Short Stories in English: Summary Table of Classic and Contemporary Authors
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Summary Table of English Short Stories
Name | Author | Setting | Main Character | About |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Horse Dealer's Daughter | D. H. Lawrence | In a countryside in England, during the Industrial Revolution | Mabel and Dr. Jack Ferguson | Two people who fall in love. Dr. Jack rescues Mabel and they fall in love. |
| Cupid's Arrows | R. Kipling | In Simla, India. In the late 1800s | Miss Kitty Beighton and Barr Saggott | Kitty runs away with Cubbon after an archery contest. |
| The Schartz-Metterklume Method | Saki (H. H. Munro) | In a mansion located in a town in England. At the beginning of 1900 | Lady Carlotta | Lady Carlotta mocks the people of the mansion. She pretends to be someone else. |
| The Happy Prince | Oscar Wilde | In northern Europe, possibly England, in winter. At the beginning of 1800 | The Swallow and the Happy Prince's statue | What you give to someone you think is important. The love relationship between the swallow and the statue. |
| The Other Garden | Doris Lessing | A garden in England, after the Second World War | The garden and the reader | The importance of nature, of little things, and of caring for each other. |
| The Day Stalin Died | D. Lessing | London, England. March 1953 | The narrator (Jessie's cousin) | How the day Stalin died was for the narrator. |
| Six Feet of the Country | N. Gordimer | 10 miles away from Johannesburg, in the 1950s | Lerice's husband (the narrator) | Petrus's brothers are dead. What to do with the bodies. |
| The Boarding House | J. Joyce | In a town in Dublin. At the beginning of 1900 | Mrs. Mooney and her daughter | The mother wants to ensure her daughter's future. |
| The Death of the Moth | V. Woolf | A room with an outside view, mid-September | The observer | How a moth died. |
| Kew Gardens | V. Woolf | Kew Gardens, England. During, after or between a war (1st or 2nd) | The garden | Different events which happen in Kew Gardens, narrated by an observer. |
| Taking the Veil | Katherine Mansfield | Between 1920-1940, England. Near the Convent of the Sacred Heart | Edna | The importance of living. When you are young you can do anything. Nothing is impossible. |
| The Fly | K. Mansfield | In the boss's office. In London, England. Between 1920-1930 | The boss and Mr. Woodifield | Remembering. We might be through with the past, but the past isn't through with us. |
| The Duel in Mercy Ward | Ian McDonald | In a hospital in Guyana, in the 1960s | Benjie and Beepat | Dying is a natural process. The importance of friendship. |
| The Rich Heritage | D. Kabagarama | In an African country. At the beginning of 1900 | Karungi | Kemigisa's family story. |
| New Rose Hotel | W. Gibson | New Rose Hotel, Narita, Japan. In a near future | The narrator and Sandii | It's a science fiction love story. |