The Garden Party & Other Stories
"I was jealous of her writing - the only writing I have ever been jealous of." VIRGINIA WOOLF
The Rocking Horse Winner & Other Stories
"D. H. Lawrence was a genius; he is at the heart of English literature...pick up a Lawrence tale and the old magic begins working." DORIS LESSING, NY REVIEW OF BOOKS
The Happy Prince & Other Stories
"[Wilde's] first authentic work... marks the beginning of his true creativity... Wilde's stories are splendid." JEANETTE WINTERSON
The Death of Bagrat Zakharych & Other Stories
"[Vazha-Pshavela's] imagery, almost medieval in its epic majesty, has an elemental force." OSIP MANDELSTAM
The Gift of the Magi & Other Stories
"[O.Henry] came to New York, saw the city and wrote heartfelt stories of the life all about him. A man to remember - and revere." ART YOUNG, THE NEW YORKER
The Butterfly Man & Other Stories
"[Heinsaar] is haunted by the memory of a metamorphosis, or its imminence." GEORGES-OLIVIER CHATEAUREYNAUD
Tofylis, or Marriage of Zosé
"...a veritable literary phenomenon." THOMAS VENCLOVA, YALE UNIVERSITY
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County & Other Stories
"The headwater of American fiction." ERNEST HEMINGWAY
In the Shadow of Death
“Beautiful, profoundly moving...” JOANNA KAVENNA, author of THE ICE MUSEUM
Independence Day & Other Stories
"Indonesia's greatest fiction writer." NEW YORK TIMES
The Necklace
"[Maupassant] wrote from the fullness of a compassionate heart." JOSEPH CONRAD
Bartleby, the Scrivener
"Melville stands unique in English Literature." THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Dead
"Just about the finest short story in the English language." THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Overcoat
"The greatest Russian short story ever written." Vladimir Nabokov
