Beschreibung
Is there a horrible secret hidden beneath the Usher family home? Who or what does the samurai's servant hear moving among the corpses inside Kyoto's ancient gate? And will Federico give his beloved falcon to the noble Monna Giovanna, whom he adores?
This collection of 25 stories captures the brilliance of the short story as it develops across the ages: From Boccaccio's Falcon and the Brothers Grimm's
to the modern classics of Dickens, Chekhov, Maupassant, Kafka, O. Henry, Kate Chopin, Ambrose Bierce, Akutagawa Ry?nosuke and many more.