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“...but the Emperor has nothing at all on, said a little child.”

A conversation with author John Updike about the anthology he edited called "The Greatest American Short Stories of This Century", his background in writing and the process of weeding through the great American writers of the past hundred years to compile the collection.

Just So Stories are considered some of Kipling's best works. They give fantastical explanations for various phenomena.

The Gift of the Magi is an O. Henry short story in which a young couple are very much in love with each other but can barely afford their one-room apartment.

An English boy tries desperately to answer the voices whispering around the house,"there must be more money."

The main frame story concerns a king and his new bride. The king, Shahryar, upon discovering his ex-wife's infidelity executes her and then declares all women to be unfaithful.

A short story penned by Edgar Allen Poe, an American poet, a master of the horror tale...

“...all this must be spun into gold before morning, as you love your life...”

Ranging in tone from humor to sentimentality, these stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald are set against a backdrop of jazz, flappers, and the changing mores of American society.

The four stories in this collection ask profound questions and gently supply helpful, non-dogmatic hints to their answerings: What is the most important thing to do?