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The Cabman's Story
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Cabman's Story (sub-titled The Mysteries of a London "Growler") is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published anonymously in the Cassell's Saturday Journal on 17 may 1884. A cabman tells one if his clients three stories he experienced. The first one is about a dead passenger, the second about a passenger with a mysterious box, ..
The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport is a volume collecting 15 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle published on 27 march 1900...
The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Last Galley: Impressions and Tales is a volume collecting 18 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1911 by Smith, Elder & Co. and George Bell & Sons. Also titled The Passing of the Legions (R. Harold Paget [US]) in 1911...
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H., and Other Stories
by Oscar WildeLord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories that were written by Oscar Wilde and published in 1891. It includes: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Canterville Ghost, The Sphinx Without a Secret, The Model Millionaire, In later editions, another story, ?The Portrait of Mr. W. H., was added to the co..
The Figure in the Carpet
by Henry JamesThe Figure in the Carpet is a short story (sometimes considered a novella) by American writer Henry James first published in 1896. It is told in the first person; the narrator, whose name is never revealed, meets his favorite author and becomes obsessed with discovering the secret meaning or intention of all the author's works.“The Figure in the Ca..
The Jolly Corner
by Henry JamesThe Jolly Corner is a short story by Henry James published first in the magazine The English Review of December, 1908. One of James' most noted ghost stories, "The Jolly Corner" describes the adventures of Spencer Brydon as he prowls the now-empty New York house where he grew up. He encounters a "sensation more complex than had ever before found it..
The Aspern Papers
by Henry JamesThe Aspern Papers is a novella by American writer Henry James, originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1888, with its first book publication later in the same year. One of James's best-known and most acclaimed longer tales, The Aspern Papers is based on the letters Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote to Mary Shelley's stepsister, Claire Clairmont, w..
The Europeans - A sketch
by Henry JamesThe Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. It is essentially a comedy contrasting the behaviour and attitudes of two visitors from Europe with those of their relatives living in the 'new' world of New England. The novel first appeared as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly for July–October 1878. James made numerous min..