A collection of short stories by Guy de Maupassant, in order of date of composition.

A collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s short fiction, ordered by date of publication.

Arkady returns to his father’s estate accompanied by his friend from university—a nihilist.

Inflated by his own ambition, an ex-student murders a pawnbroker, then faces the inevitable consequences.

Goethe’s first major work, a novel of unrequited love, longing, and deterioration into sorrow.

A young man tries to climb up the cutthroat Parisian social ladder during the Bourbon Restoration.