A group of nine short stories written in the 1800's about frontier life.

"An excitement and a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny...The wildly talented Adjei-Brenyah has made these edgy tales immensely charming, via his resolute, heartful, immensely likeable narrators, capable of seeing the world as blessed and cursed at once." -- George Saunders "This book is dark and captivating and essential...A call to arms and a condemnation. Adjei-Brenyah offers powerful prose as parable. The writing in this outstanding collection...

Mortal Coils Aldous Huxley - Mortal Coils is a collection of five short fictional pieces written by Aldous Huxley in 1921. As a Hollywood screenwriter Huxley used much of his earnings to bring Jewish and left-wing writer and artist refugees from Hitler's Germany to the US. He worked for many of the major studios including MGM and Disney. In 1953, Huxley and Maria applied for United States citizenship. When Huxley refused to bear arms for the U.S....

"Short Fiction Prize-winning collection of short stories that use science fiction to explore immigration, diaspora, and the concept of otherness"--

First published in the 1905 edition of "Harper's Bazaar", "Eve's Diary" is a short story written by Mark Twain. Presented in the style of a diary, it recounts the experiences of Eve including her time in the Garden of Eden and her expulsion with Adam. A lovely short comical tale of which is believed to have been a posthumous love letter to Twain's wife. Illustrated beautifully by Lester Ralph. Contents include: "Eve's Diary", "Extract from Adam's...

A satirical collection of letters to the great voices of literary history, from Herodotus to Jane Austen, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, and more. The Scottish poet and scholar Andrew Lang took a novel approach to literary criticism when he chose to address his comments to authors who could no longer receive them. Beyond both flattery and insult, dead authors proved the ideal subject for the unmitigated honesty of Lang's assessments. First published...

"Early or not, these stories are masterly examples of Wodehouse's art, turning the most ordinary incidents into golden farce." -- Book jacket.

Extrait : "Le vieil homme s'efforça de regarder ses souliers cirés, et les plis que formait, aux genoux, son pantalon clair trop longtemps laissé dans l'armoire. Il réunit les mollets, se tint moins courbe, donna, son gilet bien tiré, une chiquenaude à sa cravate folle, et dit tout haut." À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN : Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de grands classiques de la littérature ainsi que des livres...

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Table of Contents: The Voice Of The City The Making Of A New Yorker A Retrieved Reformation The Cop And The Anthem The Duplicity Of Hargraves The Gift Of The Magi The Last Leaf The Ransom Of Red Chief The Skylight Room The Trimmed Lamp The Whirligig Of Life A Harlem Tragedy Biography of O. Henry The Gift of the Magi is a story about a young couple, who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. The Cop and the Anthem...