The Adventure of The Cardboard BoxThe Adventure of The Cardboard Box
The Adventure of The Cardboard BoxBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Category: Short Stories
Short Stories
The Tiger of San PedroThe Tiger of San Pedro
The Tiger of San PedroBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Singular Experience of Mr John Scott EcclesThe Singular Experience of Mr John Scott Eccles
The Singular Experience of Mr John Scott EcclesBy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Masque of the Red DeathThe Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red DeathBy Edgar Allan Poe First published in 1842, The Mask of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe is an allegorical short story in the
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonBy F. Scott Fitzgerald The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the story of a child born in Baltimore in 1860 who has the appearance
The OvercoatThe Overcoat
The OvercoatBy Nicolai Gogol “We all come out from Gogol’s ‘The Overcoat’”. This statement by Fyodor Dostoyevsky expresses the great influence of the story written in 1842. It tells the
My Life: The Story of a ProvincialMy Life: The Story of a Provincial
My Life: The Story of a ProvincialBy Anton Chekhov “My Life: The Story of a Provincial” (1896) is a novella that tells the story of Misail Poloznev, a rebellious young
Rothschild’s FiddleRothschild’s Fiddle
Rothschild’s FiddleBy Anton Chekhov Yakov Ivanov is an elderly coffin-maker in a small village with a population that doesn’t generate enough deaths for him to make any real money. He
GooseberriesGooseberries
GooseberriesBy Anton Chekhov Gooseberries quote:“…Apparently a happy man only feels so because the unhappy bear their burden in silence, but for which happiness would be impossible. It is a general
The FlyThe Fly
The FlyBy Katherine Mansfield An elderly man is visiting the office of the owner of his former employer, referred to only as “the boss”, who is showing off recent renovations