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The Open Window	The Necklace
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A Complete Alphabetical Listing

"Yah! Yah! Yah!" - London	Seeds - Anderson
A Bad Business - Chekhov	Senility - Anderson
A Blackjack Bargainer - Henry	Shock Tactics - Munro(SAKI)
A Blunder - Chekhov	Shooting an Elephant - Orwell
A Bread and Butter Miss - Munro(SAKI)	Shrove Tuesday - Chekhov
A Burlesque Biography - Twain	Siwash - London
A Chamelion - Chekhov	Sleepy - Chekhov
A Child's Christmas in Wales - Thomas	Small Fry - Chekhov
A Christmas Tree - Dickens	Sorrow - Chekhov
A Classical Student - Chekhov	Souls Belated - Wharton
A Country Christmas - Alcott	Split Cherry Tree - Stuart
A Country Cottage - Chekhov	Sredni Vashtar - Munro(SAKI)
A Coward - deMaupassant	Strong Impressions - Chekhov
A Dark Brown Dog - Crane	Talent - Chekhov
A Daughter Of Albion - Chekhov	Tea - Munro(SAKI)
A Daughter of the Aurora - London	Terror - Chekhov
A Day In The Country - Chekhov	Thank You, M'am - Hughes
A Day's Lodging - London	That Spot - London
A Dead Body - Chekhov	The Affair at Coulter's Notch - Bierce
A Dead Woman's Secret - deMaupassant	The Album - Chekhov
A Defenseless Creature - Chekhov	The Ambitious Guest - Hawthorne
A Descent Into the Maelstrom - Poe	The Applicant - Bierce
A Doctor's Visit - Chekhov	The Assignation - Poe
A Dog's Tale - Twain	The Baron of Grogzwig - Dickens
A Family - deMaupassant	The Beauties - Chekhov
A Father - Chekhov	The Beggar - Chekhov
A Gentleman Friend - Chekhov	The Bell - Andersen
A Ghost - deMaupassant	The Bet - Chekhov
A Happy Ending - Chekhov	The Bird Market - Chekhov
A Happy Man - Chekhov	The Birthmark - Hawthorne
A Haunted House - Woolf	The Bishop - Chekhov
A Holy Terror - Bierce	The Black Cat - Poe
A Horseman in the Sky - Bierce	The Black Monk - Chekhov
A Humble Drama - deMaupassant	The Boarded Window - Bierce
A Hyperborean Brew - London	The Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn - Dickens
A Joke - Chekhov	The Brave Tin Soldier - Andersen
A Lady From Redhorse - Bierce	The Brothers - Alcott
A Lady's Story - Chekhov	The Bull - Munro(SAKI)
A Little Cloud - Joyce	The Cask of Amontillado - Poe
A Living Chattle - Chekhov	The Cattle-dealers - Chekhov
A Lodging for the Night - Stevenson	The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - Twain
A Malefactor - Chekhov	The Chemist's Wife - Chekhov
A Misfortune - Chekhov	The Child's Story - Dickens
A Modern Cinderella - Alcott	The Chorus Girl - Chekhov
A Modest Proposal - Swift	The Christening - deMaupassant
A Mystery - Chekhov	The Coming-Out of Maggie - Henry
A Nervous Breakdown - Chekhov	The Consul - Davis
A Nightmare - Chekhov	The Cook's Wedding - Chekhov
A Passion in the Desert - deBalzac	The Cossack - Chekhov
A Peculiar Man - Chekhov	The Coup de Grace - Bierce
A Piece of Steak - London	The Cross on the Old Church Tower - Alcott
A Piece of String - deMaupassant	The Cupboard of the Yesterdays - Munro(SAKI)
A Pink Stocking - Chekhov	The Darling - Chekhov
A Play - Chekhov	The Death Of A Government Clerk - Chekhov
A Problem - Chekhov	The Death of John - Alcott
A Relic of the Pliocene - London	The Dependents - Chekhov
A Slander - Chekhov	The Devil - deMaupassant
A Son of the Gods - Bierce	The Devil and Tom Walker - Irving
A Story Without A Title - Chekhov	The Diary of a Madman - deMaupassant
A Story Without An End - Chekhov	The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh - Munro(SAKI)
A Telephone Call - Parker	The Doctor - Chekhov
A Telephonic Conversation - Twain	The Donkey - deMaupassant
A Tragic Actor - Chekhov	The Door - White
A Trifle From Life - Chekhov	The Door In the Wall - Wells
A Tripping Tongue - Chekhov	The Door of the Trap - Anderson
A Trivial Incident - Chekhov	The Dowry - deMaupassant
A Troublesome Visitor - Chekhov	The Dream Of Little Tuk - Andersen
A Watcher by the Dead - Bierce	The Drunkard - deMaupassant
