Thirteen Classic Short Stories

by Arthur Conan Doyle, James Joyce, Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

A collection of classic short stories written by some of the world's best-loved authors and giants of literature, this book contains some of the most popular short stories ever written. The Man Who Would be King by Rudyard Kipling The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Adventure of the Devil's Foot by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce The Minister's Black Veil: A Parable by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe To Build a Fire by Jack London Eve's Diary by Mark Twain The Dead by James Joyce The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Scarlet Stockings by Louisa May Alcott

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781537637075
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	09/14/2016
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

A prolific author of books, short stories, poetry, and more, the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for the creation of one of literature’s most vivid and enduring characters: Sherlock Holmes. Through detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction, Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step into the swirling fog of Victorian London to rescue the innocent, confound the guilty, and solve the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885