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Well-Known Short Stories - Page 3

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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Symbols and Signs (Vladimir Nabokov)
Symbols and Signs
81
Vladimir Nabokov
A Temporary Matter (Jhumpa Lahiri)
A Temporary Matter
82
Jhumpa Lahiri
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
83
George Saunders
The Thing Around Your Neck (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
The Thing Around Your Neck
84
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
85
Tim O'Brien
To Build a Fire (Jack London)
To Build a Fire
86
Jack London
A Tree a Rock a Cloud (Carson McCullers)
A Tree a Rock a Cloud
87
Carson McCullers
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
88
Henry James
The Veldt (Ray Bradbury)
The Veldt
89
Ray Bradbury
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (Garcia Marquez Gabriel)
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
90
Garcia Marquez Gabriel
The Way We Live Now (Susan Sontag)
The Way We Live Now
91
Susan Sontag
Welcome to the Monkey House (Kurt Vonnegut)
Welcome to the Monkey House
92
Kurt Vonnegut
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (Nathan Englander)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
93
Nathan Englander
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
94
Raymond Carver
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
95
Why I Live at the P.O. (Eudora Welty)
Why I Live at the P.O.
96
Eudora Welty
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (Sandra Cisneros)
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
97
Sandra Cisneros
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
98
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Young Goodman Brown (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Young Goodman Brown
99
Nathaniel Hawthorne
You're Ugly, Too (Lorrie Moore)
You're Ugly, Too
100
Lorrie Moore
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