Adventure
Great Short Stories of the Masters
2003·553 pages
This anthology compiles forty-nine short stories by master authors, focusing on human passion, rich detail, and international themes.
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This anthology compiles forty-nine short stories by master authors, focusing on human passion, rich detail, and international themes.
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Forty-nine short stories, selected for their richness of detail, accurate depictions of human passion, and international scope, fill this collection. The authors include Americans such as Hemingway, Faulkner, Saul Bellow, and Flannery O'Connor, 19th and 20th century Western European giants such as Proust, Sartre, Flaubert, Kafka, Mann, Pirandello, Rilke, and Balzac, Russian icons Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Turgenev, and Chekhov, and Asian writers Rabindranath Tagore and Lu Hsun. While many o...
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Romance & sex
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Fleeting references to romantic encounters in a few stories; no explicit scenes. Implied sexual coercion in a historical tale; no graphic depictions.
Violence & gore
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Graphic depictions of murder, torture, and body horror in horror tales like Poe's; recurring violent conflicts in adventure stories.
Profanity
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Mild profanity and strong language in dialogue of some 19th-century stories.
Substance use
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Alcohol consumption in social settings; occasional opium or tobacco use, portrayed neutrally or cautionarily.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Subtle implications of same-sex attraction in one or two psychological tales.
Religious content
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References to clergy, biblical allusions, and moral dilemmas in several stories.
Magic & witchcraft
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No evidence found in available sources.
Occult / demonology
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Supernatural elements like ghosts and demonic forces in horror stories; some ritualistic framings.
Political content
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Satirical critiques of society, class, colonialism, and human folly in tales by Twain, Dickens, and others.
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicide ideation and attempts depicted in psychological stories; one on-page death.
Abuse & suffering
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Depictions of poverty, slavery, child labor, and systemic cruelty in social critique stories. Implied sexual coercion in a historical tale; no graphic depictions.
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