The Oxford Book of Short Stories
| First published | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Book Club Associates |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Pages | xiv+547 |
- Book club edition, no ISBN : Oxford University Press on title page, "Book Club Associates by arrangement with Oxford University Press" on the copyright page
- The only contents listed below are either genre stories or stories by authors notable in the genre. There are 29 others.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Two Drovers | Sir Walter Scott | Novelette |
| 27 | The Birthmark | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Short Story |
| 43 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Edgar Allan Poe | Novelette |
| 78 | The Coup de Grâce | Ambrose Bierce | Short Story |
| 99 | Thrawn Janet | Robert Louis Stevenson | Short Story |
| 147 | The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot | Rudyard Kipling | Novelette |
| 174 | Sredni Vashtar | H. H. Munro | Short Story |
| 202 | An Ideal Craftsman | Walter de la Mare | Short Story |
| 247 | The Field of Mustard | A. E. Coppard | Short Story |
| 275 | The Rocking-Horse Winner | D. H. Lawrence | Short Story |
| 346 | The Demon Lover | Elizabeth Bowen | Short Story |
| 417 | Various Temptations | William Sansom | Short Story |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Oxford Book of Short Stories | 1981 | Oxford University Press | Hardcover | Anthology | xiv+547 |