One Autumn Night by Maxim Gorky
One Autumn Night by Maxim Gorky was originally published in 1895. Its narrative delves into themes of love, personal conflict, and the impact of fleeting moments on the lives of its characters.
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Men I’m Not Married To by Dorothy Parker
Men I’m Not Married To by Dorothy Parker was published in 1922. Dorothy Parker’s famous wit is on full display as she describes nine men that she did not marry.
A Coup D’Etat by Guy De Maupassant
A Coup D’Etat by Guy De Maupassant, published in 1883, examines the dramatic and often chaotic events surrounding a political upheaval.
The Man Who Married an Hotel by P. G. Wodehouse
The Man Who Married an Hotel by P. G. Wodehouse first appeared in The Strand Magazine, March 1920. The short story was later incorporated into the novel Indiscretions of Archie.
On the Divide by Willa Cather
On the Divide by Willa Cather was first published in Overland Monthly Magazine in January 1896.
Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf
Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf was first published privately in 1919, and was included in the short story collection Monday or Tuesday, published in 1921.
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving was first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America who meets mysterious Dutchmen, drinks their strong liquor and falls into a deep in the Catskill Mountains.
The Occupant of the Room by Algernon Blackwood
The Occupant of the Room by Algernon Blackwood appears in the 1917 Short Story Collection, Day and Night Stories.
The Tomb by H. P. Lovecraft
The Tomb by H. P. Lovecraft was written in 1917 and first published in the March 1922 issue of The Vagrant. It tells the story of Jervas Dudley, who becomes obsessed with a tomb near his childhood home.
Vanka by Anton Chekhov
Vanka by Anton Chekhov was published in 1886. It tells the story of a young orphan boy, Vanka, who has been apprenticed to a cobbler in Moscow.