The Bookshop by Aldous Huxley
The Bookshop by Aldous Huxley appears in his first collection of short fiction Limbo published in 1920. The book consists of five short stories, a novelette and a play.
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The Ice Palace by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Ice Palace by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in The Saturday Evening Post on May 22, 1920. It’s a tale about a southern girl, warm and vivacious, who thinks she has to get away from it all and go North.
Twenty Six and One by Maxim Gorky
Twenty Six and One by Maxim Gorky is the title story of his 1899 collection Twenty Six and One and Other Stories. It follows twenty-six men toiling in a cellar bakery, scorned by those around them.
The Adventure of the Empty House by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Empty House by Arthur Conan Doyle was first published in 1903, it forms part of the collection The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
The Quicksand by Edith Wharton
The Quicksand by Edith Wharton was first published in The Descent of Man in 1904. It portrays the self-examination of the wealthy Mrs. Quentin as she reaches out to help her son and his girlfriend.
Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe
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The House of Cobwebs by George Gissing
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A Struggle With A Devil Fish by Victor Hugo
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Verotchka by Anton Chekhov
Originally published in 1887, Verotchka by Anton Chekhov tells the tale of Ognev, who reminisces about a day in his past when he let his love, Vera Gavrilovna, slip away.
The Celestial Omnibus by E. M. Forster
The Celestial Omnibus by E. M. Forster is part of The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories, a collection of short stories first published in 1911. Together with the collection The Eternal Moment it forms part of Forster’s Collected Short Stories.