Great British Short Stories ed. Editors of Reader’s Digest (Reader’s Digest, 1974, 736pp, hc, an)
A compendium of over sixty stories with a high proportion of ghost and strange stories.
- 9 · Introduction · J. B. Priestley · in (r)
- 13 · Evidence in Camera · Margery Allingham · ss The Strand Magazine June 1949
- 26 · Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922
- 40 · The Amorous Ghost · Enid Bagnold · ss The Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1926
- 45 · Patience · Nigel Balchin · ss (r)
- 61 · The Little Fishes · H. E. Bates · ss Cut and Come Again by H. E. Bates, Cape, 1935
- 66 · The Apprentice · Hilaire Belloc · ss The Eye-Witness by Hilaire Belloc, Eveleigh Nash, 1908
- 70 · Death, Fire and Life · Arnold Bennett · ss The Delineator February 1926, as “A Kiss for Curtenty”
- 83 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929
- 98 · Running Wolf · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Century Magazine August 1920
- 113 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941
- 119 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue”
- 133 · The Traveller’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · William Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words April 24 1852, as “A Terribly Strange Bed”, uncredited.
- 147 · The Brute · Joseph Conrad · ss The Daily Chronicle December 5 1906
- 164 · The Higgler · A. E. Coppard · nv Transatlantic Review May 1924
- 186 · Parson’s Pleasure · Roald Dahl · nv Esquire April 1958
- 206 · Winter’s Morning · Len Deighton · ss Declarations of War by Len Deighton, Jonathan Cape, 1971
- 217 · Physic · Walter de la Mare · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1936
- 231 · The Poor Relation’s Story · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.
- 240 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892
- 261 · The Gifts of War · Margaret Drabble · ss Winter’s Tales 16 ed. A. D. Maclean, Macmillan, 1970
- 272 · The Birds · Daphne du Maurier · nv Good Housekeeping October 1952
- 302 · Fireworks for Elspeth · Rumer Godden · ss 1953
- 322 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932
- 330 · The Sea · Neil M. Gunn · ss Hidden Doors by Neil M. Gunn, Porpoise, 1929
- 338 · The Cotillion · L. P. Hartley · ss The Illustrated London News November 24 1920
- 354 · August Heat · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910
- 359 · How Soon Can I Leave? · Susan Hill · ss Penguin Modern Stories 7 ed. Judith Burnley, Penguin, 1971
- 369 · The Ghost · Richard Hughes · vi A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926
- 372 · Young Archimedes · Aldous Huxley · nv Little Mexican by Aldous Huxley, Chatto & Windus, 1924
- 400 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 410 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 420 · The Boarding House · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914
- 426 · The Love Game · Francis King · ss 1971
- 438 · The Maltese Cat · Rudyard Kipling · ss Pall Mall Gazette June 26 1895 - June 27 1895
- 453 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926
- 466 · The Old Chief Mshlanga · Doris Lessing · ss 1952
- 477 · The Crusader’s Key · Eric Linklater · nv God Likes Them Plain by Eric Linklater, Cape, 1935
- 495 · Marriage à la Mode · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Sphere December 31 1921
- 504 · The Outstation · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International June 1924
- 530 · Three Lambs · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Spring Sowing by Liam O'Flaherty, Jonathan Cape, 1924
- 534 · Sad About Miss Brent · Glen Petrie · nv Winter’s Tales 16 ed. A. D. Maclean, Macmillan, 1970
- 555 · The Regulator · John Prebble · ss Bluebook January 1956
- 570 · Eleven O’Clock · V. S. Pritchett · ss The Sailor and Other Stories by V. S. Pritchett, Knopf, 1938
- 575 · A Town’s Memory · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by A. T. Quiller-Couch, Cassell & Company, 1900
- 580 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911
- 583 · The Wall · William Sansom · ss Fireman Flower by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1944
- 587 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933
- 600 · The Serenade · Bernard Shaw · ss Magazine of Music November 1885
- 607 · Well I’m ----! · G. E. M. Skues · ss (r)
- 610 · Lisheen Races, Secondhand · E. Œ. Somerville & Martin Ross · ss The Badminton Magazine #43, February 1899
- 622 · Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse · Muriel Spark · ss The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories by Muriel Spark, 1958
- 628 · The Sire de Malétroit’s Door · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar January 1878
- 645 · In and Out the Houses · Elizabeth Taylor · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 14 1968
- 655 · The Loss · Gillian Tindall · ss Dances of Death by Gillian Tindall, Hodder, 1973
- 671 · While the Sun Shines · John Wain · ss Playboy April 1967
- 680 · Bachelors · Sir Hugh Walpole · ss The Silver Thorn by Hugh Walpole, Macmillan, 1928
- 691 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898
- 705 · The Happy Prince · Oscar Wilde · ss The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde, David Nutt, 1888
- 713 · Realpolitik · Angus Wilson · ss 1949
- 720 · The Fiery Wooing of Mordred [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Cosmopolitan December 1934
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