Tales of Love and Longing
A Seven-Day Anthology of Classic Short Stories
Desire, sacrifice, and the choices we make quietly, forever.
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The Gift of the Magi. Araby. The Diamond Necklace. These seven stories explore love not as triumph but as something quieter — full of longing, restraint, and small decisions that change everything. One per day, with brief introductions and discussion prompts included.
O. Henry, James Joyce, Anton Chekhov, Oscar Wilde, Kate Chopin, Guy de Maupassant and Stephen Crane — writers who between them reshaped what short fiction could do — each contribute one story illuminating a different face of love: generous, foolish, longing, illusory, quietly brave, costly, and transforming.
Inside this volume
- The Gift of the Magi — O. Henry
- Araby — James Joyce
- The Kiss — Anton Chekhov
- The Nightingale and the Rose — Oscar Wilde
- A Pair of Silk Stockings — Kate Chopin
- The Diamond Necklace — Guy de Maupassant
- The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky — Stephen Crane
Every volume includes
- Seven complete short stories, one for each day
- A reading note before each story, so you're never reading blind
- An introduction to the author and where they sit in literary history
- Discussion questions built in — for reflection or group use
- An annotated guide to what to read next
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