{"product_id":"2940149664603","title":"The Best Short Stories Chosen in 1914 by the most prominent authors of the day, Volume I","description":"Have you read the 50 best short stories of all time? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1914, a critical moment in literature, The New York Times asked the most highly regarded authors of the day to name the best short story in the English language. Many of their responses have maintained consistent fame through time. Others have become hidden gems. All are essential literary experiences that will make you love to read again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese masterpieces are collected here for the first time, masterfully copyedited and with an introduction by Martin Hill Ortiz, PhD. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume includes:\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eA Lodging for the Night—A Story of Francis Villon by Robert Louis Stevenson\u003cbr\u003eThe Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte\u003cbr\u003eHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad\u003cbr\u003eThe Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling\u003cbr\u003eA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003eThe Pavilion on the Links by Robert Louis Stevenson\u003cbr\u003eThe Maltese Cat by Rudyard Kipling\u003cbr\u003eThe Murders in Rouge Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003eThe Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003eWill o' the Mill by Robert Louis Stevenson\u003cbr\u003eWolfert Webber; or, Golden Dreams by Washington Irving\u003cbr\u003eThe Ring of Thoth by Arthur Conan Doyle\u003cbr\u003eThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain\u003cbr\u003eThe Door in the Wall by H.G. Wells\u003cbr\u003eGifts of Oblivion by Dorothy Canfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the stories you'll find in Volumes II and III:\u003cbr\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson\u003cbr\u003eRip Van Winkle by Washington Irving\u003cbr\u003eThe Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003eThe Necklace by Guy de Maupassant\u003cbr\u003eThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James\u003cbr\u003eA Journey by Edith Wharton\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the Pale by Rudyard Kipling","brand":"Rook's Page Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101336191216,"sku":"2940149664603","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149664603_p0.jpg?v=1763721019","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149664603","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}