Author: A Selection
Publisher: Jaico
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 316
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8124200904
Description
Arranged in alphabetical sequence of authors this book displays wide range and rare collection of authors and a must book for all. This volume carries 19 short and long stories.
The Great Long and Short Stories by Alexandre Dumes, Alphonse Daudet, Edgar Allen Poe, Emile Zola, Earnest Hemingway, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Guy de Maupassant, Herman Melville, Jack London, Joseph Conard is a unique attempt. The concept of 'Light Literature' is a fairly modern one and was not invented till the middle of the eighteenth century.
Contents
Zodomirsky's Duel
The Siege of Berlin
The Mystery of Marie Roget
The Maid of the Dauber
In a\Another Country
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Simon's Papa
The Diamond Necklace
The False Gem
The Mad Woman
The Story of a Farm Girl
Two Little Soldiers
Poor Man's Pudding and Rich Man's Crumbs
The Bell-Tower
The Two Temples
Love of Life
The Law of Life
The Lagoon