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Selected from the best of the world's short fiction, 50 Great Short Stories brings together writings by great masters of the genre. Carefully picked for their timeless quality, listeners are sure to be delighted by the inclusion of such favourites as 'The Gift of the Magi', 'The Lady with the Dog', 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', 'Rain' and 'Mrs Packletide's Tiger', to name but a few.

Discover the best of short fiction in this collectable edition featuring fifty of the greatest stories from around the world. This exquisite collection showcases a curated selection of timeless short stories from renowned authors across the globe. With its beautiful design and captivating narratives, this collectible edition is a treasure for literature enthusiasts.

Size does matter in these delightfully tiny tales populated with narcoleptic drivers, bickering backers, suspicious spouses, and other memorable characters. Full of dark humor, intrigue, and absurdity, this collection of slightly sinister (and occasionally sweet) stories delivers a bite-size listening experience to satisfy any literary craving.

A wonderful collection of 50 phenomenal stories by the world’s great short story writers.

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR From the author of the breakout novel Thistlefoot: a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore exploring how our passions can save us—or go monstrously wrong. “Real magic, real delight, doled out...

Fifty-One Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories by Irish writer Lord Dunsany, a major influence on J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin and others. Each story is a short vignette, a single moment of strangeness or horror in the face of death.

A collection of fables, vignettes, and parables from the fanciful mind of Lord Dunsany. These brief tales feature characters such as Time, Death, Fame, Winter, Spring, the Fog, the North Wind, the blackbird, the god Pan, the river Styx boatman Charon, and others - in fantastical, whimsical, allegorical, and poignant scenarios.

Das Leben ist voller Möglichkeiten. Bist du bereit, sie zu entdecken? Dieses Buch ist eine Schatztruhe gefüllt mit inspirierenden Erzählungen, die dir neue Perspektiven eröffnen. Jede der 52 Kurzgeschichten ist ein kleines Meisterwerk voller Wahrheit und Weisheit . Sie laden dich ein, die Türen zu den unzähligen Chancen des Lebens zu öffnen und sie mit offenen Armen zu empfangen. Was alle Geschichten gemeinsam haben? Sie sind wohlwollend und tun gut.

For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. But who, apart from...

¿Cómo es viajar en el siglo XXI? ¿Qué es una ciudad, un camino de piedra, un paisaje? ¿Qué es el tiempo? Este es el reporte de un viajero a través de cuatro continentes, un mapa entrelazado de historias humanas que pasan por debajo de satélites imaginarios que se alejan y acercan en la palma de nuestra mano, detrás de la fantasmagoría de las redes sociales.