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Vol. 4
Previous thread: >>19767370

This week's story is "A Small, Good Thing" by American author, Raymond Carver. It is an extension of an earlier story, "The Bath," and was published in his 1983 collection Cathedral.
Courtesy of a fellow anon, you may access the story here:

https://mega.nz/folder/MdcyULqY#GYZ6xrTTG9H6LcXAg8xkJQ

Vol. 4
Previous thread: >>19767370

This week's story is "A Small, Good Thing" by American author, Raymond Carver. It is an extension of an earlier story, "The Bath," and was published in his 1983 collection Cathedral.
Courtesy of a fellow anon, you may access the story here:

https://mega.nz/folder/MdcyULqY#GYZ6xrTTG9H6LcXAg8xkJQ

Tomorrow is the last day for "Breakfast", before we move on to "A Small, Good Thing". Discuss.

Weeks 1-10 Story Anthology:
https://mega.nz/folder/MdcyULqY#GYZ6xrTTG9H6LcXAg8xkJQ

Vol. 3
Previous Thread >>19742697

This week's story is John Steinbeck's "Breakfast." First published in 1938 in the collection, The Long Valley.
Courtesy of a fellow anon, you can access the story here:

https://mega.nz/folder/MdcyULqY#GYZ6xrTTG9H6LcXAg8xkJQ

Considering that this week's story is quite short, we have a bonus story to read and discuss! By popular demand, our bonus story is "The Lotus Eater" by W. Somerset Maugham. You can read it here:

https://fullreads.com/literature/the-lotus-eater/

Vol. 3
Previous Thread >>19742697

This week's story is John Steinbeck's "Breakfast." First published in 1938 in the collection, The Long Valley.
Courtesy of a fellow anon, you can access the story here:

epub: https://file.io/gjAm1H12iwAh
azw3: https://file.io/dnDa8pW5c1lF
pdf: https://file.io/azZHLxDTbBfm

Considering that this week's story is quite short, we have a bonus story to read and discuss! By popular demand, our bonus story is "The Lotus Eater" by W. Somerset Maugham. You can read it here:

https://fullreads.com/literature/the-lotus-eater/

This is Vol. 2.
Here is the previous thread >>19713917

This week's story has been a delightful little tale called First Love by Vladimir Nabokov, here is a link where you can read it if you haven't yet:
https://fullreads.com/literature/first-love/
Let us know what you thought!

In a couple days we'll be reading John Steinbeck's "Breakfast," an eight-page story first published in the collection, The Long Valley, in 1938.

This is a new general for a short story reading group which will take place over the course of this year. Each week, we will be reading a short story, and discussing our thoughts on it, and relating it to other works we've read. I created the reading list from a handful of some of the most commonly mentioned short stories on /lit/. I hope that this will encourage and increase readership on our board.

This week's story will be First Love by Vladimir Nabokov.
Here is a link to a site where you may read it:
https://fullreads.com/literature/first-love/

Welcome to the Short Story Reading Group! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating.

>The Looking Glass by Anton Chekhov
>1,605 words
>Reading time: 8 minutes

>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12224263

Discussion starts in this thread and will finish on Monday. The next reading is The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin (9,946 words). Discussion for it will run Tuesday through Thursday.

>ebook
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Looking-Glass_(Chekhov)

Pro tip: On the left side of Wikisource you can click "Download as EPUB" to download a well formatted epub.

>ebook for next reading
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Best_Russian_Short_Stories/The_Queen_of_Spades

>Old threads
>>/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=%2Fssrg%2F&search_op=op

Welcome to the Short Story Reading Group! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating.

>The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
>7,204 words
>Reading time: 36 minutes

>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12199633

Discussion starts in this thread and will finish on Saturday. The next reading is The Looking Glass by Anton Chekhov (1,605 words). Discussion for it will run Sunday through Monday.

>ebook
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tales_(Poe)/The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher

Pro tip: On the left side of Wikisource you can click "Download as EPUB" to download a well formatted epub.

>audiobook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj_GVvV0xHA

>ebook for next reading
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Looking-Glass_(Chekhov)

>Old threads
>>/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=%2Fssrg%2F&search_op=op

Welcome to the Short Story Reading Group! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating.

>The Lottery in Babylon by Jorge Luis Borges
>2,319 words
>Reading time: 12 minutes

>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12185118

Discussion starts in this thread and will finish on Wednesday. The next reading is The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (7,204 words). Discussion for it will run Thursday through Saturday.

>ebook
http://web.itu.edu.tr/~inceogl4/modernism/lotteryofbabylon.pdf

>ebook for next reading
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tales_(Poe)/The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher

>Old threads
>>/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=%2Fssrg%2F&search_op=op

Welcome to the Short Story Reading Group! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating.

