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The Best American Humorous Short Stories
by Alexander JessupThe Best American Humorous Short Stories is collection of short stories written by many authors and collected by Alexander Jessup, who is credited also for many such collections including “The Book of the Short Story” and “Little French Masterpieces”. The author mentions in his introductory note that the primary selection criteria for comp..
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John BuchanThe Thirty Nine Steps is an adventure novel based during the period while Europe runs through war threat, written by John Buchan a Scottish novelist who himself served as Governor General of Canada before his writing career. He contributed the literary world with many fiction and non-fiction works including Sir Quixote of the Moors, John Burnet of ..
The Secret Agent - A Simple Tale
by Joseph ConradThe Secret Agent is a novel based on the life of a spy written by Joseph Conrad, a Polish writer remembered for his narrative style and portraying anti-heroic characters. His notable works include Heart of Darkness, An Outcast of the Islands, and Nostromo. The story narrates the life of a spy who ruined his family to save his profession. Mr. Ver..
Eve's Diary
by Mark TwainEve's Diary is a short story written by Mark Twain, an American author whose magnum opus The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are considered the great American novels. This novel is narrated from Eve’s point of view, from her creation, exploring around the Eden to till her burial by Adam, her mate. Controversi..
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles DickensThe Pickwick Papers is the debut novel of Charles Dickens, an English writer and social critic who is remembered as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Some of his huge array of novels and short stories include A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Great Expectations to name a few. This novel ..
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose BierceAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge also titled as A dead Man’s dream is an anthologized short story set during American Civil War written by Ambrose Bierce, an American writer remembered as searing critic. His unique style of writing was based on the theme of war that describes impossible events. Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer l..
The Castle of Otranto
by Horace WalpoleThe Castle of Otranto is a novel written by Horace Walpole, an English historian remembered for initiating the literary genre Gothic novel and his notable other writings include Some Anecdotes of Painting in England, The Mysterious Mother and A Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Manfred, lives as lord of the castle along with lady c..
The Valley of Fear
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Valley of Fear is another crime novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish writer and the creator of world famous detective characters Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger. His long arrays of literary works written in many genres include The lost World, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Adventures of Sherlock ..