Dublineses
This is a volume of fifteen short stories published two years after his final visit to Dublin in 1912. They paint a picture of middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century...
Literature - Short Stories
The Australian Book of Heroism
Stories of Courage and Sacrifice.
Continuing on as a series from The Australian Book of True Crime, this book tells the amazing stories of Australian heroes throughout history.
Each chapter...
A Christmas Carol
This wonderful short story introduces us to the old, miserly Scrooge who is more interested in his money-lending and counting the pennies than he is in bothering to celebrate Christmas. Indeed, he revels in...
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
Billy befriends a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey. They explain to him that they form a society dedicated to cleaning windows. He accompanies them on their first job: cleaning the hundreds of windows of...
How Long’til Black Future Month?
A collection of science fiction short stories that are quite different from the usual context, since the author does not resort to the classic games of futuristic physics, nor to mysterious energies that...
A Pocket Book of Modern American Short Stories
The book is edited with an introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern. These nineteen short stories written in the first half of the 20th century witness to life's struggles and mysteries. They are uneven in...
Silent Snow, Secret Snow (in "A Pocket Book of Modern American Short Stories")
This is a short story about a 12-year-old day-dreaming boy who perhaps has psychological problems.
It is a short story found in A Pocket Book of Modern American Short Stories, edited by...
The two Brahmans (in "Stories from the East")
This is one of the three stories from "Stories from the East". It depicts the South Asian background, taking place in South India and Sri Lanka. In Spanish they have the title "Otras Historias Orientales"...
Pearls and Swine (in "Stories from the East")
This is one of the three stories from "Stories from the East". It depicts the South Asian background, taking place in South India and Sri Lanka. In Spanish they have the title "Otras Historias...
A Tale Told by Moonlight (In "Stories from the East")
This is one of the three stories from "Stories from the East". It depicts the South Asian background, taking place in South India and Sri Lanka. In Spanish they have the title "Otras Historias Orientales"...