Gripping short stories from a wide variety of cultures and different eras pre-1914.

Stories include: The Tinderbox, Hans Christian Anderson; The Magic Ring, Osca Wilde; The Creation of Man; From Tiger to Anansi; David and Goliath, The Good News Bible; David and Goliath, James I Bible; The Conceited Man; The Selfish Giant; Tseng and the Holy Many; Gypsies The Father, Biornstjerne Bjornson; The Fisherman, Jonas Lie; The Pardoner’s Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer; The Monkey’s Paw, W W Jacobs; A New England Nun, Mary Wilkins Freeman; The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant; The Gift of the Magi, O Henry.