The Worlds Best Classic Short Storie..., Edgar Allan Poe
The Worlds Best Classic Short Storie..., Edgar Allan Poe
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The World's Best Classic Short Stories

Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, W. W. Jacobs

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 20 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2013


Synopsis

A glittering collection of some of the world's finest short stories, including:

'The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
'The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
'The Mezzotint' by M. R. James
'The Phantom Rickshaw' by Rudyard Kipling
'The Withered Arm' by Thomas Hardy
'The Model Millionaire' by Oscar Wilde
'The Monkey's Paw' by W.W. Jacobs
'An Uncomfortable Bed' by Guy de Maupassant
'The Mortal Immortal' by Mary Shelley
'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe
'Sredni Vashtar' by Saki
'The Nose' by Nicolai Gogol
'Regret' by Kate Chopin
'One Thousand Dollars' by O. Henry
'The Fly' by Katherine Mansfield
'A Descent into the Maelström' by Edgar Allan Poe
'The Sphinx Without a Secret' by Oscar Wilde
'The Inconsiderate' Waiter by J.M. Barrie
'The Black Poodle' by F. Anstey
'The Quest' by Saki
'The Three Strangers' by Thomas Hardy
'Oil of Dog' by Ambrose Bierce
'The Oval Portrait' by Edgar Allan Poe
'Markheim' by Robert Louis Stevenson
'Fear' by Guy de Maupassant
'The Belated Russian Passport' by Mark Twain
'The Changeling' by W.W. Jacobs
'The Pit and the Pendulum' by Edgar Allan Poe
'The Eyes of the Panther' by Ambrose Bierce
'The Dead' by James Joyce
'The Secret Sharer' by Joseph Conrad
'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin
'The Telltale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe
'My Favorite Murder' by Ambrose Bierce
'The Premature Burial' by Edgar Allan Poe
'Tobermory' by Saki
'Memoirs of a Yellow Dog' by O. Henry.

About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic who is credited with inventing the detective fiction genre and with contributing to the emerging science fiction genre. He began his literary career with the anonymous publication of a collection of his poems entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems. He then turned to writing prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming well known for his particular style of literary criticism. He served for a time on the staff of the New York Mirror, in which his poem "The Raven" was published. Poe's other well-known works include his stories "The Purloined Letter," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Mystery of Marie Roget."


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