PDF Books in Fiction Short Stories
The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
by KnowlesThe Legends of King Arthur and His Knights is folklore collection of stories based on the British leader King Arthur who won the sixth century battle against the Saxon invasion of Britain. Though the King Arthur’s existence is being debated by the modern historians, there are sources of poems and verses where he is casted as the great warrior, w..
My Man Jeeves
by P. G. WodehouseMy Man Jeeves is written by P. G. Wodehouse, an English humorist who contributed to the literary world in many forms such as novels, poems, plays, short stories and lyrics. With unsurpassed popularity which spanned more than 70 years, P. G. Wodehouse was admired by the then contemporaries and still one of the most widely read authors. Featuring ..
Best Russian Short Stories
by Leonid AndreyevBest Russian Short Stories is a collection of short stories written by many Russian authors. The collection includes “THE QUEEN OF SPADES, BY ALEXSANDR S. PUSHKIN”, THE CLOAK BY NIKOLAY, by V. GOGOL”, “THE DISTRICT DOCTOR, BY IVAN S. TURGENEV”, “THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING, BY FIODOR M. DOSTOYEVSKY”, “GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS, BY LEO..
The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories
by Mark TwainThe Mysterious Stranger is the last novel written by Mark Twain, an American author and humorist, who is best remembered as “the father of American literature”. The Mysterious Stranger being his last attempted novel which he could not complete it fully. This novel explores the author’s ideas of moral sense and the damned human race; in effect it..
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..
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 Gift of the Magi
by O. HenryThe Gift of the Magi is a short story written by William Sydney Porter under his pen name O. Henry, an American author remembered for his twist ending stories with his literary contributions such as The Ransom of Red Chief, The Cop and the Anthem, A Retrieved Reformation, and The Duplicity of Hargraves. The Gift of the Magi narrates the priceles..
The Deserter and Other Stories
by Harold FredericThe Deserter and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by Harold Frederic, An American writer attributed to his novels and collection of short stories such as The Copperhead' and Other Stories of the North During the American War, Marsena' and Other Stories of the Wartime, Harold Frederic's Stories of York State, Seth's Brother's W..