本套文库本精选爱伦•坡、马克•吐温、莫泊桑、王尔德、契诃夫、欧•亨利、杰克•伦敦、茨威格、芥川龙之介、菲茨杰拉德这十位短篇小说大师的名篇，邀请一批年轻译者，以他们对作品的理解、对作者语言风格的揣摩，用生动而具时代感、准确而更符合年轻人阅读习惯的中文译出。（This series of libraries selects masterworks of ten short story masters, including Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Maupassant, Wilde, Chekhov, O.Henry, Jack London, Zweig, Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Fitzgerald. A group of young translators were invited to translate these works into vivid and contemporary Chinese in line with the reading habits of young people, according to their understanding of the works and consideration of the masters' language styles.）