A Painful Case by James Joyce
A Painful Case by James Joyce was published in his 1914 collection Dubliners. The story details a platonic affair between an isolated man and a married woman, the breaking off of the affair, and its aftermath.
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3 Poems by Emily Dickinson
For these 3 Poems by Emily Dickinson we feature, In a Library, Psalm of the Day and The Butterfly’s Day. Like most of her work, these were published after her death in 1886.
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
One of Kafka’s most famous works, Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect.
Fear by Guy de Maupassant
Fear by Guy de Maupassant was first published in the October 23, 1882 issue of Le Gaulois. The short story tells of incidents of fear on the deck of a boat bound for Africa.
The Defenders by Philip K. Dick
The Defenders by Philip K. Dick first appeared in the magazine Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1953 edition.
The Leopard Man’s Story by Jack London
The Leopard Man’s Story by Jack London is a short mystery story that first appeared in the August 1903 issue of Leslie’s Weekly and was later included in Moon-Face and Other Stories (1906).
The Knife and the Naked Chalk by Rudyard Kipling
The Knife and the Naked Chalk by Rudyard Kipling was first published in 1910. It appeared on his collection of short stories titled Rewards and Fairies.
The Young Tsar by Leo Tolstoy
The Young Tsar by Leo Tolstoy is a short story written in 1894. According to Tolstoy’s diary, he recalled having titled it “The Dream of a Young Tsar”.
The Jackdaw by William Butler Yeats
The Jackdaw by William Butler Yeats appeared in the collection Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry published in 1888
Daisy by W. Somerset Maugham
Daisy by W. Somerset Maugham is one of his earliest short stories written around 1896. It appeared in the collection “Orientations”, which came out in 1899.