Classic Short Fiction · Guided Reading
Seven stories.
Seven days.
One author you'll actually know.
Most people who mean to read the classics never get there — the books are long and there's no obvious place to start. This series is the way in.
Start with the free anthologyOne short story a day. No literature degree required.
How it works
Each volume takes a single author or theme and gives you seven short stories — short enough to read in one sitting, varied enough to show you who that writer really was.
Every story comes with a reading note before you start, so you're never reading blind, and discussion questions afterwards. Read one a day for a week. By the end you won't just have read something good — you'll have a real sense of an author, their voice, their obsessions, and why the work still matters.
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