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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
41
Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway)
Hills Like White Elephants
42
Ernest Hemingway
I Stand Here Ironing (Tillie Olsen)
I Stand Here Ironing
43
Tillie Olsen
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country (William H. Gass)
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country
44
William H. Gass
The Indian Uprising (Donald Barthelme)
The Indian Uprising
45
Donald Barthelme
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
46
Amy Tan
A Jury of Her Peers (Susan Glaspell)
A Jury of Her Peers
47
Susan Glaspell
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy)
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
48
Leo Tolstoy
The Lady or the Tiger? (Frank R. Stockton)
The Lady or the Tiger?
49
Frank R. Stockton
The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories (Anton Chekhov)
The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories
50
Anton Chekhov
The Landlady (Roald Dahl)
The Landlady
51
Roald Dahl
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories
52
Washington Irving
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
53
Shirley Jackson
The Machine Stops (E.M. Forster)
The Machine Stops
54
E.M. Forster
The Magic Barrel
The Magic Barrel
55
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (Mark Twain)
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
56
Mark Twain
The Man Who Would Be King (Rudyard Kipling)
The Man Who Would Be King
57
Rudyard Kipling
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
58
Franz Kafka
The Mezzotint (M.R. James)
The Mezzotint
59
M.R. James
The Minority Report (Philip K. Dick)
The Minority Report
60
Philip K. Dick
The Necklace (Guy De Maupassant)
The Necklace
61
Guy De Maupassant
The Night the Bed Fell (James Thurber)
The Night the Bed Fell
62
James Thurber
Nightfall (Isaac Asimov)
Nightfall
63
Isaac Asimov
The Nose (Nikolai Gogol)
The Nose
64
Nikolai Gogol
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
65
Ursula K Le Guin
A Perfect Day for Bananafish (J.D. Salinger)
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
66
J.D. Salinger
Pierre Menard, Autor De Quixote (Jorge Luis Borges)
Pierre Menard, Autor De Quixote
67
Jorge Luis Borges
The Queen of Spades (Alexander Pushkin)
The Queen of Spades
68
Alexander Pushkin
Rain (W. Somerset Maugham)
Rain
69
W. Somerset Maugham
Rock Springs (Richard Ford)
Rock Springs
70
Richard Ford
The Rocking-Horse Winner (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rocking-Horse Winner
71
D.H. Lawrence
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
72
William Faulkner
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
73
Alice Munro
The Secret Sharer
The Secret Sharer
74
The Shawl (Cynthia Ozick)
The Shawl
75
Cynthia Ozick
Shooting an Elephant (George Orwell)
Shooting an Elephant
76
George Orwell
The Story of an Hour (Kate Chopin)
The Story of an Hour
77
Kate Chopin
Story of Your Life (Ted Chiang)
Story of Your Life
78
Ted Chiang
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
79
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Swimmer
The Swimmer
80
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