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The relationship between husband and wife and the institution of marriage itself is the driving force of many fiction stories. For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that have marriage as their theme.- The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane.- The Marry Month Of May by O. Henry.- The Bridal Party by F. Scott Fitzgerald.- A Wedding Gift by Guy de Maupassant.- The Wedding-Ring by Henry van Dyke.- The Wedding Knell by Nathaniel Hawthorne.- A Golden Wedding by Lucy Maud Montgomery.For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

The long nights and cold winter air have inspired authors since the early days of literature. While the climate invites reclusion and introspection, there is also the opportunity to enjoy winter sports. See how winter has inspired the authors differently in this seven great short stories:This book contains:- The Race for Number One by Jack London.- An Alpine Pass on Ski by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.- Davos in Winter by Robert Louis Stevenson.- The First Snowfall by Guy de Maupassant.- The Snow Image: A Childish Miracle by Nathaniel Hawthorne.- The Snow Man by O. Henry.- A Winter Round-Up by Andy Adams.

Anne OHagan Shinn was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, and writer of short stories, regularly contributing to publications such as Vanity Fair, and Harpers. In particular, she is known for her writings detailing the exploitation of young women working as shop clerks in early 20th Century America.This book contains:- Bread Eaten in Secret.- The Courtship of the Boss.- Emeline Hardacres Revenge.- Fate and the Pocketbook.- Margaret McDonoughs Restaurant.- The Romance at Hollywood College- Phbe in Politics

Arthur Morrison was noted for realist novels and short stories describing slum life in Londons East End at the end of the Victorian era.This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories:- That Brute Simmos- A Poor Stick- Behind the Shade- To Bow Bridges- A Conversation- All That Messuage- Three Hounds

Ethel Watts Mumford was an American author from New York City. After her first husband grew intolerant of her prolific writing and art career, she fled to San Francisco in 1899 with their only child, a son.This book contains:- The Arabian Days of Jimmy Jennette.- The Bells of Cullam .- The Cordon Bleu of the Sierra.- The Eyes of the Heart.- The Fear Motif.- Her Groove.- How Beelzebub Came to the Convent.

Sherwood Anderson in his public introduction to Steins 1922 publication of Geography and Plays wrote: "For me the work of Gertrude Stein consists in a rebuilding, an entirely new recasting of life, in the city of words. Here is one artist who has been able to accept ridicule, who has even forgone the privilege of writing the great American novel, uplifting our English speaking stage, and wearing the bays of the great poets to go live among the little housekeeping words, the swaggering bullying street-corner words, the honest working, money saving words and all the other forgotten and neglected citizens of the sacred and half forgotten city."Check out this seven short stories by this author carefully selected by critic August Nemo:- Ada.- Miss furr and Miss Skeen.- France.- Americans.- Italians.- A Sweet Tail.- In the Grass.

Born in Sicily, Italy, Giovanni Verga was one of the creators of Verismo. Verismo is an Italian literary movement that emerged between 1875 and 1895, based on the works of writers and poets who constituted a school based on a set of realistic principles.Through this seven specially selected short stories you will have the opportunity to know the work of this author.- Rosso Malpello- Rustic Chivalry- How Peppa Loved Gramigna- Jeli, the Shepherd- La Lupa- The Story of St. Josephs Ass- The Bereaved

Henry Handel Richardson, pseudonym of Ethel Florence Lindesay Robertson, Australian novelist whose trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, combining description of an Australian immigrants life and work in the goldfields with a powerful character study, is considered the crowning achievement of modern Australian fiction to that time.Check out this seven short stories by this author carefully selected by critic August Nemo:- The End of a Childhood.- The Bathe.- Succedaneum.- Mary Christina.- "And Women Must Weep".- Sister Ann.- The Coat.

Mór Jókai was a Hungarian novelist, dramatist and revolutionary. Jókais romantic novels became very popular among the elite of Victorian era England; he was often compared to Dickens in the 19th century British press. One of his most famous fans and admirers was Queen Victoria herself.The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this remarkable author for your enjoyment:- Thirteen at Table.- The Celestial Slingers.- The Bad Old Times.- The Hostile Skulls.- Love And The Little Dog.- The Justice Of Soliman A Turkish Story.- The Compulsory DiversionAn Old Barons Yarn.

