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A commendable poet and also a notable novelist, Rudyard Kipling stands out superbly as a writer of short stories. It was definitely in the short stories that he exercised his talents to the fullest. He has given some short stories that transcend time and place. Diverse experiences in life and his visits to different places account for the diversity of theme, plot and character in his stories for adults. The present selection includes some remarkable short stories ...
Defying the unhappy and miserable conditions of his early life, Charles Dickens emerged as an outstanding literary figure of his times. His personal experiences provided him with the raw material for his writings. Charles Dickens' keen interest in the supernatural and macabre equipped him with the right attitude to pen some wonderful ghost stories. This selection includes A Christmas Carol, one of the best ghost stories in the world, but not without a moral. The ...
The present selection includes some very fine short stories by D.H. Lawrence. The opening piece of the collection, The Rocking Horse Winner, has a shocking lesson to teach through an ambitious young boy's flight of fancy; the symbolic use of the rocking horse makes it a superbly impressive story. Glad Ghosts is yet another short story representing Lawrence's treatment of supernatural. The Woman Who Rode Away is the grim tale of a woman from the civilized world ...
One of the greatest novelists of his age, Thomas Hardy was quite comfortable depicting the rustic country life. He started as a poet, wrote some remarkable novels and short stories, and returned to poetry in the last leg of his literary career. The present selection presents Hardy at his best. In includes some fascinating short stories by this great writer of fiction. The Three Strangers is an interesting tale of a culprit. The Withered Arm is really horrific. ...