Classic Short Stories

Classic Short Stories
An Internet Hotlist on Short Stories

Introduction
Left your heavy old literature textbook in your locker, but need to read that short story tonight? Here are links to some of the most commonly anthologized short stories -- the favorite ones that English teachers like to assign. You can read the story online or print it out to read, all without having to lug that lit book around. You may also want to listen to old radio programs that dramatized the stories. Some sites allow you to download the programs, others just to listen. Site updated July, 2011.

The Internet Resources

Authors A to E

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Ambrose Bierce
The Most Dangerous Game - Richard Connell
The Red-Headed League - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Authors F to M

Death By Scrabble - Charlie Fish
Eveline - James Joyce
How the Leopard Got His Spots - Rudyard Kipling
The Dead - James Joyce
The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry
The Last Leaf - O. Henry
The Lottery - Shirley Jackson
The Luck of Roaring Camp - Bret Harte
The Necklace - Guy de Maupassant
The Ransom of Red Chief - O. Henry
To Build a Fire - Jack London

Authors N to P

A Telephone Call - Dorothy Parker
The Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe
The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe
The Pit and the Pendulum - Edgar Allan Poe
The Purloined Letter - Edgar Allan Poe
The Sniper - Liam O'Flaherty
The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe

Authors Q to Z

Leiningen Versus the Ants - Carl Stephenson
The Lady or the Tiger? - Frank R. Stockton

Old Time Radio Programs - Listen Only

Old Time Radio Programs - Download

Escape - Leiningen Vs. the Ants; Most Dangerous Game; Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge; Fall of the House of Usher -
Internet Archive - Free MP3 downloads.
NBC Short Story - The Lottery; The Cask of Amontillado; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Tell-Tale Heart -
Radio Readers Digest - The Gift of the Magi -
Suspense - Leiningen Versus the Ants -
Suspense - Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge -
Suspense -The Pit & the Pendulum; Most Dangerous Game -
Zoot Radio - Free MP3 downloads; Registration is free.

Content by Jerry Cavanaugh, cavanaugh-j@hotmail.com
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Last revised Thu Jul 14 0:39:01 US/Pacific 2011