Short Classics

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (1860 - 1935), gained much of her fame with lectures on women's issues, ethics, labor, human rights, and social reform. She often referred to these themes in her fiction. She is best remembered for her 1892 short story "The Yellow Wallpaper", which was based on her own bout with severe depression and misguided medical treatment.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels, and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents is a superb and varied collection of 15 of Wells' best stories, first published in 1894.

Contes du quotidien, les quatorze histoires réunies dans cet écrin conjuguent reviviscences d'enfance en Nouvelle-Zélande, échappées oniriques, portraits saisissants, émotions brutes et découverte de la mort et de ses avatars. Dans "Prélude", "Félicité", ou encore "Je ne parle pas français", le ressenti prend le pas sur l'action et se mettent à nu d'inquiétants rapports de force au sein même des relations les plus familières. Ce recueil a assis la réputation de Katherine Mansfield comme la plus grande virtuose de la nouvelle moderniste.

Darkness falls. The undead rise to feast on the succulent blood of the living. For years vampires have fascinated great writers of the occult such as De Maupassant, Count Stenbock, E Nesbit and EF Benson. This is The Story Circle's collection of some of their spine-chilling tales told by award-winning actors.

Strindberg, Tschechow, Schnitzler - Revolutionäre des modernen Dramas: Sie schlugen ein wie eine Bombe in die angestaubte Theaterwelt ihrer Zeit. Sie waren frech, sie waren klug, sie wollten das wahre Leben auf die Bühne bringen und lösten Theater-Revolutionen aus. Noch heute bereichern ihre Stücke die Spielpläne unserer Schauspielhäuser. Mit dabei: "Fräulein Julie" (Strindberg), "Die Möwe" (Tschechow), "Reigen" (Schnitzler).

Unknowingly, a man arrives on the anniversary of the “Great Tragedy” that led to his host having her large French window wide open onto the lawn on an October afternoon in the vain hope that her husband and brothers - whom he learns have been dead three years - will return through it. To his horror, the man shares in the terrors of the day.

Zehn Meisterwerke von weltberühmten Autoren versammeln sich in dieser Hörbuch-Box! Mit dabei: "Die Verwandlung" (F. Kafka), "Das Fräulein von Scuderi" (E. T. A. Hoffmann), "Der böse Knabe" (A. Tschechow), "Der Untergang der Carnatic" (A. J. Mordtmann), "Julie Romain" (G. de Maupassant), "Die schöne Wäscherin von Pontillon" (H. de Balzac), "Der Mann in Frauenkleidern" (G. Boccaccio), "Eine Geschichte aus Jerusalem" (S. Lagerlöf), "Die unsichtbare Sammlung" (S. Zweig), "Stationschef Fallmerayer" (J. Roth).

Ten classic public domain short stories offering a feminine perspective on work, written from 1868 to 1925 by an incredible lineup of authors. These works present an early and poignant perspective on the role of work in society and relationships and its effect on women.

A rich anthology of forty-five great stories by some of the most renowned storytellers in the world. Saki, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Barry Pain, Guy de Maupassant, M. R. James, A. J. Allan, Guy Boothby, Jerome K. Jerome and many more giants of the piterary world contribute to this collection of tiny tales which pack a huge punch.

Fans of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Good Omens - your wait is over! The next ridiculous sci-fi fantasy series from a snarky British guy is here! And now you can experience the complete Doomsayer Journeys Trilogy in one volume!

Eine wunderbare Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten aus vielen Jahrhunderten - vom 14. Jahrhundert bis in die Moderne! Mit dabei Meisterwerke von Boccaccio, Balzac, Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, de Maupassant, Tschechow, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack London, Joachim Ringelnatz und Wolfgang Borchert!

Ten classic short stories offering a feminine perspective on marriage written from 1891 to 1917 from such classic authors as Edith Wharton, O. Henry, Kate Chopin, Mark Twain, and others. These works present an early and poignant perspective on the institution of marriage, its role in society, and the personal beauty and pain that can be found within its bonds.

When Theophil Eshley, the bovine painter, is called upon by his neighbour Adela Pingsford to remove a stray ox from her garden things go inevitably and comically wrong. No oxen are harmed in the course of this story, but sadly the same cannot be said of assorted chrysanthemums, drawing rooms and egos.

Six more cases solved by Sherlock Holmes, including "The Adventure of the Three Students", "The Adventure of the Gold Pince-Nez", "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter", "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange", "The Adventure of the Second Stain", and "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge".

Selección de cuentos cortos clásicos de la literatura universal pensada para todo público.

"His Last Bow", the title story of this collection, tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. The Prime Minister himself requests Holmes's services to hunt down the remarkable German agent, Von Bork. Several of the detective's earlier cases complete the volume, including "Wisteria Lodge", "The Bruce-Partington Plans", and "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax".

This second volume of Orson Scott Card's five-volume anthology of short stories features seven tales exploring possible future scenarios for the human race. A fascistic government's capital punishment extends beyond death. Intellectually superior aliens from a doomed world choose Earth's dogs as their new vessels. Not-quite-human beings on an Earth wasted by biological warfare continously fight an enemy which has long been annihilated.

In this debut collection from C. S. E. Cooney, a swan princess hunted for her bones, a broken musician and his silver pipe, and a rat named Maurice bring justice to a town under fell enchantment. A gang of courageous kids confront both a plague-destroyed world and an afterlife infested with clowns but robbed of laughter. In an island city, the murder of a child unites two lovers, but vengeance will part them. Only human sacrifice will save a city trapped in ice and darkness.

A thoroughly engaging collection of classic short stories from some of the greatest writers who lived.

Our story begins in 1785 when a young seafarer, Captain Thornhill, disappears while visiting the shop of a barber in London, a certain Sweeney Todd whose shop in Fleet Street is situated by St. Dunstan's church, just round the corner from the famous and popular meat pie shop run by Mrs. Lovett. Thornhill was carrying a string of pearls as a gift for Johanna Oakley, the sweetheart of his friend Mark Ingestrie who is missing, presumed lost at sea.