Classic Short Stories

Theme. Death of the Dauphin / Alphonse Daudet Lady or the tiger? / Frank Stockton Artist of the beautiful / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Setting. White heron / Sarah Orne Jewett Pit and the Pendulum / Edgar Allan Poe Outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte -- Plot. Piece of string / Guy de Maupassant To please his wife / Thomas Hardy Cop and the anthem / O. Henry -- Point of view. £1,000,000 bank note / Mark Twain Horseman in the sky / Ambrose Bierce Paul's case / Willa Cather -- Character. God sees the truth, but waits / Leo Tolstoy Man without a country / Edward Everett Hale Louisa / Mary Wilkins Freeman -- Tone. Fatal cradle / Wilkie Collins Story of an hour / Kate Chopin Work of art / Anton Chekhov