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Classic Reader: "After the Theatre" by Anton Chekhov
"After the Theatre" is a short story by the Russian author Anton Chekhov. The story is about the behavior of a teenage girl upon returning from the theater.
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Classic Reader: "After the Race" by James Joyce
"After the Race" is a short story by the Irish author James Joyce. In it, we see the themes of money, status, class, politics, and paralysis.
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Classic Reader: "After Twenty Years" by O Henry
The short story "After Twenty Years" by O Henry is about a man and a cop who meet on the street. It is a great example of O Henry's famous stories with a twist.
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Classic Reader: Israel Zangwill
This site offers the complete text of two short stories by novelist, playwright, and Zionist leader, Israel Zangwill: "A Rose of the Ghetto" and "The Woman Beater."
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Classic Reader: "Babes in the Jungle" by O Henry
This is the full text of the short story "Babes In the Jungle," a story of two con men in New York, by O Henry who is famous for his surprise endings.
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Classic Reader: "A Baby Tramp" by Ambrose Bierce
This is the full text of the short story "A Baby Tramp" by Ambrose Bierce. The story is about a boy who was sent away to be protected from the strange occurrences in his town.
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Classic Reader: "The Background" by H. H. Munro
This is the full text of the short story "The Background" by H. H. Munro also known as Saki.
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Classic Reader: "Bad Medicine" by Andy Adams
This is the full text of the short story "Bad Medicine" by Andy Adams.
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Classic Reader: "Bad Weather" by Anton Chekhov
This is the full text of the short story "Bad Weather" by the Russian author Anton Chekhov. It's the story of a rainy summer holiday.
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Classic Reader: "A Baffled Ambuscade" by Ambrose Bierce
This is the full text of the short story "A Baffled Ambuscade," a story about an ambush gone wrong, by Ambrose Bierce.
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Classic Reader: "The Bag" by H. H. Munro
This is the full text of the short story "The Bag" by H. H. Munro, also known as Saki.
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Classic Reader: "The Balking of Christopher" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
This is the full text of the short story "The Balking of Christopher" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
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Classic Reader: "Balthazar's Daughter" by James Branch Cabell
This is the full text of the short story "Balthazar's Daughter" by James Branch Cabell
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Classic Reader: "The Bands of Ballyguttery" by George A. Birmingham
This is the full text of the short story "The Bands of Ballyguttery" by George A. Birmingham. What happened to the band instruments?
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Classic Reader: "Bank Holiday" by Katherine Mansfield
This is the full text of the short story "Bank Holiday" by Katherine Mansfield. The streets are bustling with people-musicians, children, psychics, and salesmen-because a bank holiday means that everyone is out of the house, enjoying the...
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Classic Reader: "The Banshee" by Anonymous
This is the full text of the short story "The Banshee" by an unknown author. Of all the superstitions prevalent amongst the natives of Ireland, there is none which has been so cordially cherished as the belief in the existence of the...
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Classic Reader: "Bargain Day at Tutt House" by George Randolph Chester
This is the full text of the humorous short story "Bargain Day at Tutt House" by George Randolph Chester.
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Classic Reader: "A Bargain With Peg Leg" by Frank Norris
This is the full text of the short story "A Bargain with Peg-Leg" by Frank Norris which describes Bunt McBride's account of Peg-Leg Smith, a shameful one-legged offender.
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Classic Reader: "Barker's Luck" by Bret Harte
This is the full text of the short story "Barker's Luck" by Bret Harte, a truly American author.
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Classic Reader: "The Baron's Quarry" by Egerton Castle
This is the full text of the short story "The Baron's Quarry" by Egerton Castle.
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Classic Reader: "The Baroness" by Guy De Maupassant
This is the full text of the short story "The Baroness" by Guy de Maupassant, a French author
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Classic Reader: "The Beast in the Cave" by H. P. Lovecraft
This is the full text of the short story "The Beast in the Cave" by H. P. Lovecraft, an American horror writer.
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Classic Reader: "The Beauties" by Anton Chekhov
This is the full text of the short story "The Beauties" by Anton Chekhov, a famous Russian writer.
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Classic Reader: "The Burial of the Guns" by Thomas Nelson Page
This is the full text of the short story "The Burial of the Guns" by Thomas Nelson Page; it is possible that it is part of a longer piece by the author.