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Anderson, Sherwood
*Hands (1919)
by Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)
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*I Want To Know Why (1921)
by Sherwood Anderson, (1876-1941)
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Andreyev, Leonid
*On The Day Of The Crucifixion (1902)
by Leonid Andreyev, (1871-1919)
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Babel, Isaac
*The Death of Dolgushov (1924)
by Isaac Babel, (1894-1941)
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Balzac, Honore de
*The Atheist's Mass (1836)
by Honore de Balzac, (1799-1850)
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*A Passion in the Desert (1832)
by Honore de Balzac,
(1799-1850)
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Bierce, Ambrose
*An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1891)
by Ambrose Bierce,
(1842-1914?)
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*The Damned Thing (1898)
by Ambrose Bierce, (1842-1914?)
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Borges, Jorge Luis
*The Library of Babel (1941)
by Jorge Luis Borges, (1899-1986)
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*The Man on the Threshold (1949)
by Jorge Luis Borges, (1899-1986)
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Cather, Willa
*On the Divide (1896)
by Willa Cather (1875-1947)
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*Paul's Case (1905)
by Willa Cather, (1873-1947)
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*The Sculptor's Funeral (1905)
by Willa Cather,
(1873-1947)
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Chekhov, Anton
*The Death of a Government Clerk (1883)
by Anton Chekhov,
(1860-1904)
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*Gusev (1890)
by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
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*The Huntsman (1885)
by Anton Chekhov, (1860-1904)
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*A Malefactor (1885)
by Anton Chekhov, (1860-1904)
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Chesnutt, Charles W.
*Baxter's Procrustes (1904)
by Charles W. Chesnutt, (1858-1932)
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*The March of Progress (1901)
by Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932)
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Chopin, Kate
*Madame Celestin's Divorce (1894)
by Kate Chopin (1851-1904)
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*The Story of an Hour (1891)
by Kate Chopin, (1851-1904)
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Conrad, Joseph
*The Informer (1906)
by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
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*The Lagoon (1898)
by Joseph Conrad, (1857-1924)
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Crane, Stephen
*The Blue Hotel (1898)
by Stephen Crane, (1871-1900)
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*The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (1895)
by Stephen
Crane, (1871-1900)
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*The Open Boat (1897)
by Stephen Crane, (1871-1900)
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Dahl, Roald
*Lamb to the Slaughter (1953)
by Roald Dahl, (1916-1990)
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D'Annuncio, Gabriele
*San Pantaleone (1886)
by Gabriele DŽAnnunzio (1863-1938)
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Dickens, Charles
*The Schoolboy's Story (1853)
by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
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DuBois, W. E. B.
*On Being Crazy (1907)
by W. E. B. DuBois, (1868-1963)
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Faulkner, William
*A Rose For Emily (1930)
by William Faulkner, (1897-1962)
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*That Evening Sun Go Down (1931)
by William Faulkner,
(1897-1962)
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott
*Head and Shoulders (1920)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald, (1896-1940)
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*Winter Dreams (1926)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald, (1896-1940)
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Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins
*Emancipation (1915)
by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, (1852-1930)
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*A New England Nun (1891)
by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, (1852-1930)
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Gogol, Nikolai
*The Calash (1835)
by Nikolai Gogol, (1809-1852)
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*The Nose (1836)
by Nikolai Gogol, (1809-1852)
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Gordimer, Nadine
*Africa Emergent (1971)
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Nadine Gordimer, (1923-)
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Harte, Bret
*The Idyll of Red Gulch (1870)
by Bret Harte (1836-1902)
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*The Luck of Roaring Camp (1892)
by Bret Harte, (1836-1902)
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*The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1869)
by Bret Harte,
(1836-1902)
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel
*The Ambitious Guest (1835)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, (1804-1864)
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*The Man of Adamant (1837)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
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*Young Goodman Brown (1835)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne,
(1804-1864)
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Hearn, Lafcadio
*Yuki-onna (1904)
by Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo), (1850-1904)
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Hemingway, Ernest
*A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (1933)
by Ernest Hemingway, (1899-1961)
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*Hills Like White Elephants (1927)
by Ernest Hemingway, (1899-1961)
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*Soldier's Home (1925)
by Ernest Hemingway, (1899-1961)
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Henry, O.
*The Last Leaf (1910)
by O. Henry, (1862-1910)
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*The Ransom of Red Chief (1912)
by O. Henry, (1862-1910)
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Hesse, Herman
*A Man by the Name of Ziegler (1908)
by Hermann Hesse, (1877-1962)
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Hurston, Zora Neale
*The Gilded Six-Bits (1933)
by Zora Neale Hurston, (1891-1960)
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*Sweat (1926)
by Zora Neale Hurston, (1891-1960)
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Irving, Washington
*Rip Van Winkle (1819)
by Washington Irving (1783-1859)
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Jackson, Shirley
*The Lottery (1948)
by Shirley Jackson, (1919-1965)
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Jacobsen, Jens Peter
*The Plague in Bergamo (1882)
by Jens Peter Jacobsen, (1847-1885)
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James, Henry
*The Real Thing (1893)
by Henry James, (1843-1916)
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*The Story In It (1902)
by Henry James (1843-1916)
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Jewett, Sarah Orne
*The Flight of Betsey Lane (1893)
by Sarah Orne Jewett,
(1849-1909)
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*A White Heron (1886)
by Sarah Orne Jewett, (1849-1909)
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Joyce, James
*Araby (1914)
by James Joyce, (1882-1941)
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*A Little Cloud (1914)
by James Joyce, (1882-1941)
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*The Sisters (1914)
by James Joyce (1882-1941)
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Kipling, Rudyard
*On the City Wall (1888)
by Rudyard Kipling, (1865-1936)
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*Wee Willie Winkie (1888)
by Rudyard Kipling,
(1865-1936)
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Lardner, Ring
*The Golden Honeymoon (1922)
by Ring Lardner, (1885-1933)
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*Haircut (1925)
by Ring Lardner,
(1885-1933)
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Lawrence, D. H.
