edith Nesbit
- Arthur Morrison
- Stacy Aumonier
- John Galsworthy
- E. W. Hornung
- Ernest Bramah
Available since: 04/10/2020.

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