O. Henry had a busy life - including ambushes, arrests and alcoholism. Perhaps this is the explanation of his rich canon of work reflected his wide-range of experiences and is distinctive for its witticism, clever wordplay, and unexpected twist endings.The reader is invited to know the world of O. Henry in these seven selected short stories.The Gift of the Magi The Cop and the AnthemA Retrieved ReformationThe Ransom of Red Chief Springtime a la CarteThe Count and the Wedding Guest Witches Loaves

Paul Heyse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1910 "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories." Wirsen, one of the Nobel judges, said that "Germany has not had a greater literary genius since Goethe."This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories:- The Dead Lake- Doomed- Beatrice- Beginning, and End- LArrabiata!- Count Ernests Home- Blind

Pierre Lous was a French poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings. He is known as a writer who sought to "express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection".Check out this seven short stories by this author carefully selected by critic August Nemo:- Woman and Puppy.- The New Pleasure.- Byblis.- Leda.- Immortal Love.- The Artist Triumphant.- The Hill Of Horsel.

Ruth McEnery Stuart was among the best known and most popular of nineteenth-century Louisiana writers.She was, both financially and critically, one of the most successful fiction writers of her time, and in recent years has been studied by feminist and social literary critics.This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories:- Sonnys Christenin- Solomon Crows Christmas Pockets- The Two Tims- Old Easter- Saint Idyls Light- Little Mother Quackalina- Blink

Sarah Orne Jewett was an American writer best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism. Jewett describes the people of Maine with peculiar charm and realism, illuminating their characteristic speech, manners and traditions. Her style sometimes recalls the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne.Join us in these seven short stories chosen by the critic August Nemo and have a good reading!A Winter CourtshipGoing to ShrewsburyThe White Rose RoadThe Town PoorA Native of WinbyLooking Back on GirlhoodThe Passing of Sister Barsett

Valery Bryusov was a Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian. He was one of the principal members of the Russian Symbolist movement.The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this remarkable author for your enjoyment:- The Republic of the Southern Cross.- The Marble Bust.- For Herself or for Another.- In the Mirror.- Protection.- The "Bemol" Shop of Stationery.- Rhea Silvia.

Nessa releitura sáfica de 10 coisas que odeio em você, duas garotas que tinham tudo para se odiar descobrem que têm mais em comum do que imaginamNinguém mexe com Petra Galvão. A "megera adolescente"

Com histórias que retratam o cotidiano do brasileiro de maneira fantasiosa, 7 Contos Misturados tem um toque de comédia e, ao mesmo tempo, tragédia. O autor se inspirou em relatos de amigos e conhecidos - alem de cenas da propria vivencia - para criar, com sua vasta criatividade, esta obra. E um livro imprevisivel, apaixonante e surpreendente. Voce percebera que, desde o primeiro conto, no conseguira mais parar de ler.

Benita es adicta al sexo. Ninfómana. Aunque quiere evitarlo, no es capaz. Su último episodio le llevó a perder su trabajo y hoy está frente a un público de adictos al sexo contando su experiencia. Se supone que el objetivo es aprender a controlar sus impulsos sexuales, pero ¿seran capaces de mantenerse quietos escuchando las historias salvajes de Benita?

Damien é um publicitário bem-sucedido e muito bonito quando comparado aos padrões da Ilha de Calopi. Tem tudo o que quer, mas, infelizmente, também tem o que não quer: um maldito vazio, fundo e famil

Sofía está atrapada en un matrimonio sin amor. La vida de Juan se pone en jaque por una enfermedad. Sus historias se cruzan en un instante que parece equivocado, pero que se convierte en la demostracion de que puede haber alegria incluso en la tristeza, ilusion cuando todo parece perdido y que el destiempo no siempre es tal.Porque, cuando todo tiene que ser, sucede en el momento perfecto.A veces el destino nos pone frente a un amor arrollador, que nos atraviesa, nos desarma y nos arma; un amor que posiblemente no tenga futuro, pero tiene presente, aunque ese presente dure un ratito. Hay que avanzar frente a la vida que tantas veces se pone terca y saca un as de la manga y nos juega la carta del destiempo. A veces llegamos tarde o demasiado temprano. A veces, encontramos a la persona correcta, pero el momento es el equivocado. Destiempo. Pero... ¿Esto es realmente asi? Sofia trabaja como administrativa en una clinica y esta atrapada en un matrimonio sin amor con Nicolas, su pareja desde la adolescencia. Todo cambia una mañana cuando se ve obligada a resolver un problema en la habitacion 305, donde esta internado Juan Martin Iraola, un paciente que sacudira sus dias y su manera de ver la vida. Con la guia inspiradora de Juan y el apoyo incondicional de su abuela Margarita, Sofia atravesara la mejor de todas las historias de amor: una que la tiene como protagonista. Aunque dos destinos se entrelacen en el momento incorrecto, la felicidad puede encontrarse incluso en un tiempo sin futuro. ¿Cuando es oportuno el amor y cuando no lo es? Basada en una historia real, 73 margaritas nos demuestra que cualquier final puede ser el mas hermoso comienzo si estamos dispuestos a abrir los ojos para verlo.