World's Greatest Short Stories: Deluxe Hardbound Edition

"e;An exquisitely designed leather-bound edition compiling some of the classic short stories produced around the world between the late eighteenth and the early twentieth century, this book comes with a ribbon bookmark, gilded edges and beautiful endpapers.

Ideal to be read and treasured, it makes for a perfect addition to any library.

Beginning with Washington Irving' s masterpiece ‘ The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow' , it includes the realistic stories of Pushkin and Chekhov, the gothic spine-chillers of Edgar Allan Poe, ‘ White Nights' by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Tolstoy' s most celebrated story, ‘ How Much Land Does a Man Need' , Bram Stoker' s ‘ Dracula' s Guest' , ‘ The Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant, ‘ The "e; Slapping Sal"e; ' by Arthur Conan Doyle, Rabindranath Tagore' s ‘ The Postmaster' , ‘ The Gift of Magi' by O.

Henry, ‘ Tobermory' by H.

H. Munro (Saki), ‘ A Little Cloud' from James Joyce' s landmark collection, Dubliners, ‘ The Fly' by Katherine Mansfield, and F.

Scott Fitzgerald' s best-known story, ‘ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' .An editorial note precedes each work."e;