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 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 Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County & Other Stories
“The headwater of
American fiction.“
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Spirit & Other Poems
“In his ideals, in his movements and in his actions themselves, he stabbed, cut and smashed old notions.“
PROF. H. B. JASSIN
The Overcoat
“The greatest Russian story ever written.“
VLADMIR NABOKOV