Original Short Stories: The Odd Number

A collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett. Includes Love, Lights, A Story Without an End, and other tales that explore the contradictions of romantic feeling with quiet realism.

Anton Chekhov

Edith Wharton first short story collection from 1899, with eight tales including The Muses Tragedy, A Journey, Souls Belated, and The Portrait. Each story turns on the small revelations of romantic disappointment and renunciation.

Edith Wharton

Nathaniel Hawthorne classic 1837 collection of allegorical stories, including The Maypole of Merry Mount, The Wedding Knell, and The Gentle Boy. Tales that read love through New England guilt, custom, and quiet symbolism.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

A 1906 collection of twenty-five short stories by O. Henry set in New York. Includes The Gift of the Magi, The Furnished Room, Springtime a la Carte, and other classics of romantic surprise and unexpected tenderness.

O. Henry

Volume II of a 1927 anthology curated by Grant Overton, gathering ten of the worlds best romance short stories. Includes Joseph Conrad, Thomas Burke, Theophile Gautier, May Edginton, and Octavus Roy Cohen on love across cultures.

Grant Overton (Editor)