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Short-Stories
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154 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 4, 1916
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April 29, 2024
ENGLISH: Ten stories by seven different authors, five English-speaking (three American, two English), one French, and one Norwegian. I have not re-read the two stories by Edgar Allan Poe, as I have read them frequently and not so far ago. Stockton's story I have also skipped, as I've read it a very short time back. Here I'll comment the other seven stories by five authors. Of them, I had read (but now re-read) both stories by Stevenson, one by Hawthorne (The Birthmark), and Kipling's story. I hadn't read before those by Maupassant, Björnson and one by Hawthorne.
In my opinion, the best are the two stories by Edgar Allan Poe: "The Gold Bug" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." The next best are Stockton's "The griffin and the minor canon" and the two stories by Stevenson.
I have reviewed "The Birthmark" in my review of Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories.
ESPAÑOL: Diez cuentos de siete autores diferentes, cinco de habla inglesa (tres estadounidenses, dos ingleses), un francés y un noruego. No he releído los dos cuentos de Edgar Allan Poe, ya que los he leído a menudo y no hace tanto. También me he saltado el de Stockton, ya que lo leí hace muy poco. Aquí comentaré los otros siete cuentos de cinco autores. De ellos, ya había leído (y ahora he releído) los dos cuentos de Stevenson, uno de los de Hawthorne y el de Kipling. No había leído el de Maupassant, Björnson, y uno de los de Hawthorne.
En mi opinión, los mejores son los dos de Edgar Allan Poe: "El escarabajo de oro" y "La caída de la casa Usher". Los siguientes son "El grifo y el canónigo menor" de Stockton y los dos de Stevenson.
He reseñado "La marca de nacimiento" en mi reseña de Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories.
In my opinion, the best are the two stories by Edgar Allan Poe: "The Gold Bug" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." The next best are Stockton's "The griffin and the minor canon" and the two stories by Stevenson.
I have reviewed "The Birthmark" in my review of Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories.
ESPAÑOL: Diez cuentos de siete autores diferentes, cinco de habla inglesa (tres estadounidenses, dos ingleses), un francés y un noruego. No he releído los dos cuentos de Edgar Allan Poe, ya que los he leído a menudo y no hace tanto. También me he saltado el de Stockton, ya que lo leí hace muy poco. Aquí comentaré los otros siete cuentos de cinco autores. De ellos, ya había leído (y ahora he releído) los dos cuentos de Stevenson, uno de los de Hawthorne y el de Kipling. No había leído el de Maupassant, Björnson, y uno de los de Hawthorne.
En mi opinión, los mejores son los dos de Edgar Allan Poe: "El escarabajo de oro" y "La caída de la casa Usher". Los siguientes son "El grifo y el canónigo menor" de Stockton y los dos de Stevenson.
He reseñado "La marca de nacimiento" en mi reseña de Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories.
October 21, 2021
The classic short stories in this collected ordered from most-liked to least-liked:
1. The Gold Bug
2. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
3. THE PIECE OF STRING
4. THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANAAN
5. THE FATHER
6. THE BIRTHMARK
7. MARKHEIM
8. ETHAN BRAND
9. THE SIRE DE MALETROIT'S DOOR
10. THE MAN WHO WAS
1. The Gold Bug
2. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
3. THE PIECE OF STRING
4. THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANAAN
5. THE FATHER
6. THE BIRTHMARK
7. MARKHEIM
8. ETHAN BRAND
9. THE SIRE DE MALETROIT'S DOOR
10. THE MAN WHO WAS
February 14, 2022
OK 👌 listening 🔰😀
Ten will written short stories by ten different authors with information about the author and the writing of short stories. It was not what I expected, give it a try. Enjoy the adventure of reading 👓 or 🎶 listening to novels 🔰🏡🏰 2022
Ten will written short stories by ten different authors with information about the author and the writing of short stories. It was not what I expected, give it a try. Enjoy the adventure of reading 👓 or 🎶 listening to novels 🔰🏡🏰 2022
July 26, 2020
Good collection
A good collection of some of the suspense, mystery, thriller and horror stories from the greatest legends of the history of literature.
A good collection of some of the suspense, mystery, thriller and horror stories from the greatest legends of the history of literature.
May 30, 2022
Okay
The collection is good. Great collection of Amazing short stories but formatting could b..e better it would have made the book easier to read.
The collection is good. Great collection of Amazing short stories but formatting could b..e better it would have made the book easier to read.
January 24, 2023
THE FATHER. 1860. Björnstjerne Björnson.
THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANON. 1887. Frank R. Stockton.
THE PIECE OF STRING. 1884. Guy de Maupassant.
THE MAN WHO WAS. 1889. Rudyard Kipling.
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. 1839. Edgar Allan Poe.
THE GOLD-BUG. 1843. Edgar Allan Poe.
THE BIRTHMARK. 1843. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
ETHAN BRAND. 1848. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
THE SIRE DE MALÉTROIT'S DOOR. 1878. Robert Louis Stevenson.
MARKHEIM. 1884. Robert Louis Stevenson.
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THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANON. 1887. Frank R. Stockton.
THE PIECE OF STRING. 1884. Guy de Maupassant.
THE MAN WHO WAS. 1889. Rudyard Kipling.
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. 1839. Edgar Allan Poe.
THE GOLD-BUG. 1843. Edgar Allan Poe.
THE BIRTHMARK. 1843. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
ETHAN BRAND. 1848. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
THE SIRE DE MALÉTROIT'S DOOR. 1878. Robert Louis Stevenson.
MARKHEIM. 1884. Robert Louis Stevenson.
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