The Necklace is a short story by Guy de Maupassant, first published on 17 February 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois. It is known for its twist ending, a hallmark of de Maupassant’s style. ENJOY! She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was unhappy as if she had really fallen…
CHAPTER I – HOW MRS. LIRRIPER CARRIED ON THE BUSINESS Whoever would begin to be worried with letting Lodgings that wasn’t a lone woman with a living to get is a thing inconceivable to me, my dear; excuse the familiarity, but it comes natural to me in my own little room, when wishing to open…
The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs first appeared in Harper’s Monthly in September, 1902… ENJOY! Summary: Mr. and Mrs. White, and their grown son, Herbert, are visited by Sergeant-Major Morris, a friend who served with the British Army in India. During dinner, he introduces them to a mummified monkey’s paw. He explains how an…
Yes we know, this is a long-ass story. but we just love it so much. Diamond as Big as the Ritz, too! Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Jelly-Bean First published in 1922 collection Tales of the Jazz Age, the story follows Jim Powell, a lazy but likable young man in…
First published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1890, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce. It is easily his most famous story, if not one of the most famous stories of all time. Notice how long the paragraphs are. Back then, whole paragraphs went one page or more. Part I A man…
Probably O’Henry’s most well-known story, The Gift of the Magi, originally published in the collection, The Four Million, published in 1906. O. Henry (1862–1910), the pseudonym of William Sydney Porter, was a prolific American short story writer known for his wit, wordplay, and unexpected plot twists, most famously in “The Gift of the Magi.” He…
Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir I heard the wagons rumbling past the garden fence, sometimes I even saw them through gently swaying gaps in the foliage. How the wood of their spokes and shafts creaked in the summer heat! Laborers were coming from the fields and laughing so that it was a scandal. I…
