Classic Short Stories

by Alphonse Daudet, Frank R. Stockton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sarah Orne Jewett, Edgar Allan Poe, Bret Harte, Guy de Maupassant, Thomas Hardy, O. Henry, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Willa Cather, Лев Толстой, Edward Everett Hale, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Wilkie Collins, Kate Chopin, Антон Павлович Чехов

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Theme.
Death of the Dauphin / Alphonse Daudet
Lady or the tiger? / Frank Stockton
Artist of the beautiful / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
Setting.
White heron / Sarah Orne Jewett
Pit and the Pendulum / Edgar Allan Poe
Outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte --
Plot.
Piece of string / Guy de Maupassant
To please his wife / Thomas Hardy
Cop and the anthem / O. Henry --
Point of view.
£1,000,000 bank note / Mark Twain
Horseman in the sky / Ambrose Bierce
Paul's case / Willa Cather --
Character.
God sees the truth, but waits / Leo Tolstoy
Man without a country / Edward Everett Hale
Louisa / Mary Wilkins Freeman --
Tone.
Fatal cradle / Wilkie Collins
Story of an hour / Kate Chopin
Work of art / Anton Chekhov