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The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel [en] (1919)
Orczy Description: Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. The book consists of eleven short s... |
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Old Christmas [en] (1819)
Irving Description: A collection of essays about Christmas. |
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The Spirit of Christmas [en] (1905)
van Dyke Description: A short story, an essay, a sermon and two prayers for Christmas. |
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Nibsy's Christmas [en] (1893)
Riis Description: A collection of 3 short stories about Christmas. |
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Christmas, and Poems on Slavery for Christmas [en] (1843)
Hill Description: A set of Christmas and antislavery poems published by Thomas Hill (1818-1891) for the Boston antislavery fair. Digitized by the Antislavery Literature Project. |
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Cheerful—By Request [en] (1918)
Ferber Description: A collection of 12 short stories. |
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Tales of Space and Time [en] (1900)
Wells Description: A collection of short stories: "The Crystal Egg", "The Star", "A Story of the Stone Age", "A Story of the Days to Come" & "The Man who could Work Miracles" |
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Buttered Side Down [en] (1912)
Ferber Description: From the Foreword: "And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever after." Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, and the glass slippers were worn out, did the Prince n... |
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The Hand of Fu-Manchu [en] (1917)
Rohmer Description: Third book in the Fu Manchu series: a collection of short stories about the adventures of Commissioner Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie in stopping Dr. Fu Manchu from becoming the ruler of th... |
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Atoms of Empire [en] (1904)
Hyne Description: The wandering Englishman, the atom of empire, at sundry ends of the earth is not always good company in the flesh, but in Mr. Cutcliffe Hyne's stories he is good company. For the reader is not in t... |
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American Fairy Tales [en] (1901)
Baum Description: 12 Fairy Tales from the author of the Wizard of Oz series of books. Inspired by Lang and the Brothers Grimm, Baum sought to create an American type of fairy tales, avoiding the usual violence and ... |
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The Chronicles of Clovis [en] (1911)
Saki Description: One of Saki's best-known works. A collection of satirical short stories featuring Clovis. |
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Beasts and Super-Beasts [en] (1914)
Saki Description: Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki (the literary pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro) and first published in 1914. Along with The Chronicles of Clovis, Beasts and ... |
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Tales of Three Hemispheres [en] (1920)
Lord Dunsany Description: Tales of Three Hemispheres is a collection of fantasy short stories by Lord Dunsany. The first edition was published in Boston by John W. Luce & Co. in November, 1919; the first British edition was... |
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Nouvelles Mille et une nuits [fr] (1882)
Stevenson Description: Pourquoi ce titre? Parce que chaque nouvelle, articulée en épisodes, de ce recueil, apporte quelque chose à l'histoire globale et l'enrichit, et que le narrateur, tel Shéhérazade, incite le lecteur... |
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Sketches by Boz [en] (1836)
Dickens Description: Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836. Dickens' career as a writer of fiction truly began with this collection in 1833, when he started writing humoro... |
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Tales of Wonder [en] (1916)
Lord Dunsany Description: The Last Book of Wonder, originally published as Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on t... |
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Fifty-One Tales [en] (1915)
Lord Dunsany Description: Fifty-One Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories by Irish writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. The f... |
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The Book of Wonder [en] (1912)
Lord Dunsany Description: The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft,... |
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A Dreamer's Tales [en] (1910)
Lord Dunsany Description: A Dreamer's Tales is the fifth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first publi... |