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Short Stories

Short fiction is the best way to sample an author before committing to a novel, and the public domain is unusually rich in it: Poe, Chekhov, Joyce, Kipling, Gilman and the detective writers all did their best work at this length.

Where to start: Dubliners and The Yellow Wallpaper are the two most-taught entries here.

4 books, in order of first publication

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