A Woman's Kingdom - Chekhov	The Duel - Chekhov
A Work Of Art - Chekhov	The Dumb Man - Anderson
Aborigines - Chekhov	The Eclipse - Cooper
About Love - Chekhov	The Effeminates - deMaupassant
After The Theatre - Chekhov	The Egg - Anderson
Afterward - Wharton	The Elderbush - Andersen
Agafya - Chekhov	The Elephant's Child - Kipling
All Gold Canyon - London	The Emperor's New Clothes - Andersen
Aloha Oe - London	The Examining Magistrate - Chekhov
Amateur Night - London	The Eyes of the Panther - Bierce
An Actor's End - Chekhov	The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - Poe
An Adventure - Chekhov	The Faith of Men - London
An Adventure at Brownville - Bierce	The Fall of the House of Usher - Poe
An Affair of Outposts - Bierce	The Falls - Saunders
An Affair of State - deMaupassant	The False Collar - Andersen
An Anonymous Story - Chekhov	The Famous Gilson Request - Bierce
An Artist's Story - Chekhov	The Father - deMaupassant
An Avenger - Chekhov	The Fiddler - Melville
An Enigmatic Nature - Chekhov	The Fir Tree - Andersen
An Inadvertence - Chekhov	The First Christmas Tree - VanDyke
An Incident - Chekhov	The First-class Passenger - Chekhov
An Inquiry - Chekhov	The Fish - Chekhov
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge - Bierce	The Garden of Paradise - Andersen
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge - Bierse	The Garden Party - Mansfield
An Odyssey of the North - London	The Gift of the Magi - Henry
An Upheaval - Chekhov	The Girls in Their Summer Dresses - Shaw
Anna On The Neck - Chekhov	The God of His Fathers - London
Anyuta - Chekhov	The Golden Honeymoon - Lardner
Araby - Joyce	The Goloshes of Fortune - Andersen
Ariadne - Chekhov	The Grasshopper - Chekhov
Art - Chekhov	The Great Carbuncle - Hawthorne
At A Country House - Chekhov	The Great Interrogation - London
At A Summer Villa - Chekhov	The Griffin and the Minor Canon - Stockton
At Christmas Time - Chekhov	The Guests - Munro(SAKI)
At Home - Chekhov	The Hairpin - deMaupassant
At The Barber's - Chekhov	The Hand - deMaupassant
At the Rainbow's End - London	The Happy Family - Andersen
Aunt Kipp - Alcott	The Head Of The Family - Chekhov
Bad Weather - Chekhov	The Head-gardener's Story - Chekhov
Bartleby the Scrivener - Melville	The Heathen - London
Batard - London	The Hedgehog - Munro(SAKI)
Beauty Of Form And Beauty Of Mind - Andersen	The Helpmate - Chekhov
Bellfower - deMaupassant	The Horse Stealers - Chekhov
Bertie's Christmas Eve - Munro(SAKI)	The House of Mapuhi - London
Betrothed - Chekhov	The House of Pride - London
Beware of the Dog - Dahl	The Huntsman - Chekhov
Beyond the Wall - Bierce	The Husband - Chekhov
Boots - Chekhov	The Image of the Lost Sole - Munro(SAKI)
Boys - Chekhov	The Imp of the Perverse - Poe
Brothers - Anderson	The Inevitable White Man - London
Brown Wolf - London	The Inn - deMaupassant
Burial of the Guns - Page	The Interlopers - Munro(SAKI)
Canossa - Munro(SAKI)	The Juene Premier - Chekhov
Champagne - Chekhov	The King of Clubs and the Queen of Hearts - Alcott
Chickamauga - Bierce	The Kiss - deMaupassant
Children - Chekhov	The Kiss - Chekhov
Choristers - Chekhov	The Lady With The Little Dog - Chekhov
Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse - Dickens	The Lady, or the Tiger? - Stockton
Chun Ah Chun - London	The Last Leaf - Henry
Cinderella; or The Little Glass Slipper - Authors	The Last Spin - Hunter
Clay - Joyce	The Leap-frog - Andersen
Coco - deMaupassant	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Irving
Confessing - deMaupassant	The Leopard Man's Story - London
Darkness - Chekhov	The Letter - Chekhov
Death Makes a Comeback - O'Keefe	The Lightning-Rod Man - Melville
Debby's Debut - Alcott	The Lion And The Sun - Chekhov
Denis - deMaupassant	The Little Match Girl - Andersen
Desiree's Baby - Chopin	The Little Mermaid - Andersen
Difficult People - Chekhov	The Looking Glass - Chekhov
Doctor Marigold - Dickens	The Lottery - Jackson
