25+ The World's Greatest Short Stories. Vol. 1

• Washington Irving (1783–1859) – American writer and diplomat, best known for short stories and historical sketches. • Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) – American poet and writer, master of gothic fiction and pioneer of the detective genre. • Herman Melville (1819–1891) – American novelist, best known for "Moby Dick" and a key figure in the American Renaissance. • Bret Harte (1836–1902) – American writer, famous for short stories about the California Gold Rush. • Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) – Renowned Russian writer, author of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina." • Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881) – Russian novelist, known for "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov." • Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) – English author, famous for "The Jungle Book" and Nobel laureate in Literature. • Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) – American writer, sociologist, and feminist, known for "The Yellow Wallpaper." • Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) – Russian playwright and short story writer, a key figure in world literature. • D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) – English novelist and poet, best known for "Lady Chatterley's Lover." • James Joyce (1882–1941) – Irish modernist writer, best known for "Ulysses." • Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883) – Russian novelist, known for "Fathers and Sons," and a promoter of Russian literature in the West. • Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852) – Russian writer of Ukrainian origin, famous for "Dead Souls" and "The Government Inspector." • Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) – Russian writer, known for "The Master and Margarita." • Ivan Bunin (1870–1953) – First Russian Nobel laureate in Literature (1933). • Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873) – Irish writer of Gothic tales and horror fiction. • O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862–1910) – American short story writer, known for his twist endings. • Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) – American short story writer, journalist, and Civil War veteran, author of "The Devil's Dictionary." • Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) – Scottish novelist and essayist, author of "Treasure Island." • H. G. Wells (1866–1946) – English writer, known for his science fiction, including "The War of the Worlds." • W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943) – English author, best known for his short story "The Monkey's Paw." • Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) – British writer and physician, creator of Sherlock Holmes. • Henry James (1843–1916) – American-British author, known for his novels exploring social and moral issues. • H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) – American writer, famous for weird and horror fiction like "The Call of Cthulhu." • Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) – Russian poet and novelist, founder of modern Russian literature. • G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) – English writer and Christian apologist, known for his Father Brown detective stories.