This outstanding collection of more than 30 brilliant short stories — each just six or fewer pages in length — includes such popular tales as Kafka"s "A Country Doctor," Poe"s "The Cask of Amontillado," Chopin"s "A Pair of Silk Stockings," plus works by Dickens, O. Henry, Chekhov, Wilde, and many others. Includes 2 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.