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Well-Known Short Stories - Page 2

A scattering of famous individual stories. One per author barring accident (the Gift of the Magi is the gift that gives twice). I haven't read them all myself.
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A Haunted House and Other Short Stories
A Haunted House and Other Short Stories
42
Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway)
Hills Like White Elephants
Ernest Hemingway
43
I Stand Here Ironing (Tillie Olsen)
I Stand Here Ironing
Tillie Olsen
44
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country (William H. Gass)
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country
William H. Gass
45
The Indian Uprising (Donald Barthelme)
The Indian Uprising
Donald Barthelme
46
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
47
A Jury of Her Peers (Susan Glaspell)
A Jury of Her Peers
Susan Glaspell
48
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy)
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
Leo Tolstoy
49
The Lady or the Tiger? (Frank R. Stockton)
The Lady or the Tiger?
Frank R. Stockton
50
The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories (Anton Chekhov)
The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories
Anton Chekhov
51
The Landlady (Roald Dahl)
The Landlady
Roald Dahl
52
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories
Washington Irving
53
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
54
The Machine Stops (E.M. Forster)
The Machine Stops
E.M. Forster
55
The Magic Barrel
The Magic Barrel
56
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (Mark Twain)
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Mark Twain
57
The Man Who Would Be King (Rudyard Kipling)
The Man Who Would Be King
Rudyard Kipling
58
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
59
The Mezzotint (M.R. James)
The Mezzotint
M.R. James
60
The Minority Report (Philip K. Dick)
The Minority Report
Philip K. Dick
61
The Necklace (Guy De Maupassant)
The Necklace
Guy De Maupassant
62
The Night the Bed Fell (James Thurber)
The Night the Bed Fell
James Thurber
63
Nightfall (Isaac Asimov)
Nightfall
Isaac Asimov
64
The Nose (Nikolai Gogol)
The Nose
Nikolai Gogol
65
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
Ursula K Le Guin
66
A Perfect Day for Bananafish (J.D. Salinger)
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
J.D. Salinger
67
Pierre Menard, Autor De Quixote (Jorge Luis Borges)
Pierre Menard, Autor De Quixote
Jorge Luis Borges
68
The Queen of Spades (Alexander Pushkin)
The Queen of Spades
Alexander Pushkin
69
Rain (W. Somerset Maugham)
Rain
W. Somerset Maugham
70
Rock Springs (Richard Ford)
Rock Springs
Richard Ford
71
The Rocking-Horse Winner (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rocking-Horse Winner
D.H. Lawrence
72
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
William Faulkner
73
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
Alice Munro
74
The Secret Sharer
The Secret Sharer
75
The Shawl (Cynthia Ozick)
The Shawl
Cynthia Ozick
76
Shooting an Elephant (George Orwell)
Shooting an Elephant
George Orwell
77
The Story of an Hour (Kate Chopin)
The Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin
78
Story of Your Life (Ted Chiang)
Story of Your Life
Ted Chiang
79
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
80
The Swimmer
The Swimmer
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