Marigolds

Similar books (20)

• 

  The Necklace

  After devoting their energies and income for ten years to replacing a borrowed diamond necklace which they have lost, a woman and her husband learn the irony of their efforts.

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Scarlet Ibis

  Our narrator, a grown man, tells us about his memories of Doodle, his younger brother. We jump into the past as the narrator begins his story about his brother.
  
  The narrator is six years old when Doodl…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Lottery

  In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they wake on the morning of the twenty-seventh of June. Everything has been prepared for the town’s annual …

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Cask of Amontillado

  "The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in the November 1846 issue of "Godey's Lady's Book."
  
  It is set in a namele…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Most Dangerous Game

  The Most Dangerous Game features a big-game hunter from New York who becomes shipwrecked on an isolated island in the Caribbean and is hunted by a Russian aristocrat.

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  All Summer in a Day

  Margot is a nine-year-old girl whose family moved from Earth to Venus when she was four. She remembers the sun shining on Earth, something it rarely does on Venus. "All Summer in a Day" takes place on…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Gift of the Magi

  O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure.
  
  In a shabby New York flat, Della sobs as she counts the few coins she has saved to buy a Christmas prese…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  There Will Come Soft Rains (Tale Blazers)

  First published in Collier's, May 6, 1950.
  
  The story concerns a household in Allendale, California, in the aftermath of a nuclear war.

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Hills Like White Elephants

  A conversation in a Spanish cafe between a man and a woman that is not as simple as it seems.
  
  Hills Like White Elephants is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, which was first published in the 1927 coll…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act

  A short story by Ray Bradbury, the prequel to "Fahrenheit 451".
  First published in The Reporter, August 7 1951.

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Desiree's Baby

  Kate Chopin was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly with a Louisiana Creole background. Today she is considered a forerunner of the feminist authors of the 20th century. This powerf…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Rocking-Horse Winner

  An exemplar of Modernist fiction, "The Rocking-Horse Winner" tells the story of a young boy named Paul who learns to predict horse-race winners by frantically riding a rocking-horse until he enters a …

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Thank You M'Am

  Do your students enjoy a good laugh? Do they like to be scared? Or do they just like a book with a happy ending? No matter what their taste, our Creative Short Stories series has the answer.We've take…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Monkey's Paw

  When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they do what many people would do—they succumb to vanity and wish for the unneeded. But every wish has a …

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Harrison Bergeron

  "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way..."
  
  It is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211, 212 and 213 …

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Sniper

  A trained sniper doing his job during the Irish Civil War faces a shocking turn of events, after killing an enemy.

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Tell-Tale Heart

  A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man.
  
  In this classic psychological thriller, the reader will find many more questions than answers. Even though this is …

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Veldt

  The advanced technology of a house first pleases then increasingly terrifies its occupants.

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  Araby

  A short story from James Joyce's Dubliners. The unnamed protagonist in "Araby" is a boy who is just starting to come into his sexual identity. Through his first-person narration, we are immersed at th…

  Buy this book on Amazon
• 

  The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

  Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happiness.
  
  The story 'Omelas" was first published in 'New Dimensions 3' (1973), a hard-cover science fiction…

  Buy this book on Amazon