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:- Émile Zola:- Captain BurleThe Miller's DaughterJean Gourdon's Four DaysThe Fete At CoquevilleThe FloodDeath of Olivier BecailleNana- Stewart Edward White:The Girl Who Got RattledBilly's TenderfootThe River-BossThe Saving GraceThe Strange Ride of Morrowbie JukesThe Girl in RedThe Fifth Way- Sarah Orne Jewett:A Winter CourtshipGoing to ShrewsburyThe White Rose RoadThe Town PoorA Native of WinbyLooking Back on GirlhoodThe Passing of Sister Barsett- Willa CatherA Burglar's ChristmasA Wagner MatineeOn the Gull's RoadPaul's CaseThe Enchanted BluffThe NamesakeThe Garden Lodge- George AdeThe Fable of the Preacher Who Flew His Kite, But Not Because He Wished to Do SoThe Fable of the Two Mandolin Players and His Willing PerformerThe Fable of the Parents Who Tinkered with the OffspringThe Fable of the Man Who Didn't Care for StorybooksThe Fable of the Kid Who Shifted His IdealThe Fable of How Uncle Brewster was Too Shifty for the TempterThe Fable of Lutie, the False Alarm, and How She Finished about the Time that She Started- Robert W. Chambers:The MessengerThe Repairer of ReputationsThe Purple EmperorPasseurThe Key to GriefA Matter of InterestPompe Funèbre- George GissingThe House Of CobwebsA CapitalistChristophersonHumplebeeThe Scrupulous FatherA Poor GentlemanMiss Rodney's Leisure- Lord Dunsany:Chu-Bu and SheemishThe Hoard of the GibbelinsThe Quest of the Queen's TearsHow One Came, As Was Foretold, To The City Of NeverThe Wonderful WindowThe Bride Of The Man HorseThe House Of The Sphinx- Ruth McEnery Stuart:Sonny's Christenin'Solomon Crow's Christmas PocketsThe Two TimsOld EasterSaint Idyl's LightLittle Mother QuackalinaBlink- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson:The Railroad and the ChurchyardThe FatherThe Bridal MarchOne DayMother's HandsThrondAbsalom's Hair