18 books like A Book of Short Stories

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The Elements of the Short Story Edward Everett Hale, Jr. · 1915 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by W. Irving Rip Van Winkle, by W. Irving Irving as a story writer The great stone face, by N. Hawthorne Ethan Brand, by N. Hawthorne Hawthorne as a story writer Fall of the House of Usher, by E. A. Poe The murders in the Rue Morgue, by E. A. Poe Poe as a story writer The diamond lens, by F.-J. O'Brien The man without a country, by E. E. Hale The outcasts of Poker… Shares: Hermitages, Short Story, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy

Short Stories Schweikert, Harry Christian · 1925 · 566p · ≈ 18h · Challenging This book contains short stories by Puskin, Gogol, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and others. Shares: Hermitages, Short Story, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy

Short stories , Enlarged Edition Harry Christian Schweikert · 1934 · ★ 4.5 · 612p · ≈ 20h · Challenging Token / Joseph Hergesheimer Third ingredient / O. Henry Turkey red / Frances Gilchrist Wood Elephant remembers / Edison Marshall Fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe Postmistress of Laurel Run / Bret Harte Ambitious guest / Nathaniel Hawthorne Penrod's busy day / Booth Tarkington Young man Axelbrod / Sinclair Lewis Ice water, pl! / Fannie Hurst Heyday of the blood / Dorothy… Shares: Hermitages, Short Story, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy

Fiction 100 James H. Pickering · 1988 · 1533p · ≈ 51h · Challenging The Grand inquisitor / Fëdor Dostoevski -- The Adventure of the speckled band / Arthur Conan Doyle -- King of the Bingo game / Ralph Ellison -- Barn burning Dry September -- A Rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- Winter dreams / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Road from Colonus / E.M. Forster -- Aura / Carlos Fuentes -- Watch time fly / Laura Furman -- A Very old man with enormous wings / Gabriel G.… Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway Corinne Demas · 2004 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The birthmark / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Cask of Amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe -- Fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe -- The purloined letter / Edgar Allan Poe -- Bartleby the Scrivener / Herman Melville -- The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County / Samuel Langhorne Clemens -- Occurrence at… Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

American Short Stories Charles Sears Baldwin · 1904 · 333p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Pt. 1. The tentative period: Irving, W. Rip Van Winkle. Austin W. Peter Rugg, the missing man. Hall, J. The French village. Pike, A. the inroad of the Nabajo. Pt. 2. The period of the new form: Hawthorne, N. The white old maid. Longfellow, H.W. The notary of Périgueux. Poe, E.A. Fall of the House of Usher Willis, N.P. The inlet of peach blossoms. Kirkland, C.M.S. The bee-tree. O'Brien,… Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, American Short stories

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [29 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1983 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, American Short stories Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, American Short stories

Cuentos Edgar Allan Poe · 1970 · 850p · ≈ 28h · Moderate William Wilson Pit and the Pendulum MS. Found in a Bottle Black Cat Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Oval Portrait Tell-tale Heart Descent into the Maelstrom Cask of Amontillado Masque of the Red Death Un cuento de las Montaias Escabrosas Imp of the Perverse Premature Burial Hop-Frog Metzengerstein Oblong Box El hombre de la multitud La cita Sombra Eleonora Morella Berenice Ligeia Fall of the… Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

The Evil Image Patricia L. Skarda · 1981 · ★ 4.3 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Moderate xi • General Introduction (The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry) • essay by Patricia L. Skarda and Nora Crow Jaffe xxv • Critical Studies of the Gothic • essay by uncredited 2 • The Apparition of Mrs. Veal • (1919) • short story by Daniel Defoe (variant of A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury… Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

Great American Short Stories Wallace Stegner · 1957 · 511p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque Edgar Allan Poe · 1840 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Morella -- Lionizing -- William Wilson The man that was used up -- Fall of the House of Usher The Duc de l'Omelette -- Ms. found in a bottle -- Bon-bon -- Shadow -- The devil in the belfry -- Ligeia -- King Pest -- The Signora Zenobia -- The scythe of time -- Epimanes -- Siope -- Hans Phaall -- A tale of Jerusalem -- Von Jung -- Loss of breath -- Metzengerstein -- Berenice Why the little… Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

Erzählungen Edgar Allan Poe · 1989 · 781p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Manuskript in der Flasche Berenice Morella Stelldichein Ligeia Fall of the House of Usher William Wilson Mann der Menge Mord in der Rue Morgue Descent into the Maelstrom ovale Porträt Masque of the Red Death Eleonora Geheimis der Marie Rogêt Tell-tale Heart Goldkäfer Black Cat Pit and the Pendulum Im Felsengebirge Premature Burial längliche Kiste Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Purloined… Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Tales - Volume I Edgar Allan Poe · 1908 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

Historias Extraordinarias Edgar Allan Poe · 1996 · 504p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Doble asesinato en la calle morgue -- El escarabajo de oro -- Descent into the Maelstrom Black Cat William Wilson Tell-tale Heart Aventura sin par de un tal Hans Pfaall -- Pit and the Pendulum Cask of Amontillado Ligeia -- Metzengerstein -- Purloined Letter Fall of the House of Usher Berenice Premature Burial Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

The experience of literature Gene Montague · 1966 · 803p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

The Horror hall of fame Robert Silverberg · 1991 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 2005 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Assignation (the Visionary) Berenice Bon-Bon Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Descent into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Duc de L-Omelette Fall of the House of Usher Folio Club Four Beasts in One: the Homo-Cameleopard How to Write a Blackwood Article King Pest Ligeia Lionizing Loss of Breath Man That Was Used Up Metzengerstein Morella Ms. Found in a Bottle Predicament Shadow Silence — A… Shares: Hermitages, Burial Vaults, Catalepsy, Gothic fiction

Twice-Told Tales [1/2] Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1842 · 323p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares: Sextons, Short Story, Clergy Shares: Sextons, Short Story, Clergy

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