Category
page 1Short stories adapted into films
The Three Little Pigs
fairy tale
The Tell-Tale Heart
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
White Nights
1848 novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Overcoat
1842 story by Nikolai Gogol
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
novella by Edgar Allan Poe
The Black Cat
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Gold-Bug
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Struwwelpeter
Der Struwwelpeter ("Shock-Headed Peter") is an 1845 German children's book written and illustrated by the German psychiatrist Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each cautionary tale has a clear moral lesson that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. The title of the first story provides the title of the whole book.
The Masque of the Red Death
1842 short story
Rip Van Winkle
short story by Washington Irving published in 1819
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
fairy tale
The Man with the Twisted Lip
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Final Problem
short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Pit and the Pendulum
story by Edgar Allan Poe
The Call of Cthulhu
1928 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1820 short story by Washington Irving
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Empty House
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Fall of the House of Usher
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
The Adventure of Silver Blaze
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, about Sherlock Holmes investigating focuses on the disappearance of the race horse Silver Blaze on the eve of an important race and on the apparent murder of its trainer
The Cask of Amontillado
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
The Lady with the Dog
short story by Anton Chekhov
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Case of Identity
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
Berenice
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
The Adventure of the Second Stain
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Nose
1835 short story by Nikolai Gogol
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Rashōmon
short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
Ligeia
"Ligeia" () is an early short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1838. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes "The Conqueror Worm", and quotes lines attributed to Joseph Glanvill (which suggest that life is sustainable only through willpower) shortly before dying.
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
In the Penal Colony
short story by Franz Kafka
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Gift of the Magi
short story by O. Henry
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
short story by Ernest Hemingway
William Wilson
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
A Hunger Artist
short story by Franz Kafka
The Premature Burial
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
The Adventure of the Dying Detective
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Oval Portrait
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
The Monkey's Paw
short story by W. W. Jacobs
Bartleby, the Scrivener
short story by Herman Melville
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
short story by Leo Tolstoy
The Colour Out of Space
short story written by American horror author H. P. Lovecraft
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
a short story by Edgar Allan Poe
The Sandman
short story by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Father Sergius
short story by Tolstoy
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Gentle Creature
novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Adventure of the Red Circle
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Country Doctor
short story written by Franz Kafka
The Last Leaf
short story by O. Henry
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Portrait
short story by Nikolai Gogol