The finest champagne, dry and light, ever decanted into a book, are these 16 short stories, including: EsmE; Tobermory; Mrs. Packeltide's Tiger; Sredni Vashtar; The Easter Egg; The Open Window and others.

The Saki Megapack assembles no less than 140 works by H.H. Munro, who also wrote under the name "Saki." Munro influenced such later talents as P.G. Wodehouse. Included in this volume are both of Munro's novels, THE UNBEARABLE BASINGTON and WHEN WILLIAM CAME, plus the short story collections THE CHRONICLES OF CLOVIS, THE TOYS OF PEACE, REGINALD, REGINALD IN RUSSIA, and BEASTS AND SUPERBEASTS. In addition, 5 rare stories are also added, "Clovis on the Alleged Romance of Business," "The Comme...

INTPs are brilliant and always think outside the box, are highly observant and not interested in routine. In this book you will find seven short stories specially selected to please the tastes of the INTP. These are stories by renowned authors that will surely bring reflections, insights and fun to people with this kind of personality. This book contains: - The Interlopers by Saki. - Meditations: Book Three by Marcus Aurelius. - The Disintegration Machine by Arthur Conan Doyle. - The Music...

The ability to produce humor and laughter is one of the things that makes us human. Humor implies a complex knowledge of the world and the ability to interpret reality in multiple layers. That said, it is not surprising that many authors have chosen humorous fiction to convey their message. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that use humor to reach and entertain the reader: - A Burlesque Autobiography by Mark Twain - Luck by Mark Twain - The Death of a Government Clerk by ...

Ahmet Unal CAM, O. HENRY, FRANK STOCKTON, KATE CHOPIN, HH MUNRO (SAKI), NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, AMBROSE BIERCE, ANTON CHEKHOV, O. HENRY, ARABIAN NIGHTS, ARABIAN NIGHTS“ A Mother’s Day Story “Best Short Stories1ContentsA Mother’s Day StoryWitches’ BreadWoman or Tiger? Desiree’s BabyThe Open Window The Haunted Mind The Hanging in a HouseDeath of a Government Official The Furnished RoomThe Tale of Aladdin; or the Wonderful L...

Uno dei maestri della narrativa breve in lingua inglese del primo Novecento è senz’altro lo scozzese Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916). Nato in Birmania da una famiglia di funzionari dell’Impero britannico, dopo una breve esperienza nella polizia birmana, tornò in Inghilterra e intraprese il mestiere di giornalista e scrittore. A partire dal 1899 fino al 1914 pubblicò i suoi racconti brevi satirici – a volte caratterizzati da una sottile vena d’inquietante crudeltà – su diversi quotidiani ingl...

The Greatest Christmas Stories of All Time is a treasury of short fiction by great writers of the past two centuries — from Dickens, Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy to Willa Cather, Damon Runyon and Beatrix Potter. As a literary subject, Christmas has inspired everything from intimate domestic dramas to fanciful flights of the imagination, and the full range of its expression is represented in this wonderfully engaging anthology.

Friendship between man and horse is one of the pillars of civilization. Retired from most of his functions of transport and heavy work, today the horse is an animal companion - and is even used as a therapeutic tool in health treatments - and a classic partner of sports. In this book, the critic August Nemo has selected seven short stories that talk about the intimate relationship between man and horse. This book contains: - Chu Chu by Bret Harte. - The Doctor's Horse by Mary E. Wilkins Fr...

Anton ChekhovH.H. Munro (SAKI)HP LovecraftBjørnstjerne BjørnsonStephen LeacockSherwood AndersonO. HenryAmbrose BierceMatsuo BashoJames JoyceEdted by Ahmet Ünal ÇAM

About this AudiobookCover Design by David Earl DeWitt | ZacaPublishing.com-Step into the shadows with Horror Tales from Dennis Delaney StoryTeller Theatre, a chilling 16-story audio collection. Featuring the atmospheric narration of Dennis Edward Delaney and guest narrator Carol Rochon, this masterfully curated anthology spans over a century of terror, from Edgar Allan Poe to modern chilling originals.-Featured Mas...

The Contrast, written in 1787 by Royall Tyler, is an American play in the tradition of the English Restoration comedies of the seventeenth century; it takes its cue from Sheridan's The School for Scandal, a British comedy of manners that had revived that tradition a decade before. Royall uses the form to satirize Americans who follow British fashions and indulge in 'British vices'. Thus, the play is often concerned with portraying the contrast between European and American culture....

This audiobook collection features some of the most classic stories of Nature Against Mankind: When things that crawl, fly, swim, and bite attack to rid the world of ... US!Read by Kennedy Center Award Winning Actor Dennis Edward DelaneyThe Authors: Robert E Howard, John R Craddock, George G Toudouze, Carl Stevenson, HH Munro, HG Wells, Daphne du Maurier & others ...This Audiobook contains Public Domain and Copyrighted Source Material - Cover Design by David...