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Classic Jack London short stories, including The White Silence, The Son of the Wolf, The Men of Forty Mile, In a Far Country, To the Man on the Trail, The Priestly Prerogative , The Wisdom of the Trail, The Wife of a King, and An Odyssey of the North. According to Wikipedia: "Jack London (1876 1916)...

Classic Henry James story. The story begins: "HE had a mortal dislike, poor Stransom, to lean anniversaries, and loved them still less when they made a pretence of a figure. Celebrations and suppressions were equally painful to him, and but one of the former found a place in his life. He had kept each...

In French. Both collections of Poe short stories translated to French by the great poet Charles Baudelaire. Poe's reputation in France is far greater than in America, due in large part to the quality of this translation.

According to Wikipedia: "Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (September 14, 1817 in Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, then Danish, today in Germany - July 4, 1888 in Hademarschen, Germany) studied and practiced law in Schleswig-Holstein and - emigrated under Danish rule - to Thuringia. He also wrote a number of stories,...

Classic short story, first published in 1919, as part of "Seven Men". According to Wikipedia: "Seven Men is a collection of short stories written by English caricaturist, essayist and parodist Max Beerbohm. It was published in Britain in 1919 by Heinemann and in the United States in 1920 by Alfred...

According to Wikipedia: "Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist, today best known for his An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Bierce's lucid, unsentimental style has kept him popular when many of his contemporaries have been consigned to...

According to Wikipedia: "O. Henry was the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 June 5, 1910). O. Henry short stories are known for wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings…. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early years of...

Popular novel, fist published in 1881.

According to Wikipedia:"Henry van Dyke (1852 1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman… Among his popular writings are the two Christmas stories The Other Wise Man (1896) and The First Christmas Tree (1897). Various religious themes of his work are also expressed in his poetry, hymns and...

According to Wikipedia: "Sophie Feodorovna Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur (August 1, 1799, Saint Petersburg - February 9, 1874, Paris) was a French writer of Russian birth. She is most well-known today for her novel Les Malheurs de Sophie ("Sophie's Misfortunes"). Her family was originally from Mongolia....

Classic naturalist novel, in the original French. First published in 1873. According to Wikipedia: "Emile Zola (2 April 1840 - 29 September 1902) was an influential French writer, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France...After...

Classic naturalist novel, in the original French. First published in 1893. According to Wikipedia: "Emile Zola (2 April 1840 - 29 September 1902) was an influential French writer, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France...After...

Classic naturalist novel, in the original French. According to Wikipedia: "Emile Zola (2 April 1840 - 29 September 1902) was an influential French writer, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France...After his first major...

According to Wikipedia: "Sophie Feodorovna Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur (August 1, 1799, Saint Petersburg - February 9, 1874, Paris) was a French writer of Russian birth. She is most well-known today for her novel Les Malheurs de Sophie ("Sophie's Misfortunes"). Her family was originally from Mongolia....