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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer · 506 pages
A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including Troilus and Criseyde, Hous
The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain
Mark Twain · 364 pages
Jim Smiley and his jumping frog -- The story of the bad little boy who didn't come to grief -- Cannibalism in the cars -- Journalism in Tennessee -- The story of the good little boy who did not prosper -- How I edited an agricultural paper once -- Political ecoonomy -- A true story, repeated word for word as I heard it -- The facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut --
Catharine and Other Writings
Jane Austen · 372 pages
Volume The First: -- Frederic and Elfrida -- Jack and Alice -- Edgar and Emma -- Henry and Eliza -- Adventures of Mr Harley -- Sir William Mountague -- Memoirs of Mr Clifford -- Beautifull Cassandra -- Amelia Webster -- Visit -- Mystery -- Three sisters -- Beautiful description -- Generous curate -- Ode to pity -- Volume The Second: -- Love and friendship -- Lesley Castle -- His
Cabbages and Kings
O. Henry · 312 pages
They will tell you in Anchuria, that President Miraflores, of that volatile republic, died by his own hand in the coast town of Coralio; that he had reached thus far in flight from the inconveniences of an imminent revolution; and that one hundred thousand dollars, government funds, which he carried with him in an American leather valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration, was never a
The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker · 480 pages
Nervous People, and Other Satires
Mikhail Zoshchenko · 449 pages
Among the most popular writers of the early Soviet period was the satirist Mikhail Zoshchenko, whose career spanned nearly four decades and who was as beloved by ordinary people as he was admired by the elite. His most popular pieces, often appearing in newspapers, were "short-short stories" written in a slangy, colloquial style. Typical targets of his satire are the Soviet bureaucracy, crowded co
The Plays of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde · 220 pages
Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere's Fan. The combination of dazzling wit, subtle social criticism, sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner, both here and in his next three plays, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and his undisputed masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. This volume includes all Wilde's plays from hi
Welcome to the Monkey House
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 308 pages
Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, these superb stories share Vonnegut’s audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision. Includes the following stories: “Where I Live” “Harrison Bergeron” “Who Am I This Time?
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen Leacock, Seth · 225 pages
"Set in the fictional landscape of Mariposa on the shores of Lake Wissanotti in Missinaba County, Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of A Little Town is an affectionate satire of small town life. This series of humorous connected sketches about graft, high finance, religion, love and romance is, on one level, an intimate, comic portrait of town life and local politics. On another level, the narrative is
Bai Ganyo: Incredible Tales of a Modern Bulgarian
Aleko Konstantinov · 160 pages
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
William L. Hedges · 358 pages
Originally entitled, "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.", this collection of essays, sketches, and tales established Washington's reputation as America's foremost professional author. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" are classics of American fiction and display Irving's ability to depict American landscapes and culture. This volume also contains a number of gently ironic
Flappers and Philosophers
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 211 pages
Flappers and Philosophers is a collection of short stories by America author F. Scott Fitzgerald, most famous for his novel The Great Gatsby. The collection was his first such publication and includes the stories "The Offshore Pirate", "The Ice Palace", "Head and Shoulders", "The Cut-Glass Bowl", "Bernice Bobs Her Hair", "Benediction", "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong" and "The Four Fists."
Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories
Isaac Bashevis Singer · 208 pages
My Man Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse · 184 pages
"Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue when the hapless Bertie Wooster falls into trouble. My Man Jeeves is sure to please anyone with a taste for pithy buffoonery, moronic misunderstandings, gaffes, and aristocratic slapstick." --Amazon.com.
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Louis Sachar · 128 pages
Presents humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
The Complete Stories
Flannery O'Connor · 557 pages
There are thirty-one stories here in all, including twelve that do not appear in the only two story collections O'Connor put together in her short lifetime--Everything That Rises Must Converge and A Good Man Is Hard to Find. O'Connor published her first story, "The Geranium," in 1946, while she was working on her master's degree at the University of Iowa. Arranged chronologically, this collecti
Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving · 70 pages
1891 edition,g.p.putnam,a legendof the kaatskill mountains, by washington irving, fiction
Stalky & Co.
Rudyard Kipling · 200 pages
This is a collection of short stories about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It was originally published in a series of stories in a magazine, then published in book form in 1899.
Untouched By Human Hands
Robert Sheckley · 188 pages
These surreal, elegantly witty tales from one of the most esteemed writers of science fiction encompass indignant aliens, stranded space explorers, shapeshifters, a company that manufactures designer planets and a deadly hunting game in far-future New York.
Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories
Sholem Aleichem · 330 pages