7 best short stories - Christmas
7 best short stories - Christmas

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-05-12

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 3968586832

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Christmas brings out the best of us, our best intentions and willingness to share with others. The writers also participate in this climate of generosity and offered us with great tales that have become classics in the imaginary of Christmas. Critic August Nemo selected seven Christmas tales for you to enjoy and read in the family: - The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen - The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Christmas Jenny by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - The Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke - Merry Christmas by Stephen Leacock - Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

7 best short stories by William Dean Howells
7 best short stories by William Dean Howells

Author: William Dean Howells

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 3968583442

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Considered "The Dean of American Letters," Willian Dean Howells has broad range of works appealing to young and old. His writing style favored naturalism, in which he related his characters' observations in a seemingly casual and endearing manner by embracing their imperfections. In these seven short stories selected by the critic August Nemo you will know a little more of this important American author.Christmas Every Day The Pumpkin-GloryButterflyflutterby and FlutterbybutterflyCity and Country in the Fall, A Long-distance EclogueA Case Of Metaphantasmia An ExperienceA Pair Of Patient Lovers

7 best short stories by Louisa May Alcott
7 best short stories by Louisa May Alcott

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-05-14

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 3967247511

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Discover the magic and genius of Louisa May Alcott through seven carefully selected classic tales! Known for the iconic "Little Women," Alcott left behind an impressive literary legacy, crafting over 30 novels and a hundred captivating stories. Dive into tales like "A Modern Cinderella," "An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving," and more, perfect for passionate fans and newcomers alike about to be enchanted by Alcott's compelling storytelling. An unmissable read for all lovers of great stories! This book contains the following stories: - A Modern Cinderella; - My Red Cap; - A Christmas Dream, and How it Came to Be True; - An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving; - Aunt Kipp; - Rosy's Journey; - The Brothers.

7 best short stories by Stephen Leacock
7 best short stories by Stephen Leacock

Author: Stephen Leacock

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 3968589947

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Stephen Leacock sees the comic of social situations. His writing exposes the incongruity between appearance and reality in human conduct, and his work is characterized by the invention of lively comic situations. Through this seven specially selected short stories you can meet and have fun with this author: - My Financial Career - Merry Christmas - How to Make a Million Dollars - How to Live to be 200 - How to Avoid Getting Married - Aristocratic Education - Self-Made Men

7 best short stories by Charles Dickens
7 best short stories by Charles Dickens

Author: Charles Williams

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-05-14

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 3967244644

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Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to the english author Charles Dickens. Charles Dickenswas an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read toda Works selected for this book: - A Child's Dream of a Star; - Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn; - Nobody's Story; - The Child's Story; - The Magic Fishbone; - What Christmas is As We Grow Older; - The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain.

7 best short stories by Washington Irving
7 best short stories by Washington Irving

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-05-10

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 3968584902

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He was the greatest American writer of his time: mentor to Poe, Dickens, and Hawthorne, his country's first professional author, and a writer of uniqely American ghost stories about growth, change, and identity. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Rip Van Winkle - The Devil and Tom Walker - Christmas - Guest from Gibbet Island - The Legend of the Engulphed Convent - The Adventure of my Uncle

7 best short stories by Leo Tolstoy
7 best short stories by Leo Tolstoy

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-05-14

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 396799872X

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Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian author best known for his novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina which are considered to be the greatest novels of realist fiction. Tolstoy is also regarded as world's best novelist by many. In addition to writing novels, Tolstoy also authored short stories, essays and plays. Also a moral thinker and a social reformer, Tolstoy held severe moralistic views. In later life, he became a fervent Christian anarchist and anarcho-pacifist. His non-violent resistance approach towards life has been expressed in his works such as The Kingdom of God is Within You, which is known to have a profound effect on important 20th century figures, particularly, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas GandIn this anthology the critic August Nemo presents seven short stories that bring the most emblematic elements of the style of this important author:God Sees the Truth, But WaitsPapa Panov's Special Christmas Three QuestionsWork, Death and Sickness A LegendHow Much Land Does a Man Needs?The Death of Ivan IlyichAlyosha the Pot

7 Best Short Stories by Ruth McEnery Stuart
7 Best Short Stories by Ruth McEnery Stuart

Author: Ruth McEnery Stuart

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 8577771660

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Ruth McEnery Stuart was among the best known and most popular of nineteenth-century Louisiana writers. She was, both financially and critically, one of the most successful fiction writers of her time, and in recent years has been studied by feminist and social literary critics. This selection chosen by the critic August Nemo contains the following stories: - Sonny's Christenin' - Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets - The Two Tims - Old Easter - Saint Idyl's Light - Little Mother Quackalina - Blink

7 Best Short Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
7 Best Short Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Author: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2019-02-27

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 8577770915

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Through her different genres of work including children's stories, poems, and short stories, Mary Wilkins Freeman sought to demonstrate her values as a feminist. During the time which she was writing, she did this in nonconventional ways; for example, she diverged from making her female characters weak and in need of help which was a common trope in literature. Come and enjoy the seven selected short stories of this author. A New England Nun Ann Mary; Her Two Thanksgivings Luella Miller Little-Girl-Afraid-of-a-Dog Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas The Gospel According To Joan The Revolt of "Mother"

7 Best Short Stories by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
7 Best Short Stories by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Author: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2019-08-28

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 8577774155

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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for his literary criticism and short stories. With his vast number of short stories, Q shows his dynamic range of style and creativity with tales of the supernatural, Viking tales, satires, historical fiction, romantic adventures, tales of heroic swashbuckling, mystery and crime fiction, and sea-going adventures. The critic August Nemo has selected seven short stories by this author for your appreciation: - I Saw Three Ships. - The Haunted Dragoon. - A Blue Pantomime. - The Two Householders. - The Disenchantment of 'Lizabeth. - The Laird's Luck. - Captain Dick and Captain Jacka.