Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all.

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Having found Love what happens when we lose it. Of course this can be for many reasons but the results almost aways bring heartbreak and perhaps an unendurable loss. Pain, grief, loneliness, many emotions take root within our hearts. Our classic authors have stories that describe all these feelings and much more.

1 - Lost Love - Short Stories - An Introduction

2 - The Altar of the Dead - Part 1 by Henry James

3 - The Altar of the Dead - Part 2 by Henry James

4 - The Lagoon by Joseph Conrad

5 - The Grave by Guy de Maupassant

6 - About Love by Anton Chekhov

7 - The Border Line by D H Lawrence

8 - An Egyptian Cigarette by Kate Chopin

9 - Uncle Abraham's Romance by Edith Nesbit

10 - Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu

11 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

12 - The Mass of Shadows by Anatole France

13 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

14 - The Night Before Thanksgiving by Sarah Orne Jewett

15 - The Haunted Orchard by Richard Le Gallienne

16 - The Second Generation by Algernon Blackwood

17 - Springtime a la Carte by O Henry