The Wordsworth Collection of Classic Short Stories

by Rosemary Gray (Selector), Arnold Bennett, Ambrose Bierce

Poignant, wry, chilling, challenging, amusing, thought-provoking and always intriguing, these accomplished tales from the pens of great writers are object-lessons in the art of creating a literary masterpiece on a small canvas. From the straightforwardly anecdotal to the more analytical of human behaviour, all are guaranteed to capture the imagination, stir the emotions, linger in the memory and whet the reader's appetite for more.

In this book, Wordworth Editions presents the modern reader with a rich variety of short stories by a host of towering literary figures ranging from Arnold Bennett to Virginia Woolf. This disparate and distinguished company of writers has rarely - if ever - met within the pages of one volume: the result is a positive feast!

Cover Design: Robert Mathias, Publishing Workshop
Cover Illustration The Bedside Table, c.1940-43 (oil on canvas) By Edward le Bas (1904 - 1966)
Royal Pavillion, Libraries Museums, Brighton Hove
Bridgeman Art Library

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Classics

1408 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

Reviews

[Terry Morrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a treasure trove of good stories. There are some by more well known authors: Arnold Bennett, Ambrose Bierce, Henry James and more. Also, a number of stories by some writers I was unfamiliar with. I enjoyed mist of them immensely. The stories by Virginia Woolf were a little too out there for my taste but still enjoyable.

[Amy]

Arnold Bennett
Joseph Conrad
Henry James
Rudyard Kipling
D.H. Lawrence
Edith Wharton
Virginia Woolf
Ambrose Bierce
Wilkie Collins
Hubert Crackanthorpe
Stephen Crane
Ella D'Arcy
Amelia B. Edwards
George Egerton
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Elizabeth Gaskell
William Schwenk Gilbert
George Gissing
Thomas Hardy
W. W. Jacobs
Angelo Lewis,
George Moore
Arthur Morrison
F. W. Robinson,
Anthony Trollope
Mrs Henry Wood
Israel Zangwill

[Tracy Challis]

DNF. I love many of Saki’s short stories, but trying to listen to a collection of them on audiobook just did not work. I kept losing focus and one story ran into another with no indication of a change. It was very confusing. I need to read hard copies. I will stick with that.

[Prashant Sarkar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved Mrs packletides tiger.. rest were nice but style gets a bit repetitive.