Author: Oscar Wilde
Hector Hugh Munro/D H Lawrence
Artiste/Contributor(: Joseph Conard / Charles Dickens
Publisher: Jaico
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 283
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8179922197
Description
This book is a compilation of classic short stories by five great British writers – Oscar Wilde, Hector Hugh Munro, D H Lawrence, Joseph Conrad and Charles Dickens. Though not necessarily representative of the authors’ complete works, the stories have been carefully chosen to showcase their versatility and skill as storytellers.
The collection covers an extraordinary range of themes, styles and settings, allowing the reader to get a glimpse of another world gone by. Yet, these stories seem timeless, and the characters in them show the same foibles, fears and hopes as people in the brave new world of the 21st century.
Contents
OSCAR WILDE
The Model Millionaire
The Happy Prince
The Nightingale and the Rose
The Selfish Giant
The Devoted Friend
HECTOR HUGH MUNRO
The Match-Maker
The Stampeding of Lady Bastable
Laura
The Boar- Pig
The Hen
Louise
Tea
The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh
D H LAWRENCE
Second Best
The Shades of spring
You Touched Me
JOSEPH CONRAD
An Anarchist
The Informer
I1 Conde
CHARLES DICKENS
A Christmas Tree
What Christmas Is As We Grow Older
The Poor Relation’s Story
The Child’s Story
The Schoolboy’s Story
Nobody’s Story