*Monkey Nuts (1922)
by D. H. Lawrence, (1885-1930)
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*Rocking-Horse Winner (1933)
by D. H. Lawrence,
(1885-1930)
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Laxness, Halldor
*New Iceland (1927)
by Halldor Laxness, (1902-1998)
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London, Jack
*All Gold Canyon (1905)
by Jack London, (1876-1916)
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*South of the Slot (1909)
by Jack London, (1876-1916)
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*To Build a Fire (1910)
by Jack London, (1876-1916)
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Mansfield, Katherine
*Marriage a la Mode (1922)
by Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
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Lu Hsun
*Tomorrow (1920)
by Lu Hsun (1881-1936)
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Marquez, Gabriel Garcia
*Eyes of a Blue Dog (1950)
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, (1928-
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*A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (1955)
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, (1928-)
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Maupassant, Guy de
*Legend of Mont St. Michel (1882)
by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
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*The Maison Tellier (1881)
by Guy de Maupassant, (1850-1893)
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*The Necklace (1885)
by Guy de Maupassant, (1850-1893)
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McCullers, Carson
*A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. (1942)
by Carson McCullers, (1917-1968)
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Melville, Herman
*Bartleby the Scrivener (1853)
by Herman Melville (1819-1891)
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Nabokov, Vladimir
*First Love (1948)
by Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)
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Norris, Frank
*A Deal in Wheat (1902)
by Frank Norris, (1870-1902)
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O'Connor, Flannery
*A Good Man is Hard to Find (1955)
by Flannery O'Connor,
(1925-1964)
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*Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965)
by Flannery O'Connor, (1925-1964)
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*Greenleaf (1957)
by Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
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O'Connor, Frank
*First Confession (1951)
by Frank O'Connor, (1903-1966)
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*My Oedipus Complex (1930)
by Frank O'Connor (1903-1966)
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Poe, Edgar Allen
*The Cask of Amontillado (1846)
by Edgar Allen Poe,
(1809-1849)
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*The Gold Bug (1843)
by Edgar Allen Poe, (1809-1849)
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Pushkin, Alexander
*The Shot (1830)
by Alexander Pushkin, (1799-1837)
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*The Stationmaster (1830)
by Alexander Pushkin, (1799-1837)
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Quiroga, Horacio
*The Feather Pillow (1907)
by Horacio Quiroga, (1878-1937)
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Saki (H. H. Munro)
*The Open Window (1914)
by Saki (H. H. Munro), (1870-1916)
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Shelley, Mary W.
*The Mortal Immortal (1833)
by Mary W. Shelley (1797-1851)
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Steinbeck, John
*The Chrysanthemums (1938)
by John Steinbeck, (1902-1968)
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
*Markheim (1886)
by Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850-1894)
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Stoker, Bram
*Dracula's Guest (1914)
by Bram Stoker (1847-1912)
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*The Red Stockade (1894)
by Bram Stoker, (1847-1912)
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher
*Miss Asphyxia (1869)
by Harriet Beecher Stowe, (1811-1896)
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Tagore, Rabindranath
*The Hungry Stones (1916)
by Rabindranath Tagore, (1861-1941)
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Thomas, Dylan
*A Child's Christmas in Wales (1950)
by Dylan Thomas,
(1914-1953)
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Thurber, James
*The Catbird Seat (1942)
by James Thurber, (1894-1961)
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*The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1942)
by James Thurber (1894-1961)
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Tolstoy, Leo
*Alyosha the Pot (1905)
by Leo Tolstoy,
(1828-1910)
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*There Are No Guilty People (1909)
by Leo Tolstoy, (1828-1910)
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Turgenev, Ivan
*A Living Relic (1874)
by Ivan Turgenev, (1818-1883)
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*Yermolai and the Miller's Wife (1852)
by Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883)
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Twain, Mark
*Cannibalism in the Cars (1868)
by Mark Twain,
(1835-1910)
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*A Dog's Tale (1903)
by Mark Twain, (1835-1910)
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*A Medieval Romance (1870)
by Mark Twain, (1835-1910)
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Wells, H. G.
*The Door in the Wall (1901)
by H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
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*The Magic Shop (1903)
by H. G. Wells, (1866-1946)
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Welty, Eudora
*Powerhouse (1941)
by Eudora Welty, (1909-2001)
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*Why I Live at the P.O. (1941)
by Eudora Welty, (1909-2001)
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Williams, William Carlos
*The Use of Force (1950)
by William Carlos Williams,
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Woolf, Virginia
*An Unwritten Novel (1921)
by Virginia Woolf, (1882-1941)
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*The Duchess and the Jeweller (1938)
by Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
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*Kew Gardens (1943)
by Virginia Woolf, (1882-1941)
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Zamyatin, Evgeny
*The Lion (1935)
by Evgeny Zamyatin (1884-1937)
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