The Short Story America Classics
Library features hundreds of stories, by American and World authors.
From familiar favorites to those you may not have discovered yet,
all of these tales are well worth reading, remembering, studying or
discussing with friends or classmates. Some longer stories like
Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage," Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich,"
Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," and many
others are here. Even Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" are here in the
Classics Library, for your convenience. All stories in the Classics
Library are in PDF format for your printing convenience, whether for
bedtime reading or for highlighting and margin notes in the
classroom or reading club. There is even great philosophical
literature like Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Emerson's
"Self-Reliance" and Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" on the "shelves"
of the Classics Library.