The Classics Collection A Collection of Enchanting and Highly Entertaining Stories

The Classics Collection is a collection of eight stories which are highly entertaining. The stories include The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Monkey's Paw, The Yellow Wallpaper, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, The Gift of the Magi, Bartleby the Scrivener, The Lady With The Dog, and Life In the Iron-Mills: The LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW:"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1820. Sleepy Hollow is known for being home to ghosts and spirits, the most famous being the terrifying Headless Horseman. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is highly entertaining fiction. It has been adapted many times for stage, theatre, television and film, including the 1999 Tim Burton film starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, and the hit television show, Sleepy Hollow, starring Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, and Orlando Jones.THE MONKEY'S PAW:The Monkey's Paw is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs first published in England in 1902. In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of the monkey's paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate. THE YELLOW WALLPAPER:First published in 1892, The Yellow WallPaper is written as the secret journal of a woman narrated with superb psychological and dramatic precision.AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) is a short story by the American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce. Regarded as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", The story, which is set during the American Civil War, is known for its irregular time sequence and twist ending.THE GIFT OF THE MAGI"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story, written by O. Henry about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular one for adaptation. The story has been adapted to films and has inspired musicals and songs.BARTLEBY, THE SCRIVENER: A STORY OF WALL STREET"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville. It is considered a masterpiece of the short fiction.THE LADY WITH THE DOGAn enchanting story from a master story-teller, Anton Chekhov. In The Lady with the Dog, a man and a woman indulge in an affair that could ruin both their marriages, but their feelings for each other compel them towards betrayal.LIFE IN THE IRON-MILLSLife in the Iron Mills is a novella written by Rebecca Harding Davis in 1861, set in the factory world of the nineteenth century. It is one of the earliest American realist works, and is an important text for those who study labor and women's issues. It was immediately recognized as an innovative work, and introduced American readers to "the bleak lives of industrial workers in the mills and factories of the nation."