Short Stories: C

Read classic short stories from a wide range of authors spanning several centuries. You'll find authors such as Honore de Balzac, Anton Chekhov, Edgar Allan Poe, and many others. The Short Story section is the largest and fastest-growing section on ClassicReader.com. Enjoy!

• Judith's Creed
• The Lady of All Our Dreams
• Olivia's Pottage
• A Princess of Grub Street
• Pro Honoria

• The Marriage of Phaedra
• On the Divide   
• Paul's Case   
• The Sculptor's Funeral   
• A Wagner Matinee   

• In the Ravine
• In Trouble
• An Incident
• Ivan Matveyitch
• The Jeune Premier
• The Kiss   
• Lady With Lapdog   
• A Lady's Story
• The Letter
• The Looking-Glass
• The Lottery Ticket   
• A Malefactor   
• A Man in a Case
• Minds in Ferment
• Mire
• Misery
• Misfortune
• Neighbours
• A Nervous Breakdown
• The New Villa
• A Nightmare
• Old Age
• The Old House
• On Official Duty
• On the Road
• Oysters
• Panic Fears
• Peasant Wives
• Peasants
• The Petchenyeg
• The Pipe
• The Post
• The Princess
• The Privy Councillor
• The Requiem
• Rothschild's Fiddle
• The Runaway
• The Schoolmistress
• The Shoemaker and the Devil   
• Shrove Tuesday
• A Slander
• Sleepy
• Small Fry
• Sorrow
• A Story Without a Title
• The Student   
• The Swedish Match
• A Tragic Actor
• A Transgression
• A Trivial Incident
• A Troublesome Visitor
• An Upheaval
• Uprooted
• Vanka
• Vanka
• Verotchka
• Volodya
• Ward 6   
• Whitebrow
• Who Was to Blame
• The Witch   
• Zinotchka

• A Pair of Silk Stockings   
• A Reflection
• A Respectable Woman   
• The Storm   
• The Story of An Hour   

• An Outpost of Progress   
• The Return   
• The Secret Sharer   
• Youth   

• The Open Boat