An Artifice by Guy de Maupassant
An Artifice by Guy de Maupassant was published in 1882. The story explores themes of deception, manipulation, and the clever schemes people employ to achieve their goals.
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Solange by Alexandre Dumas
When thousands are being executed, would you risk your life to save a stranger? That’s the choice faced by Dr. Ledru in Solange by Alexandre Dumas.
Faith by W. Somerset Maugham
Faith by W. Somerset Maugham was written in 1899. It is part of his Orientations Short Story Collection.
The String Quartet by Virginia Woolf
The String Quartet by Virginia Woolf appears in the short story collection Monday or Tuesday and was first published in 1921.
Kirdjali by Alexander Pushkin
Published in 1834, Kirdjali by Alexander Pushkin tells the tale of the soldier Kirdjali and his swashbuckling adventures.
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway by Baroness Orczy
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway by Baroness Orczy was originally published in 1901. When a young woman is poisoned on a London subway train, the police searching for her killer appear to be on the wrong track.
The Mantle by Nikolai Gogol
The Mantle by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1842. It describes how Russian bureaucracy turns everyone into a ghost of each other.
The Man in the Passage by G. K. Chesterton
The Man in the Passage by G. K. Chesterton was published in 1913. When a man’s body is found in a passage, the suspect must be found and Father Brown is on the case.
A Report For An Academy by Franz Kafka
A Report For An Academy by Franz Kafka was written and published in 1917. It tells the tale of an ape explaining his slow and painful domestication to the level of a cultured European.
The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury
The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury was first published in Planet Stories in 1946. The story is about short-lived humans on a planet similar to Mercury.