A story of love and trust: Henry van Dyke's "The Wedding Ring"

A rare opportunity is seized in Mary Freeman’s “The Revolt of ‘Mother.’”

Tales of two scammers. O. Henry shares with us a couple of stories about his charming rogues, Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker.

From Wild Animals I Have Known, Ernest Thompson Seton's "Silverspot"

“The Black Pearl,” in which Maurice Leblanc’s gentleman thief Arsène Lupin proves himself a better detective than the forces of the law.

Classic P. G. Wodehouse: Indian Summer of an Uncle.

“The game’s afoot Watson!” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story, “The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter”

The second and concluding part of Guy de Maupassant's "Boule de Suif"

One of the best: Guy de Maupassant's "Boule de Suife"

An early story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, looking forward to his masterpiece novel, The Great Gatsby