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Cover of Great Short Stories: A New Collection of Famous Examples from the Literatures of France, England and America

Great Short Stories: A New Collection of Famous Examples from the Literatures of France, England and America

William Patten

First published 1906
Publisher P. F. Collier & Son
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages 430+428+432

3 Volumes:

  • Volume I: Detective Stories
  • Volume II: Ghost Stories
  • Volume III: Romance & Adventure
Contents that are ineligible for the project have not been indexed in Volumes 1 and 3. {{Reginald1}} and Bleiler Supernatural refer to volume 2 only.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
5 The Murders in the Rue Morgue Edgar Allan Poe Novelette
45 The Mystery of Marie Roget Edgar Allan Poe Novella
99 The Purloined Letter Edgar Allan Poe Novelette
121 The Sign of the Four Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Novel
265 The Doctor, His Wife and the Clock Anna Katharine Green Novella
313 Story of the Bandbox Robert Louis Stevenson Short Story
337 Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders Robert Louis Stevenson Short Story
352 Story of the House with the Green Blinds Robert Louis Stevenson Short Story
382 The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective Robert Louis Stevenson Short Story
121|2121 The Dream-Woman Wilkie Collins Novelette
145|2145 Green Branches Fiona MacLeod Short Story
159|3159 The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling Novelette
161|2161 A Bewitched Ship W. Clark Russell Short Story
175|2175 The Signal-Man Charles Dickens Short Story
191|2191 The Four-Fifteen Express Amelia B. Edwards Novelette
199|3199 The Black Pearl Victorien Sardou Novelette
221|2221 Our Last Walk Hugh Conway Short Fiction
245|2245 Thrawn Janet Robert Louis Stevenson Short Story
257|3257 The Mysterious Mansion Honoré de Balzac Short Story
259|2259 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Novella
271|3271 A Terribly Strange Bed Wilkie Collins Short Story
31|2031 The Red Room H. G. Wells Short Story
341|2341 The Spectre Bridegroom Washington Irving Short Story
355|3355 Rappaccini's Daughter Nathaniel Hawthorne Novelette
359|2359 The Mysterious Sketch Erckmann-Chatrian Short Story
379|2379 Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story
395|2395 The White Old Maid Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story
409|2409 Wandering Willie's Tale Sir Walter Scott Short Story
45|2045 The Phantom 'Rickshaw Rudyard Kipling Novelette
45|3045 The Venus of Ille Prosper Mérimée Novelette
5|2005 La Morte Amoreuse Théophile Gautier Novelette
69|2069 The Roll-Call of the Reef A. T. Quiller-Couch Short Story
77|3077 The Pavilion on the Links Robert Louis Stevenson Novella
89|2089 The House and the Brain Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton Novelette