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Third Class in Indian Railways by M. K. Gandhi offers a poignant account of his experiences and observations while traveling in the third class compartments of Indian railways during the British occupation.
The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf was her first published story. It was released in 1917 as part of Two Stories a collection of short stories written by Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard Woolf. Later, in 1921, it also was included part of another collection entitled Monday or Tuesday.
A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury first in appeared in Galaxy Magazine in 1951 and follows the misadventures of a group of elderly women who have poured their life savings into a final trip to an outer-space paradise.
Ex Oblivione by H. P. Lovecraft is a prose poem written in late 1920 or early 1921 and first published in The United Amateur in March 1921, under the pseudonym Ward Phillips.
Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker was first published in the short story collection Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Stories in 1914.
Ningyo No Haka by Lafcadio Hearn first appeared in Gleanings in Buddha-Fields, the third book of Hearn’s Japanese period, published in 1897.
Much of Maxim Gorky writing reflects his own terrible life experiences and suffering. It is in his short stories that he reveals his true genius. Her Lover by Maxim Gorky describes the plight of a lonely, alienated woman who creates an imaginary lover for herself.
The Father by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s was originally written in Norwegian and published in 1860. The story is set in rural Norway and appeared in The Bridal March and Other Stories
The History of England by Jane Austen was written when she was just 15. It’s a lively and somewhat disrespectful overview of the history of England’s monarchy.
An Italian Dream by Charles Dickens is taken from his travelogue Pictures from Italy published in 1846.
