This collection is a compilation of novels and short stories by some of the greatest masters of fiction literature. The collection includes works spanning over 150 years from the beginning of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century. The works vary in genre, including humorous, lyrical, psychological, romantic, detective, fantastic, adventurous, and mystical prose. It features classics of American, British, Irish, French, German, and Russian literature. Some of the outstanding authors included in this collection: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Guy de Maupassant, Arthur Conan Doyle, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, H. P. Lovecraft, John Galsworthy , Ernest Hemingway, Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, and many more. This book is intended for teachers and true literature enthusiasts. Contents: Washington Irving. Rip van Winkle Charlotte Bronte. Napoleon and the Spectre Mary Shelley. The Mortal Immortal Edgar Allan Poe. The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe. The Black Cat Ivan Turgenev. First Love Charles Dickens. Nobody's Story Herman Melville. Bartleby, The Scrivener Mark Twain. A Complaint about Correspondents, Dated in San Francisco Mark Twain. Answers to Correspondents Mark Twain. Among the Fenians Mary Elizabeth Braddon. The Cold Embrace Harriet Beecher Stowe. The Parson's Horse Race Joel Chandler Harris. The Wonderful Tar Baby Story Guy de Maupassant. The Piece of String Leo Tolstoy. The Death Of Ivan Ilyich Leo Tolstoy. God Sees The Truth, But Waits Oscar Wilde. The Happy Prince Jerome K. Jerome. Three Men in a Boat Kate Chopin. The Awakening H. G. Wells. The Star Anton Chekhov. Gooseberries Anton Chekhov. A Malefactor Arthur Conan Doyle. Lot No. 249 Arthur Conan Doyle. The Crime Of The Brigadier Rudyard Kipling. The Cat That Walked By Himself Jack London. To Build A Fire H. H. Munro, or Saki. Gabriel-Ernest O. Henry. The Caballero's Way Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Cottagette James Joyce. The Dead Franz Kafka. In the Penal Colony Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The Christmas Tree And The Wedding John Galsworthy. The Broken Boot F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Offshore Pirate G. K. Chesterton. The Blue Cross Ivan Bunin. The Grammar Of Love Ivan Bunin. Gentle Breathing Aleksandr Kuprin. The Outrage - A True Story Ernest Hemingway. Up in Michigan Ernest Hemingway. Out of Season Ernest Hemingway. My Old Man Ray Bradbury. A Little Journey Ray Bradbury. Zero Hour H. P. Lovecraft. The Shadow over Innsmouth Mikhail Bulgakov. The Cup Of Life Mikhail Bulgakov. The Beer Story Mikhail Bulgakov. Moonshine Springs Agatha Christie. The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge Agatha Christie. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery Agatha Christie. The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb