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A Book of Short Stories brings together a curated selection of early American and English tales, including Washington Irving’s "Rip Van Winkle," Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Minister’s Black Veil," Edgar Allan Poe’s "Fall of the House of Usher," Charles Dickens’s "The Signalman," and works by Frank Stockton, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir James Matthew Barrie, O. Henry, and Rudyard Kipling. The collection traverses a range of moods—from Gothic dread and horror to witty and humanly poignant narratives—offering readers a diverse snapshot of classic short‑form literature.
First publish date: 1914
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Stuart Pratt Sherman
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