Classic Short Stories

byAlphonse Daudet, Frank R. Stockton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sarah Orne Jewett, Edgar Allan Poe, Bret Harte, Guy de Maupassant, Thomas Hardy, O. Henry, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Willa Cather

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Theme. Death of the Dauphin / Alphonse Daudet Lady or the tiger? / Frank Stockton Artist of the beautiful / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Setting. White heron / Sarah Orne Jewett [Pit and the Pendulum](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273550W) / Edgar Allan Poe Outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte -- Plot. Piece of string / Guy de Maupassant To please his wife / Thomas Hardy Cop and the anthem / O. Henry -- Point of view. £1,000,000 bank note / Mark Twain Horseman in the sky / Ambrose Bierce Paul's case / Willa Cather -- Character. God sees the truth, but waits / Leo Tolstoy Man without a country / Edward Everett Hale Louisa / Mary Wilkins Freeman -- Tone. Fatal cradle / Wilkie Collins [Story of an hour](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W) / Kate Chopin Work of art / Anton Chekhov

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