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Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 15 - cover

Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 15

Mary Roberts Rinehart, E. Pauline Johnson, John Fox, Wilhelm Hauff, Anthony Hope, W. C. Morrow, Neith Boyce, Harvey J. O'Higgins, August Nemo

Editorial: Tacet Books

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Sinopsis

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.
For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections.
This book contains:
W. C. Morrow:

- His Unconquerable Enemy.
- A Game Of Honor.
- The Resurrection Of Little Wang Tai.
- Two Singular Men.
- The Faithful Amulet.
- Over An Absinthe Bottle.
- The Hero Of The Plague.Wilhelm Hauff:

- The Severed Hand.
- The Cold Heart.
- The Little Glass Man.
- The Story Of The Caliph Stork.
- The Story Of Little Muck.
- Nose, The Dwarf.
- How The Stories Were Found.Rabindranath Tagore:

- The Cabuliwallah.
- The Home-Coming.
- Onde There Was A King.
- The Child's Return.
- Master Mashai.
- Subha.
- The Postmaster.Owen Wister:

- The Jimmyjohn Boss.
- A Kinsman of Red Cloud.
- Sharon's Choice.
- Napoleon Shave-Tail.
- Twenty Minutes for Refreshments.
- The Promised Land.
- Hank's Woman.Neith Boyce:

- Two Women.
- Sophia.
- Molly.
- The Blue Hood.
- Love in a Dutch Garden.
- Navidad.
- The Mother.Mary Roberts Rinehart:

- Affinities.
- The Family Friend.
- Clara's Little Escapade.
- The Borrowed House.
- Sauce For The Gander.
- Twenty-Two.
- Jane.John Fox Jr:

- On Hell-Fer-Sartain Creek.
- Through The Gap.
- A Trick O' Trade.
- Grayson's Baby.
- Courtin' On Cutshin.
- The Message In The Sand.
- The Senator's Last Trade.Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins:

- Silent Sam.
- His Mother.
- In The Matter Of Art.
- Tammany's Tithes.
- The Devil's Doings.
- The Hired Man.
- Larkin.E. Pauline Johnson:

- The Shagganappi.
- A Red Girl's Reasoning.
- The King's Coin.
- The Derelict.
- Little Wolf-Willow.
- Her Majesty's Guest.
- The Brotherhood.Anthony Hope:

- The Adventure of Lady Ursula.
- AspirationsExplanations.
- A Cut and a Kiss.
- Promising.
- Imagination.
- Uncle John and the Rubies.
- Lucifera.
Disponible desde: 10/04/2020.

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