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Multi-story collection
O. Henry
Ordinary lives surprise
True Large Print · 18-point type
Estimated reading time: 111–138 minutesWhole collection · stories only
Inside · 11 stories
Stories in this collection
11 stories
- The Gift of the MagiTwo newlyweds with very little money search for Christmas gifts worthy of their love.
- The Cop and the AnthemA homeless man plans a winter in jail, but getting arrested proves surprisingly difficult.
- Memoirs of a Yellow DogA pampered dog offers a distinctly canine assessment of the humans who claim to own him.
- The Romance of a Busy BrokerA frantic morning on Wall Street leaves a broker struggling to make room for romance.
- A Retrieved ReformationA gifted safecracker tries to begin again, until an emergency makes his old skills urgently necessary.
- After Twenty YearsTwo friends keep a long-standing appointment on a New York street, with much left unsaid between them.
- The Last LeafA sick young artist ties her hopes to the leaves outside her window while her neighbors watch anxiously.
- An Unfinished StoryA poorly paid shopgirl weighs the promise of an evening out against the price of accepting it.
- The Caballero’s WayA dangerous outlaw’s romance becomes a contest of jealousy, pursuit and calculated deception.
- The Furnished RoomA young man searching New York for a missing woman rents a room that seems to retain traces of her presence.
- The Ransom of Red ChiefTwo kidnappers discover that their young captive has very different ideas about who is in charge.
“One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all.”
A question to savor
Which reversal changes your judgment of a character most, and why?
Multi-story collection
Guy de Maupassant
Paris unmasks desire
True Large Print · 18-point type
Estimated reading time: 95–120 minutesWhole collection · stories only
Inside · 10 stories
Stories in this collection
10 stories
- The NecklaceA borrowed jewel offers a clerk’s wife one dazzling evening in the world she longs to enter.
- The False GemsA husband’s certainty about his happy marriage is disturbed by his wife’s apparently inexpensive jewelry.
- The RendezvousA woman on her way to meet her lover finds a spring afternoon full of tempting reasons to delay.
- The DoweryA newly married couple’s trip to Paris exposes the uneasy relationship between affection and money.
- The UmbrellaA damaged umbrella turns household thrift into a determined battle over an insurance claim.
- An Adventure in ParisA provincial woman visits Paris hoping to experience the glamorous life she has imagined from afar.
- A SoireeA music-loving provincial notary follows his artistic ambitions into an unpredictable Parisian evening.
- Waiter, A ‘Bock’A chance meeting in a café prompts a withdrawn acquaintance to explain why he has turned away from life.
- TombstonesA Parisian recounts a cemetery encounter that makes the performance of mourning difficult to read.
- The MustacheA woman’s letter turns a missing mustache into a playful argument about attraction, memory and appearances.
“She had no dresses, no jewels, nothing.”
A question to savor
Across these stories, when does the desire to impress other people become a trap?
Multi-story collection
James Joyce
Familiar lives awaken
True Large Print · 18-point type
Estimated reading time: 271–338 minutesWhole collection · stories only
Inside · 15 stories
Stories in this collection
15 stories
- The SistersA boy tries to understand the death of a priest and the unsettling fragments adults leave unexplained.
- An EncounterTwo schoolboys escape the classroom in search of adventure and meet a disturbing stranger.
- ArabyA boy invests a trip to a bazaar with the promise of romance and a larger world.
- EvelineA young woman weighs the possibility of escape against the claims of home, duty and memory.
- After the RaceA young Dubliner joins wealthy international companions for an exhilarating evening of money and display.
- Two GallantsTwo men’s talk of romance reveals a harsher economy of favors, manipulation and need.
- The Boarding HouseA landlady considers how to turn a relationship under her roof into a respectable arrangement.
- A Little CloudA reunion with a successful friend leaves a clerk measuring his domestic life against his literary ambitions.
- CounterpartsA humiliated office worker carries his frustration through an evening of drinking and back into his home.
- ClayA quiet woman’s Halloween visit exposes the small rituals and silences surrounding her place in other people’s lives.
- A Painful CaseA solitary man’s brief friendship returns to trouble the order he has made of his life.
- Ivy Day in the Committee RoomElection workers talk politics, loyalty and disappointment while waiting for the day to pass.
- A MotherA determined mother’s efforts to protect her daughter’s musical engagement collide with unreliable organizers.
- GraceFriends propose a spiritual fresh start for a man whose drinking has brought him to an embarrassing fall.
- The DeadA winter party brings Gabriel Conroy face to face with the private depths of a familiar life.
“Lily, the caretaker’s daughter, was literally run off her feet.”
A question to savor
Across these Dublin lives, what makes a moment of recognition lead to change—or fail to?
Novel
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dreams outlive reason
True Large Print · 18-point type
Estimated reading time: 194–243 minutesNovel · extras excluded
A taste of the novel
“There was music from my neighbour’s house through the summer nights.”
A question to savor
What is Gatsby trying to recover: Daisy herself, a lost moment, or a version of himself?
Short story
Nikolai Gogol
Faith confronts terror
True Large Print · 18-point type
Estimated reading time: 55–75 minutesStory · extras excluded
A taste of the story
“I am not afraid, by heavens, I am not afraid!”
A question to savor
Does Khoma trust his faith, his protective rituals, or his own ability to endure fear?
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