“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer and considered one of the fathers of the modern short story.

This story appeared first in 1885 work called “Contes du jour et de la nuit” and its enduring theme makes it well read even today. Read more

“The Birth-Mark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The Birth-Mark” is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne which was first published in the March, 1843 edition of The Pioneer.

It later appeared in Mosses from an Old Manse, a collection of short stories by Hawthorne published in 1846.
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