Short stories

Jean-Joseph Cajot (1726-1776)  - the Donkey is infallible

Auguste Villiers de l’Isle Adam (1838-1889) - Flowers of Darkness

Émile Zola (1840-1902) - cats paradise   

Kate Chopin (1850-1904) - A reflection

Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) - Borrowing a match

Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) - Msieu Fortier's violin

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) - Monday or Tuesday

Mary Hayes Davis (c. 1884 – 1948)  - How the moon became beautiful

(please visit this page soon as more will be added)

Short stories, being shorter than novels, can be read quickly, even with a busy schedule. Like any reading, diving into a short story can offer a temporary escape from daily worries and help you relax, allowing you to briefly enter the authors’ worlds. Short stories cover a wide range of topics and genres, providing a wealth of perspectives and experiences.

With this in mind, I wanted to introduce you to some authors, sometimes through my translations, so you can get to know them and, hopefully, discover more of their works.

For copyright reasons, I have chosen works in the public domain or previously published on this site.

(Painting: the Reader by Harold Knight)

Dominique Hoffman - zebras54.fr - August 2024