Indiana University
A Passionate Pilgrim, and Other Tales by Henry James, Jr
View a facsimile of the original 1875 edition of Henry James's short stories or read them in PDF or plain text form.
Indiana University
The Piazza Tales (Full Text) by Herman Melville
Full-texts of such Melville works as "Bartleby the Scrivner" and "Benito Cerino" can be read as facsimiles of the original editions as well as PDF and plain text documents.
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: "The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant [Pdf]
This is a six page PDF of the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Read to find out what happened to the borrowed diamond necklace.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: "A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka [Pdf]
This is a five-page PDF of the short story "A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Francis Bret Harte
This is the text of the the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Francis Bret Harte.
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go
Find stories, novels, and poems from more than one hundred authors. Download select works as MP3 files or read or listen to them online. Available selections span a wide range of literature, from nursery rhymes to the philosophy of...
University of Pennsylvania
University of Penn: Bliss and Other Stories; Ebook
Read the full text of 14 Katharine Mansfield stories.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Latin Amer. In Search of Himself
Summaries and commentaries on five of Garcia Marquez? short stories, ?Death Constant Beyond Love,? ?Tuesday Siesta,? ?One of These Days,? ?Balthazar?s Marvelous Afternoon,? and ?Big Mama?s Funeral? to form this unit. Discusses how these...
World Wide School
World Wide School: The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield (Full Text)
You can read a full text version of Katherine Mansfield's book of short stories, "The Garden Party" at this site.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Horror Stories of Stephen King; Teacher's Guide. [Pdf]
Fourteen-page teacher guide for Stephen King's horror short stories includes selections from three books: "Night Shift," "Nightmares & Dreamscapes," and "Skeleton Crew." Features in-depth overview of King's life and writing. Provides...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Edgar Allan Poe
This site focuses on Edgar Allan Poe's life and his short stories. It includes a link to a Poe biography and links to the full text of 53 of his short stories including the following: "The Black Cat," "The Tale Tell Heart," "The Fall of...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
This site provides links to a biography of Robert Louis Stevenson; three of his novels including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped, and Treasure Island and three of his short stories.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Where the Trail Forks by Jack London
Jack London wrote stories that were inspired by his time in the Yukon. "Where the Trail Forks" is a short story that revolves around his beloved theme of man vs. nature.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Mark Twain
This site focuses on Mark Twain including a link to his biography and links to the full text of six of his novels, three works of nonfiction, and 26 short stories. These include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry...
Other
University of Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar Website
This resource provides information about Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Other
James Joyce's Dubliners: An Introduction by Wallace Gray
Detailed introduction to the collection of short stories. Includes many direct references to the individual stories in the collection.
Other
Critical Analysis: The Garden of Jorge Luis Borges
A very comprehensive site that includes a biographical sketch, several texts of Borges'poems, short stories and essays and, critical essays on his works.
Other
Cardinal Book: Rosinante to the Road Again
Click on "content" at the bottom of the page. You can select from the list and read the work of John Dos Passos.
Brown University
Writing Vietnam Tim O'brien Lecture
Tim O'Brien's complete lecture is presented. It is very revealing about why he writes, the purpose of the writer, his books, and our culture.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Washington Irving: Early Years
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature site provides biographical information and analysis of the works and literary contribution of Washington Irving. Use the forward arrows at the bottom of the web page to read a...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Monday or Tuesday, by Virginia Woolf
Full text of Virginia Woolf's short story collection Monday or Tuesday. Includes "A Haunted House," "A Society," "Monday or Tuesday," "An Unwritten Novel," "The String Quartet," "Blue & Green," "Kew Gardens," and "The Mark on the Wall."
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Dorothy Parker
This site offers an organized collection of biographical information on Dorothy Parker.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Etext
This famous "Ghost," story is especially popular around Halloween. Read the original version by Washington Irving here.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Literature and Composition
This is an introduction to a unit on writing in various genre including Nonfiction, Narrative, Literary Writing, Short Stories, and Poetry. Analysis of "The Odyssey", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Romeo and Juliet". Click on the View links...