Books from Miniature Masterpieces
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O Henry - No Story & Other Short Stories: The True Adventurer Goes Forth Aimless and Uncalculating to Meet and...
By O HenryHowever whilst in prison he had fourteen stories published under various pseudonyms, but was becoming best known as "O. Henry". Porter was released in July 1901, for good behavior after serving three years.
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The Short Stories of Edith Wharton - Volume IV: The Muse's Tragedy & Other Stories
By Edith WhartonThe stories range with cosmopolitan ease from her native New York to the salons and summer hotels of Newport, Paris, and the Italian lakes.
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Edith Wharton - The Short Stories of Edith Wharton - Volume I: Madame de Treymes & Other Stories
By Edith WhartonThe stories range with cosmopolitan ease from her native New York to the salons and summer hotels of Newport, Paris, and the Italian lakes.
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The Short Stories of Edith Wharton - Volume V: The Hermit and the Wild Woman & Other Stories
By Edith WhartonThe stories range with cosmopolitan ease from her native New York to the salons and summer hotels of Newport, Paris, and the Italian lakes.
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The Short Stories of Edith Wharton - Volume VI: The Bolted Door & Other Stories
By Edith WhartonThe stories range with cosmopolitan ease from her native New York to the salons and summer hotels of Newport, Paris, and the Italian lakes.
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The Short Stories of Edith Wharton - Volume II: The Duchess at Prayer & Other Stories
By Edith WhartonThe stories range with cosmopolitan ease from her native New York to the salons and summer hotels of Newport, Paris, and the Italian lakes.
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The Christmas Stories of Louisa May Alcott
By Louisa May AlcottMany great writers are defined and remembered by one piece of work that embeds itself into the culture and continues to be enjoyed by every generation since its publication. For Louisa May Alcott it was the brilliant book, Little Women.
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Anton Chekhov - The Black Monk & Other Short Stories (Volume 7): Short Story Compilations from Arguably the Greatest Short...
By Anton ChekhovThe short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel.
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Edgar Wallace - The Uncollected Stories Volume II: In the Great War We Fought Men-Men Who Grovelled and Crawled on...
By EDGAR WALLACE.He was marketed as the 'King of Thrillers' and they gave him the trademark image of a trilby, a cigarette holder and a yellow Rolls Royce.
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Edgar Wallace - The Uncollected Stories Volume I: His Head Was Sunk on His Breast, and a Worried, Hunted Look...
By EDGAR WALLACE.He was marketed as the 'King of Thrillers' and they gave him the trademark image of a trilby, a cigarette holder and a yellow Rolls Royce.
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Talbot Mundy - Guns of the Gods: Silence Is the Only Safe Answer to Silence.
By Talbot MundyTalbot Mundy was born William Lancaster Gribbon on April 23rd 1879 in London.
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Grant Allen - The Beckoning Hand & Other Stories
By Grant AllenThe novel's final episode, which he dictated to his friend, doctor and neighbour Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from his bed appeared under the appropriate title, The Episode of the Dead Man Who Spoke in 1900.
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W.W. Jacobs - The Short Stories -
By W. W. JacobsThese works painted vivid pictures of dockland and seafaring London full of colourful characters. By 1899, Jacobs was able to quit the post office and write full-time.
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William Makepeace Thackeray - The Bedford-Row Conspiracy
By Charles T Horngren, Charles T. Horngren, Walter T. HarrisonHis education was of the best but he himself seemed unable to apply his talents to a rigorous work ethic. However, once he harnessed his talents the works flowed in novels, articles, short stories, sketches and lectures.
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William Makepeace Thackeray - The Book of Snobs: It Is Better to Love Wisely, No Doubt: But to Love Foolishly...
By William Makepeace ThackerayThe collection Book of Snobs brings together some of Thackeray's finest work in this vein, and it's a must-read for fans of witty humor writing.
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William Makepeace Thackeray - The Fitz-Boodle Papers: There Are Thousands of Thoughts Lying Within a Man That He Does Not...
By William Makepeace ThackerayHis education was of the best but he himself seemed unable to apply his talents to a rigorous work ethic. However, once he harnessed his talents the works flowed in novels, articles, short stories, sketches and lectures.
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The Yellow Book of Richard Le Gallienne
By Richard Le GallienneHe contributed to the short-lived but influential quarterly periodical The Yellow Book, published between 1894 and 1897. His first wife, Mildred Lee, died in 1894 leaving their daughter, Hesper, in his care.
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The Christmas Stories of Henry Van Dyke
By Henry van DykeThis collection of his Christmas stories clearly displays his tremendous talent and enormous energy. Religion and nature meant much to him and its motifs recur constantly here as well as his poetry, hymns and essays.
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The Yellow Book Volume VI
By Henry James, Enoch Arnold Bennett, Frances E. HuntleyMany of our greatest authors contributed and expanded their reach whilst many fledging authors also found a ready source for their nascent works and careers. Amongst the very many was 'The Yellow Book'.
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Ernest Bramah - Four Max Carrados Detective Stories: The One-legged Never Stumble''
By Ernest BramahIn 1914, Bramah created the blind detective Max Carrados. Despite the obvious obstacle to his deductive powers he was a literary and commercial success. Ernest Bramah died in Weston-Super-Mare on 27th June 1942 at the age of 74.