An exquisitely designed leather-bound edition compiling some of the classic short stories produced around the world between the late eighteenth and the early twentieth century, this book comes with a ribbon bookmark, gilded edges and beautiful endpapers. Ideal to be read and treasured, it makes for a perfect addition to any library. Beginning with Washington Irving masterpiece ?the legend of the sleepy Hollow?, it includes the realistic stories of Pushkin and Chekhov, the Gothic spine-chillers of Edgar Allan Poe, ?white nights? by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Tolstoy?s most celebrated story, ?how much land does a man need?, Bram Stoker ?br> DRACULA?S guest?, ?the necklace? by guy de Maupassant, ?the ?slapping Sal?? by Arthur Conan Doyle, Rabindranath Tagore ?the Postmaster?, ?the gift of Magi? by br>o Henry, ?tobermory? by H. H. Munro (Saki), ?a little cloud? from James Joyce landmark collection, Dubliners, ?the fly? by Katherine Mansfield, and Brad Scott Fitzgerald best-known story, ?The curious case of Benjamin button?. an editorial note precedes each work.