>The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939) by James Thurber
>2,082 words
>Reading time: 11 minutes

>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12164287

Discussion starts in this thread and will finish on Monday. The next reading is The Lottery in Babylon by Jorge Luis Borges (2,319 words). Discussion for it will run Tuesday through Wednesday.

>ebook
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/03/18/the-secret-life-of-walter-james-thurber

>ebook for next reading
http://web.itu.edu.tr/~inceogl4/modernism/lotteryofbabylon.pdf

>Old threads
>>/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=%2Fssrg%2F&search_op=op

Welcome to the Short Story Reading Group! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating.

>A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka
>4,087 words
>Reading time: 21 minutes

>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12152305

Discussion starts in this thread and will finish on Saturday. The next reading is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939) by James Thurber (2,082 words). Discussion for it will run Sunday through Monday.

>ebook
https://mega.nz/#F!tVUyAAya!MhE3co1AQ3tXjLS-iX4CTw
http://www.kafka.org/index.php?aid=166

>audiobook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXNvTEESfD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHXJOOAIyVA

>ebook for next reading
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/03/18/the-secret-life-of-walter-james-thurber

>Old threads
>>/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=%2Fssrg%2F&search_op=op

Welcome to the Short Story Reading Group! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating.

>Araby by James Joyce
>2,330 words
>Reading time: 12 minutes

>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12136710

Discussions start in this thread and will finish on Thursday. The next reading is A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka (4,087 words). Discussion for it will run Friday through Saturday.

>ebook
https://mega.nz/#F!tVUyAAya!MhE3co1AQ3tXjLS-iX4CTw
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dubliners/Araby

Pro tip: On the left side of Wikisource you can click "Download as EPUB" to download a well formatted epub.

>audiobook
https://archive.org/details/Araby_280
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nT_qPiPaDs

>ebook for next reading
http://www.kafka.org/index.php?aid=166

>Many stories will be pulled from The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) which is $4
http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Worlds-Greatest-Short-Stories-James-Daley/9780486447162

Old threads:
>>8975029 The Yellow Wall Paper - C.P. Gilman
>>8956892 The Man Who Would Be King #2 - Kipling
>>8951620 The Man Who Would Be King #1 - Kipling
>>8919723 The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Tolstoy
>>8898002 Bartleby, the Scrivener - Melville
>>8889062 The Necklace - Maupassant

/ssrg/ Short Story Reading Group: The Yellow Wall Paper

Welcome to the Short Story Reading Group! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating.

>The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
>6,153 words
>Reading time: 31 minutes

>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12111292

Discussions start in this thread and will finish on Tuesday. The next reading is The Fortune-Teller by Machado de Assis (3,893 words). Discussion for it will run Wednesday through Thursday.

>ebook
https://mega.nz/#F!tVUyAAya!MhE3co1AQ3tXjLS-iX4CTw
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Wall_Paper

Pro tip: On the left side of Wikisource you can click "Download as EPUB" to download a well formatted epub.

>audiobook
https://archive.org/details/GilmanCPYellowWallpaper
https://archive.org/details/pacifica_radio_archives-BC1139

>ebook for next reading
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Fortune-Teller

>Many stories will be pulled from The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) which is $4
http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Worlds-Greatest-Short-Stories-James-Daley/9780486447162

Old threads:
>>8956892 The Man Who Would Be King #2 - Kipling
>>8951620 The Man Who Would Be King #1 - Kipling
>>8919723 The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Tolstoy
>>8898002 Bartleby, the Scrivener - Melville
>>8889062 The Necklace - Maupassant

Attempt #2 Edition

Welcome to the fourth story! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating.

>The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
>14,298 words
>Reading time: 1 hour 12 minutes

>About the Author
http://docdro.id/b0gjdVT

>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12066544

Discussions start in this thread and will finish on Thursday. The next reading is The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (6,153 words). Discussion for it will run Friday through Sunday.

>ebook
https://mega.nz/#F!tVUyAAya!MhE3co1AQ3tXjLS-iX4CTw
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Would_Be_King
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8147

Pro tip: On the left side of Wikisource you can click "Download as EPUB" to download a well formatted epub.

>audiobook
https://archive.org/details/man_wwb_king_0810_librivox

>ebook for next reading
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Wall_Paper

>Many stories will be pulled from The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) which is $4
http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Worlds-Greatest-Short-Stories-James-Daley/9780486447162

Old threads:
>>8951620 The Man who Would Be King
>>8919723 The Death of Ivan Ilyich
>>8898002 Bartleby, the Scrivener - Melville
>>8889062 The Necklace - Maupassant

Welcome to the fourth story! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating.

