The short story is one of the finest forms of writing. As short as a paragraph at times or as lengthy as a novel short stories are widely read and immensely lauded. Some of the most exceptional writers have dabbled in this form penning beautiful unforgettable stories. In this carefully-crafted selection we bring to you some of the greatest writers from around the world-- the iconic storytellers from America such as Mark Twain Kate Chopin Virginia Woolf the legendary Grimm brothers from Germany to the lyrical Rabindranath Tagore from India and the witty H H Munro from Britain. All these and many more remarkable people come together in this edition . . . and all have stories to tell. An anthology beginning with Aesops fables-- perhaps the first stories we come across-- and ending with Virginia Woolfs gothic thrilling The Haunted House 100 Worlds Greatest Short Stories brings together stories short and sweet descriptive and lengthy and stories that can do anything-- from telling a tale to hiding its narrator from portraying the reality to diving into pure imagination-- and are a must-read for every fiction lover.