The Silver Mine by Selma Lagerlöf
The Silver Mine by Selma Lagerlöf was first published in 1910. It’s a cautionary tale about the corrupting influence of material wealth.
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The Turkish Bath by Anthony Trollope
The Turkish Bath by Anthony Trollope was originally published in Saint Paul’s Magazine, Oct. 1869. It was subsequently part of An Editor’s Tales in 1870.
The Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle was first published in The Strand Magazine in the U.K and McClure’s in the United States, under the title “The Adventure of the Final Problem” in December 1893.
A Prisoner in the Caucasus by Leo Tolstoy
A Prisoner in the Caucasus by Leo Tolstoy was first published in 1872. The tale is based on a real incident while he was serving in the Russian military. It is about two soldiers kidnapped by their rivals for ransom.
Eveline by James Joyce
Eveline by James Joyce was first published in 1904 by the journal Irish Homestead and later included in his 1914 collection of short stories Dubliners. It tells the story of Eveline, a teenager who plans to runaway from Dublin.
The Enchanted Bluff by Willa Cather
The Enchanted Bluff by Willa Cather was first published in Harper’s in April 1909. It’s a beautiful tale about the dreams of youth and the reality of adulthood.
What The Shepherd Saw by Thomas Hardy
What The Shepherd Saw by Thomas Hardy appeared in the short story collection A Changed Man and Other Tales which was published in 1913.
The Flood by Émile Zola
The Flood by Emile Zola was published in 1880 and is based on a actual flood that happened in a village near Toulouse in South West France.
A Pursuit Race by Ernest Hemingway
A Pursuit Race by Ernest Hemingway was published in 1927. It appears in the collection Men Without Women.
Transcendental Wild Oats by Louisa May Alcott
Transcendental Wild Oats by Louisa May Alcott details her family’s involvement with the Transcendentalist community Fruitlands in the early 1840s. The work was first published in a New York newspaper in 1873.