God Sees The Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy
God Sees The Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy was published in 1872. The tale, about a man wrongly imprisoned for murder, takes the form of a parable of forgiveness.
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Mr. Lismore and the Widow by Wilkie Collins
Mr. Lismore and the Widow by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1883. The story follows the life of Mr. Lismore, a wealthy and successful businessman, who falls in love with a beautiful widow named Mrs. Farnaby.
Up in Michigan by Ernest Hemingway
Up in Michigan by Ernest Hemingway was written in 1921 and revised in 1938. It is collected in Three Stories and Ten Poems.
Jikininki by Lafcadio Hearn
Jikininki by Lafcadio Hearn appears in his collection Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things published in 1904. In this strange folktale, the Jikininki are corpse eating Japanese ghosts.
The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft
The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft was written in the summer of 1926. It was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in February 1928.
The Idiot by Alexander Kuprin
The Idiot by Alexander Kuprin is part of his short story collection A Slav Soul, and Other Stories which was published in English in 1916.
The Siege of Berlin by Alphonse Daudet
The Siege of Berlin by Alphonse Daudet was published in 1871 and is set during the Franco-Prussian War. It follows a group of French soldiers as they attempt to survive a brutal winter in Berlin.
The Old Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Old Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Gaskell was originally published in 1852. It appears in the short story collection The Old Nurse’s Story and other tales.
The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence
The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence was first published in July 1926, in Harper’s Bazaar and subsequently appeared in the first volume of Lawrence’s collected short stories.
Comrade Bingo by P. G. Wodehouse
Comrade Bingo by P. G. Wodehouse features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in London in May 1922.