Books like William Faulkner, the short story career by Hans H. Skei

A curated set of thirteen William Faulkner short stories from 1930 to 1955, illustrating his experimental prose, nonlinear narratives and Southern themes of class conflict and tradition.

A collection of Henry James’s short fiction, including "The Last of the Valerii," "The Real Thing," "The Lesson of the Master," and "Daisy Miller."

This ambitious work traces a social history of semicolonialism in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century China. It takes as its central concern the intertwining of two antagonistic forces: elite constructions of modernity shaped globally, and an alternate line of peasant resistance and development. The author's specific project is to unravel the multiple strands of the semicolonial process and thereby the dominant and alternative histories it embodied. In emphasizing semicolonialism as a structural context shaping events, the book opens up a pivotal but silent area in the history of modern China. In confronting the development of capitalism as a historical phenomenon and suggesting that its consequences for land and labor on a global scale need greater theoretical and historical scrutiny, the book forces a new understanding of China's modernity.

A comprehensive guide that analyzes every one of William Faulkner’s 71 short stories—published, unpublished, and those not incorporated into novels—highlighting their literary importance and the author's mastery of the short‑fiction form.