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, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, and many more. This book is intended for teachers and true literature enthusiasts. Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Prosper Mérimée. Mateo Falcone Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Ambitious Guest Edgar Allan Poe. The Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe. The Gold-Bug Ivan Turgenev. The District Doctor Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol Herman Melville. The Lightning-Rod Man Mark Twain. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain. Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man Bret Harte. The Luck of Roaring Camp Robert Louis Stevenson. The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Leo Tolstoy. Kholstomer, The Story Of A Horse Leo Tolstoy. Alyosha The Pot Guy de Maupassant. The Necklace Oscar Wilde. The Selfish Giant Ambrose Bierce. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Thomas Hardy. The Three Strangers Ambrose Bierce. The Magic Shop Anton Chekhov. The Darling Arthur Conan Doyle. The Case of Lady Sannox Rudyard Kipling. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Jack London. The Law of Life Rainer Maria Rilke. How Old Timofei Died Singing H. H. Munro, or Saki. The Music On The Hill O. Henry. The Gift of the Magi O. Henry. The Ransom of Red Chief Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper Katherine Mansfield. The Fly Willa Cather. A Wagner Matinée James Joyce. Araby James Joyce. Eveline D. H. Lawrence. The Prussian Officer Franz Kafka. The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka. Jackals and Arabs Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man Sherwood Anderson. The Egg Virginia Woolf. The Mark On The Wall Ring Lardner. The Golden Honeymoon John Galsworthy. The Broken Boot Joseph Conrad. Heart Of Darkness F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Ernest Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises Ray Bradbury. Asleep In Armageddon Isaac Asimov. Youth E.M. Forster. The Machine Stops H. P. Lovecraft. The Call of Cthulhu Agatha Christie. The Adventure of "The Western Star" Agatha Christie. The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor Agatha Christie. The Adventure of the Cheap Flat