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment - Hawthorne	The Lottery Ticket - Chekhov
Dreams - Chekhov	The Luck of Roaring Camp - Harte
Drunk - Chekhov	The Man and the Snake - Bierce
Easter Eve - Chekhov	The Man In A Case - Chekhov
Enemies - Chekhov	The Man in the Brown Coat - Anderson
Ethan Brand - Hawthorne	The Man out of the Nose - Bierce
Eva is Inside Her Cat - Marquez	The Man with the Gash - London
Excellent People - Chekhov	The Mappined Life - Munro(SAKI)
Expecting Mrs. Pentherby - Munro(SAKI)	The Marquis de Fumerol - deMaupassant
Expensive Lessons - Chekhov	The Marriage of Lit-lit - London
Eyes of a Blue Dog - Marquez	The Marshal's Widow - Chekhov
Farewell - deMaupassant	The Masque of the Red Death - Poe
Fat And Thin - Chekhov	The Men of Forty Mile - London
Fate - Munro(SAKI)	The Minions of Midas - London
Flush of Gold - London	The Minister's Black Veil - Hawthorne
For the Duration of the War - Munro(SAKI)	The Mockingbird - Bierce
Forewarned - Munro(SAKI)	The Monkey's Paw - Jacobs
Found on a Drowned Man - deMaupassant	The Most Dangerous Game - Connell
Friend Patience - deMaupassant	The Mouse - Munro(SAKI)
From The Diary Of A Violent-tempered Man - Chekhov	The Murder - Chekhov
Frost - Chekhov	The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Poe
George Thurston - Bierce	The Naughty Boy - Andersen
Gone Astray - Chekhov	The Necklace - deMaupassant
Good-bye, Jack - London	The New Englander - Anderson
Gooseberries - Chekhov	The New Villa - Chekhov
Grisha - Chekhov	The Nightingale - Andersen
Grit of Women - London	The Occasional Garden - Munro(SAKI)
Gusev - Chekhov	The Old House - Chekhov
Haircut - Lardner	The Old House - Andersen
Happiness - Chekhov	The One Thousand Dozen - London
Home - Chekhov	The Open Window - Munro(SAKI)
How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar - Harte	The Orator - Chekhov
How the Leopard Got His Spots - Kipling	The Other Woman - Anderson
Humiliation - deMaupassant	The Outcasts of Poker Flat - Harte
Hunters in the Snow - Wolff	The Oversight - Munro(SAKI)
Hush - Chekhov	The Party - Chekhov
Hyacinth - Munro(SAKI)	The Passing of Marcus O'Brien - London
I Want to Know Why - Anderson	The Pennance - Munro(SAKI)
In a Far Country - London	The Petchenyeg - Chekhov
In A Hotel - Chekhov	The Phantom Luncheon - Munro(SAKI)
In A Strange Land - Chekhov	The Piece of String - deMaupassant
In Exile - Chekhov	The Pipe - Chekhov
In Passion Week - Chekhov	The Pit and the Pendulum - Poe
In The Coach-house - Chekhov	The Poor Relation's Story - Dickens
In The Court - Chekhov	The Post - Chekhov
In The Dark - Chekhov	The Premature Burial - Poe
In The Graveyard - Chekhov	The Priestly Prerogative - London
In The Ravine - Chekhov	The Princess - Chekhov
In the Wood - deMaupassant	The Princess and the Pea - Andersen
In Trouble - Chekhov	The Princess and the Puma - Henry
Indiscretion - deMaupassant	The Private History of a Campaign That Failed - Twain
Inonitch - Chekhov	The Privy Councillor - Chekhov
Italian with Grammar - Twain	The Purloined Letter - Poe
Italian without a Master - Twain	The Purple of the Balkan Kings - Munro(SAKI)
Ivan Matveyich - Chekhov	The Queen of Spades - Pushkin
Jack London - London	The Ransom of Red Chief - Henry
Jan, the Unrepentant - London	The Real Princess - Andersen
Joy - Chekhov	The Red Shoes - Andersen
Julia Bride - James	The Requiem - Chekhov
Julie Romain - deMaupassant	The Runaway - Chekhov
Kashtanka - Chekhov	The Saucy Boy - Andersen
Killed at Resaca - Bierce	The Schoolmaster - Chekhov
Kitty's Class Day - Alcott	The Schoolmistress - Chekhov
Koolau the Leper - London	The Scorn of Women - London
Ladies - Chekhov	The Seed of McCoy - London
Lamb to the Slaughter - Dahl	The Seven Cream Jugs - Munro(SAKI)
Leiningen Versus the Ants - Stephenson	The Shadow - Andersen
Lights - Chekhov	The Shadow and the Flash - London
Little Claus and Big Claus - Andersen	The Sheep - Munro(SAKI)
