TY - GEN TI - Hundred greatest short stories : collectable edition SN - 9789388810548 U1 - 808.85 PY - 2022/// CY - New Delhi PB - Fingerprint Classics N1 - Contents AESOP 1. The Hare and the Tortoise 13 2. A Shepherd's Boy 14 3. The Lion in Love 15 4. The Mountains in Labour 16 AMBROSE BIERCE 5. A Man with Two Lives 19 6. The Boarded Window 22 ANTON CHEKHOV 7. The Death of a Government Clerk 29 8. The Looking Glass 33 9. Oh! The Public 38 10. The Lottery Ticket 43 11. A Chameleon 49 ARTHUR MACHEN 12. The Bowmen 55 ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH 13. The Omnibus 61 BJ0RNSTJERNE BJ0RNS0N 14. The Father 65 CHARLES DICKENS 15. A Child's Dream of a Star 71 16. The Noble Savage 75 17. Births. Mrs. Meek, of a Son 82 18. Prince Bull: A Fairy Tale 88 CONFUCIUS 19. A Story from Confucius 95 EDGAR ALLAN POE 20. The Tell-Tale Heart 99 21. Von Kempelen and His Discovery 105 22. Silence-A Fable 113 23. The Masque of the Red Death 117 24. The Imp of the Perverse 124 25. The Island of the Fay 131 FRANK STOCKTON 26. The Lady or the Tiger 139 FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY 27. The Heavenly Christmas Tree 147 28. The Peasant Marey 152 GEORGE ADE 29. The Fable of the Preacher Who Flew His Kite, But Not Because He Wished to Do So 159 GRACEJAMES 30. The Star Lovers 163 GUY DE MAUPASSANT 31. An Uncomfortable Bed 169 32. Two Friends 172 33. Two Little Soldiers 180 34. Father Milon 187 35. Lieutenant Lare's Marriage 194 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 36. The Wicked Prince 201 37. The Little Match Girl 204 38. Red Shoes 207 HG WELLS 39. The Red Room 215 H H MUNRO (SAKI) 40. The Open Window 227 41. Clovis on Parental Responsibilities 231 42. Mrs. Packletide's Tiger 235 43. The Music on the Hill 240 44. Down Pens 246 45. The Phantom Luncheon 251 HENRY VAN DYKE 46. A Handful of Clay 257 HP LOVECRAFT 47. Ex Oblivione 261 61. JACOB GRIMM WILHELM GRIMM LEO 48. The Children of Hamdn 265 JAMES JOYCE 65. 49. After the Race 269 50. Araby 276 LOUl KATE CHOPIN 51. The Story of an Hour 285 MA 52. The Night Came Slowly 288. 53. An Idle Fellow 290 54. The Kiss 292 55. A Pair of Silk Stockings 296 KATHERINE MANSFIELD 56. The Fly 303 57. Mr. and Mrs. Dove 309 MA 58. The Young Girl 318 59. Miss Brill 325 LAFCADIO HEARN 60. Yuki-Onna 333 LFRANKBAUM 61 . The Box of Robbers 339 62. The Enchanted Types 348 LEO TOLSTOY 63. Work, Death and Sickness 357 64. Elias 360 65. Three Questions 366 LOUISA MAY ALCOTT 66. Cousin Tribulation's Story 373 MARK TWAIN 67. Wit Inspirations of the Two-Year-Olds 377 68. The Five Boons of Life 381 69. A Fable 384 70. A Telephonic Conversation 387 71. Party Cries in Ireland 391 72. Concerning the American Language 393 MAXIM GORKY 73. Her Lover 399 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 74. Mrs. Bullfrog 407 75. Sunday at Home 415 OHENRY 76. The Cop and the Anthem 423 77. The Prisoner of Zembla 430 78. The Cactus 433 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES 79. A Visit to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Punsters 439 OSCAR WILDE 80. The Model Millionaire 449 81. The Nightingale and the Rose 455 82. The Sphinx Without a Secret 462 83. A Selfish Giant 468 RABINDRANATH TAGORE 84. Saved 475 85. The Cabuliwallah 479 86. My Fair Neighbour 488 87. The River Stairs 493 88. Raja and Rani 498 89. The Postmaster 502 90. Subha 509 RUDYARD KIPLING 91. How the Leopard Got His Spots 517 92. The Amir's Homily 523 93. The Butterfly That Stamped 527 STSEMYONOV 94. The Servant 539 STEPHEN LEACOCK 95. My Financial Career 547 96. The New Food 551 97. Borrowing a Match 553 98. The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones 555 VIRGINIA WOOLF 99. Solid Objects 559 100. A Haunted House 566 ER -