Great Short Stories - New Providence School District



Great Short Stories

Read the story that started it all—including the Hunger Games:

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson



Life is very ironic, read both of these short stories to reinforce that premise:

The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant



The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry:



Edgar Allen Poe was the king of horror, find out why by reading two of his most famous short stories:

The Masque of the Red Death:



The Fall of the House of Usher:



you can also use the audio version, WOW

you may also want to read:

The Telltale Heart



The Black Cat



The Raven



Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the best loved American authors family history and specific events in his life influenced his writings:

The Birth-mark



"Young Goodman Brown



Rappacinnis's Daughter



The Minister's Black Veil



Dr. Heidegger's Experiment



Mark Twain's most widely read short story takes a satirical look at an easterner out west

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain - Mark Twain's most widely read short story takes a satirical look at an easterner out west



An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce - Peyton Farquhar is to be hanged from Owl Creek Bridge, but he escapes. What happens next?



"To Build a Fire" by Jack London - It's cold. Build a fire or die.



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