Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 9

This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains:- John Galsworthy:The First and LastA StoicThe Apple TreeThe JurymanIndian Summer of a ForsyteThe HedonistButtercup Night- Theophile Gautier:ClarimondeThe Mummy's FootOne Of Cleopatra's NightOmphale: A Rococo StoryKing CandaulesArria MarcellaThe Romance of a Mummy- Paul Heyse:The Dead LakeDoomedBeatriceBeginning, and EndL'Arrabiata!Count Ernest's HomeBlind- Selma Lagerlof:The Holy NightThe Emperor's VisionThe Wise Men's WellBethlehem's ChildrenThe Flight Into EgyptIn NazarethIn The Temple- Thomas Burke:The Chink and the ChildThe Father of YotoGracie GoodnightThe PawThe CueBeryl, the Croucher and the Rest of EnglandThe Sign of the Lamp- E. Nesbit:The Ebony FrameJohn Charrington's WeddingUncle Abraham's RomanceThe Mystery Of The Semi-DetachedFrom The DeadMan-Size In MarbleThe Mass For The Dead- Arthur Morrison:That Brute SimmosA Poor StickBehind the ShadeTo Bow BridgesA ConversationAll That MessuageThree Hounds- Stacy Aumonier:A Source of IrritationWhere Was Wych Street?Burney's LaughThe Chinese Philosopher and the European WarCricketGeorge'Solemn-Looking Blokes'