PDF Books in Fiction Short Stories
Dubliners
by James JoyceDubliners is a collection of short stories written by Irish writer James Joyce, during a period when people of the then Ireland was peaking at Irish Nationalism. Based on the Middle class life of people around Dublin, some of these 15 stories were narrated by Child protagonists and moved on to older people. The stories are narrated and ref..
The Yellow Wallpaper
by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Yellow Wallpaper written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a short story of a woman who has been forced to confine herself in a locked room in the pretended care for her motherhood. Jane, a young mother has been confined in a rented summer house by her husband John who is a physician. Jane goes through psychic problems inside the room and start..
Maupassant Short Stories
by Guy de MaupassantMAUPASSANT SHORT STORIES is written by Guy de Maupassant, a French writer and one of the finest exponents of modern short stories. MAUPASSANT SHORT STORIES written and set during the Franco-Prussian War. Most of the stories describe the innocent civilians suffering due to the war which resulted permanent changes to their life for which they do n..
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories
by Kate ChopinThe Awakening and Selected Short Stories is written by Kate Chopin an American author considered to be forerunner of twentieth century feminist authors. She has written short stories and novels for adults and young children and most of her books have been published in magazines like Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, The Century Magazine, and The Yo..
Snap Dragons
by J.H. EwingSnap Dragons written by J.H. Ewing is the story of family members who agrees with only thing that none of them agree with each other. They often quarrel with big arguments for little disagreements in public and their family friends are worried about them. This attitude of disagreements is changed by entry of a Dragon in their life and the story is ..
2 B R 0 2 B
by Kurt Vonnegut2 B R 0 2 B written by Kurt Vonnegut, is a science fiction story; the title refers the famous phrase “To be Or Not To Be” from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”. This short story is based on the theme, A society with indefinite life span with Aging is cured and every birth has to be compensated by a volunteering death. Edward K. Wehling, Jr is in a dilem..
Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories
by Nathaniel HawthorneMosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American novelist who is best remembered for his fiction work “The Scarlet Letter”. Hawthorne titled this short story collection in remembrance of his life with his wife at “The Old Manse”, a historic manse of American literary associations. Like many of his works, Mos..
The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan PoeThe Fall of the House of Usher is written by Edgar Allan Poe, an American author who has contributed to the invention and practicing writing in emerging genres of literary world such as detective fiction and science fiction. Poised to making a living in writing alone, he had run into financial troubles. This novel narrates the story of a family,..