Dating back to the early traditions of oral storytelling, the short story has evolved through the ages from myths, legends, fairy tales, fables, parables, stories in the Ramayana and Mahabharata, tales in the Panchatantra, the adventure tales of the Odyssey, biblical stories, the Norse sagas, and many others. As the oriental tale and Gothic novel gained popularity in the latter half of the eighteenth century, short story began developing in Britain. And by the beginning of nineteenth century, it had highly evolved as a form. This anthology is a compilation of some of the classic short stories of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, from around the world. Beginning with the realistic stories of Pushkin and Chekov, it includes \u2018The Necklace\u2019 by Guy de Maupassant, \u2018Eve\u2019s Diary\u2019 by Mark Twain, \u2018The \u201cSlapping Sal\u201d\u2019 by Arthur Conan Doyle, \u2018The Fly\u2019 by Katherine Mansfield, \u2018A Little Cloud\u2019 by James Joyce, \u2018White Nights\u2019 by Fyodor Dostoevsky, \u2018The Postmaster\u2019 by Rabindranath Tagore, and \u2018The Gift of Magi\u2019 by O. Henry. \u201cShort stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.\u201d \u2013 Neil Gaiman \u201c\u2018What shall I write?\u2019 said Yegor, and he dipped his pen in the ink.\u201d \u2013 Anton Chekov, At Christmas Time \u201cThere was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck.\u201d \u2013 D. H. Lawrence, The Rocking-Horse Winner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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