>The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
>14,298 words
>Reading time: 1 hour 12 minutes

>About the Author
http://docdro.id/b0gjdVT

>Poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/12066544

Discussions start in this thread and will finish on Thursday. The next reading is The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (6,153 words). Discussion for it will run Friday through Sunday.

>ebook
https://mega.nz/#F!tVUyAAya!MhE3co1AQ3tXjLS-iX4CTw
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Would_Be_King
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8147

Pro tip: On the left side of Wikisource you can click "Download as EPUB" to download a well formatted epub.

>audiobook
https://archive.org/details/man_wwb_king_0810_librivox

>ebook for next reading
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Wall_Paper

>Many stories will be pulled from The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) which is $5 on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486447162/

Old threads:
>>8919723 The Death of Ivan Ilyich
>>8898002 Bartleby, the Scrivener - Melville
>>8889062 The Necklace - Maupassant

Welcome to the third story! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you all for participating, and I hope this one succeeds as well as the last two.

>The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
>22,391 words
>Reading time: 1 hour 52 minutes

>About the Author (starts in bottom right)
https://www.docdroid.net/AVfW8lZ/leo-tolstoy-gale-contextual-encyclopedia-of-world-literature.pdf.html

>Poll
https://www.strawpoll.me/12018267

Discussions start in this thread and will finish on Sunday. The next reading is The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling (14,298 words). Discussion for it will run Monday through Thursday.

>ebook
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Ivan_Ilych
https://mega.nz/#F!tVUyAAya!MhE3co1AQ3tXjLS-iX4CTw

>audiobook
https://librivox.org/the-death-of-ivan-ilyitch-by-leo-tolstoy/

>supplemental materials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7YtxQXfkVM - talk by Tolstoy expert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJVpJ588ASc (3 parts, more related to death than the story)

>ebook for next reading
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Would_Be_King
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8147

>Many stories will be pulled from The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) which is $5 on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486447162/

Old threads:
>>8898002 Bartleby, the Scrivener - Melville
>>8889062 The Necklace - Maupassant

Welcome to the second story! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as you please. Thank you to everyone that participated in the first story discussion. The thread was a great success.

>Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
>14,465 words
>Reading time: 72 minutes

Discussions start in this thread and will finish on Monday (I moved it up one day). The next reading is The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy (22,391 words). Discussion for it will run Tuesday through Sunday.

>ebook
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bartleby_the_Scrivener
https://mega.nz/#F!tVUyAAya!MhE3co1AQ3tXjLS-iX4CTw

>audiobook
https://librivox.org/bartleby-the-scrivener-by-herman-melville-2/
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/228423242%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-ZQTFV&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false

>ebook for next reading
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Ivan_Ilych

Many stories will be pulled from The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) which is $5 on Amazon.
>https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486447162/

Old thread:
>>8889062

Welcome to the first /ssrg/ thread! All are invited to join in at any time, or to come and go as they need. This is to be a very open group, focusing on short reading so no one ever feels they have missed the boat.

>So hadde I spoken with hem everichon
>That I was of hir felaweshipe anon

The first story will be The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant. This is a very short one at just under 3,000 words.

It will be read and discussed over the next couple days with discussions finishing up on Wednesday. Thursday will begin the next story, Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, with discussions finishing on Tuesday. It is a longer read at 14,465 words.

Many stories will be pulled from The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) which is $5 on Amazon.
>https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486447162/
I have swapped the first two so that we may start out with a shorter title.

>ebooks
>Pro tip: You can click "Download as EPUB" on the left in Wikisource to get a nicely formatted epub of the story.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Stories_by_Foreign_Authors_(French_I)/The_Necklace
https://mega.nz/#F!tVUyAAya!MhE3co1AQ3tXjLS-iX4CTw
The Sandra Smith one in Mega is a new translation from 2015.

>audiobooks
https://librivox.org/short-story-collection-vol-052-by-various/
https://librivox.org/short-story-collection-vol-035/
https://librivox.org/library-of-the-worlds-best-mystery-and-detective-stories-volume-4-by-julian-hawthorne-editor/

>ebook for the next reading:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bartleby_the_Scrivener

Other reading groups:
War and Peace: Day 7 >>8887705
The Count of Monte Cristo: Day 4 >>8886842

Discussion thread.

I would consider the coverage of the group to also include essays, short plays, excerpts, and novelettes, but it's up for discussion.

Topics to discuss:
- What collection to use, if any
- Pacing
- Start date
- Discord?

/ssrg/ or /ssbc/ book club or /ssrc/ reading club?

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