Short Stories

The Fit by Anton Chekhov

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The Fit by Anton Chekhov appears in The Bet and Other Stories, first published in 1889.

By Advice of Counsel by P. G. Wodehouse

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By Advice of Counsel by P. G. Wodehouse was published in 1914. It appears in the collection The Man Upstairs and Other Stories.

The Californian’s Tale by Mark Twain

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The Californian’s Tale by Mark Twain was originally published in 1893. It tells the tale about a man, Henry, waiting for his wife to come home.

Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson was first published in 1885 in The Broken Shaft: Tales of Mid-Ocean as part of Unwin’s Christmas Annual. The story was later included in Stevenson’s collection The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables.

Let’s Get Together by Isaac Asimov

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Let’s Get Together by Isaac Asimov was originally published in the Feb 1957 issue of Infinity Science Fiction, and later included in the collection The Rest of the Robots in 1964.

My Old Man by Ernest Hemingway

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My Old Man by Ernest Hemingway was first published in his 1923 book Three Stories and Ten Poems. The story was later included in his next collection of stories, In Our Time, published in 1925 .

An Artifice by Guy de Maupassant

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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.