Little Tiny or Thumbelina - Andersen	The Sheriff of Kona - London
Local Color - London	The Shoemaker And The Devil - Chekhov
Lost Face - London	The Shoes Of Fortune - Andersen
Louis - Munro(SAKI)	The Shoolboy's Story - Dickens
Louise - Munro(SAKI)	The Sniper - O'Flaherty
Love - Chekhov	The Snow Queen - Andersen
Love of Life - London	The Soldier's Peaches - Cloete
Luck - Twain	The Son of the Wolf - London
Madame Parisse - deMaupassant	The Steppe - Chekhov
Mademoiselle Fifi - deMaupassant	The Story of a Conscience - Bierce
Mademoiselle Pearl - deMaupassant	The Story Of A Mother - Andersen
Malingerers - Chekhov	The Story of Jees Uck - London
Man From the South - Dahl	The Story of Keesh - London
Mari D'elle - Chekhov	The Story of Seven Devils - Stockton
Marjorie Daw - Aldrich	The Story of the Wind - Andersen
Marjorie's Three Gifts - Alcott	The Storyteller - Munro(SAKI)
Mark - Munro(SAKI)	The Street That Got Mislaid - Waddington
Markheim - Stevenson	The Student - Chekhov
Martyrs - Chekhov	The Suitable Surroundings - Bierce
Mateo Falcone - Merimee	The Swedish Match - Chekhov
Mauki - London	The Swineherd - Andersen
Mesmeric Revelation - Poe	The Teacher Of Literature - Chekhov
Minds In Ferment - Chekhov	The Tell-Tale Heart - Poe
Mire - Chekhov	The Terrible Solomons - London
Misery - Chekhov	The Threat - Munro(SAKI)
Miss Harriet - deMaupassant	The Time Machine - Wells
Moon-Face - London	The Tinder-Box - Andersen
Moonlight - deMaupassant	The Toys of Peace - Munro(SAKI)
Morlvera - Munro(SAKI)	The Travelling Companion - Andersen
Motherhood - Anderson	The Trousseau - Chekhov
Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings - Dickens	The Two Volodyas - Chekhov
Mrs. Packletide's Tiger - Munro(SAKI)	The Umbrella - deMaupassant
MS. Found in a Bottle - Poe	The Unexpected - London
My Kinsman, Major Molineux - Hawthorne	The Use of Force - Williams
My Life - Chekhov	The Vendetta - deMaupassant
My Red Cap - Alcott	The Vertical Fields - Dawson
My Uncle Jules - deMaupassant	The Whale Tooth - London
Negore, the Coward - London	The White Man's Way - London
Neighbors - Chekhov	The White Silence - London
Nelly's Hospital - Alcott	The Wife - Chekhov
Nerves - Chekhov	The Wife of a King - London
Nobody's Story - Dickens	The Wisdom of the Trail - London
Not Wanted - Chekhov	The Wit of Porportuk - London
Oh! The Public - Chekhov	The Witch - Chekhov
Old Age - Chekhov	The Wolves of Cernogatz - Munro(SAKI)
Old Mongilet - deMaupassant	The Wreck - deMaupassant
On Official Duty - Chekhov	Three Years - Chekhov
On Picket Duty - Alcott	To Build a Fire - London
On the Gull's Road - Cather	To the Man on the Trail - London
On The Road - Chekhov	Too Early - Chekhov
One Kind of Officer - Bierce	Too Much Gold - London
One of These Days - Marquez	Trust - London
One Officer, One Man - Bierce	Two Little Soldiers - deMaupassant
Overdoing It - Chekhov	Typhus - Chekhov
Oysters - Chekhov	Ugly Duckling - Andersen
Panic Fears - Chekhov	Unlighted Lamps - Anderson
Parker Addersion, Philosopher - Bierce	Uprooted - Chekhov
Paul's Case - Cather	Vanka - Chekhov
Peasant Wives - Chekhov	Verotchka - Chekhov
Peasants - Chekhov	Volodya - Chekhov
Planchette - London	War - Anderson
Polinka - Chekhov	Ward No. 6 - Chekhov
Politics and the English Language - Orwell	Was it Heaven? Or Hell? - Twain
Psyche's Art - Alcott	What Christmas is as We Grow Older - Dickens
Quail Seed - Munro(SAKI)	What Occurred at Franklin - Bierce
Rappaccini's Daughter - Hawthorne	What the Bell Saw and Said - Alcott
Regret - Chopin	Where the Trail Forks - London
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - Kipling	Which Make Men Remember - London
Rip Van Winkle - Irving	Whitebrow - Chekhov
Rocking-Horse Winner - Lawrence	Who Was To Blame? - Chekhov
Roses and Forget-Me-Nots - Alcott	Young Goodman Brown - Hawthorne
Rothschild's Fiddle - Chekhov	Yvette - deMaupassant
Scarlet Stockings - Alcott	Zinotchka - Chekhov