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Flappers and Philosophers F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920 · ★ 4.0 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Flappers and Philosophers is a collection of short stories by America author F. Scott Fitzgerald, most famous for his novel The Great Gatsby. The collection was his first such publication and includes the stories "The Offshore Pirate", "The Ice Palace", "Head and Shoulders", "The Cut-Glass Bowl", "Bernice Bobs Her Hair", "Benediction", "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong" and "The Four Fists." Shares: Anthologie, Social life and customs, Short Stories

Ficciones Jorge Luis Borges · 1945 · ★ 4.4 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A collection of his short stories in which Borges often uses the labyrinth as a literary device to expound his ideas on all aspects of human life and endeavor. ---------- Contains: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius Shares: Spanish language books, Social life and customs, Short Stories

El llano en llamas Juan Rulfo · 1953 · ★ 4.2 · 170p · ≈ 5h · Moderate El "Llano en llamas" es hoy un clásico de la literatura mexicana e hispanoamericana, y probablemente uno de los volúmenes de cuentos más traducido a otros idiomas en el mundo entero. Obra aparentemente sencilla resulta, sin embargo, profundamente desconcertante. En su unidad formal descansa una gran diversidad de lenguajes, registros y tonos con los que Rulfo aborda la problemática de una… Shares: Spanish language books, Social life and customs, Short Stories

Les lettres de mon moulin Alphonse Daudet · 1869 · ★ 3.5 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Célèbres histoires de Provence, pour enfants de tous les âges. Shares: Contes, Social life and customs

Van Bibber and Others Richard Harding Davis · 1892 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Challenging In "Van Bibber and Others," Richard Harding Davis crafts a collection of short stories that encapsulate the spirited social dynamics of the turn of the 20th century. With his characteristic wit and keen observational prowess, Davis explores themes of class distinction, romance, and the complexities of human interaction within the vibrant backdrop of New York City. His prose is characterized by a… Shares: Social life and customs, Short Stories

Cien años de soledad Gabriel García Márquez · 1967 · ★ 4.5 · 422p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Cien años de soledad es una novela del escritor colombiano Gabriel García Márquez, ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1982. Es considerada una obra maestra de la literatura hispanoamericana y universal, cumbre del denominado "realismo mágico". Es asimismo una de las obras más traducidas y leídas en español. Narra la historia de la familia Buendía a lo largo de siete generaciones en el… Shares: Spanish language books, Ficción

A Twist in the Tale Jeffrey Archer · 1988 · ★ 3.9 · 253p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Jeffrey Archer's collection of twelve spellbinding stories, A Twist in the Tale, will sweep you on a journey of thwarted ambition, undying passion, and unswerving honor that you'll never forget. No one can weave a web of suspense, deliver a jolt of surprise, or teach a lesson in living like bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. From Africa to the Middle East, and from London to Beijing, Archer… Shares: Short Stories

Future perfect H. Bruce Franklin · 1955 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Hawthorne and Poe: Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne and science fiction ; The birthmark ; The artist of the beautiful ; Rappaccini's daughter -- Poe. Edgar Allan Poe and science fiction ; A tale of the Ragged Mountains ; Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar ; Mellonta Tauta -- Explorations: Automata. Herman Melville and science fiction ; The bell-tower ; Man as machine ; Dr. Materialismus… Shares: Narration, Social life and customs, Short Stories

The complete works of O. Henry [pseud.] O. Henry · 1899 · ★ 3.8 · 1396p · ≈ 46h · Demanding The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Social life and customs, Short Stories

The Love of a Good Woman Alice Munro · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate In eight new stories, a master of the form extends and magnifies her great themes - the vagaries of love, the passion that leads down unexpected paths, the chaos hovering just under the surface of things, and the strange, often comical desires of the human heart. Time stretches out in some of the stories: a man and a woman look back forty years to the summer they met - the summer, as it turns… Shares: Ficción, Social life and customs, Short Stories

The troll garden Willa Cather · 1905 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "This collection of Willa Cather stories - her first book of fiction and the capstone of her early career - is as relevant today as at the time of its initial publication. As different and individually distinguished as the seven stories may be, they share as their subject the role and status of the artist in American society. The passions, ambitions, and pretensions, the cant and the pathos of… Shares: Social life and customs, Short Stories

Nine Stories J. D. Salinger · 1948 · ★ 4.2 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Challenging First published short story volume by the author of Catcher In The Rye. Shares: Ficción, Social life and customs, Short Stories

Eva Luna Isabel Allende · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The history of a woman born poor, orphaned early, and who eventually rose to a position of unique influence. Shares: Spanish language books, Short Stories

El conde Lucanor Don Juan Manuel · 1839 · ★ 3.3 · 227p · ≈ 7h · Challenging En El conde Lucanor alcanzan culminación y síntesis las tradiciones cuentísticas del mundo oriental y de los predicadores cristianos. La popularidad obtenida por los exempla incluidos en la primera parte no debe, sin embargo, oscurecer la habilidad con que Don Juan Manuel organiza el conjunto y combina distintos recursos retóricos. La pareja formada por el conde Lucanor y su ayo Patronio traspasa… Shares: Spanish language books, Social life and customs

Dracula's guest, and other weird stories Bram Stoker · 1914 · ★ 3.5 · 108p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Although Bram Stoker is best known for his world-famous novel Dracula, he also wrote many shorter works on the strange and the macabre. This collection, comprising Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, a volume of spine-chilling short stories collected and published by Stoker's widow after his death, and The Lair of the White Worm, an intensely intriguing novel of myths, legends and… Shares: Narration, Short Stories

In black and white Rudyard Kipling · 1880 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Tales of native life in India, in Oriental style. Shares: Short Stories

I Sing the Body Electric! Ray Bradbury · 1969 · ★ 4.1 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Eighteen stories with bizarre and whimsical themes which transcend time and space. Shares: Short Stories

The women on the wall Wallace Stegner · 1950 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: Social life and customs, Short Stories

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