# Short Fiction — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

- [Guy de Maupassant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/guy-de-maupassant.md): An introductory chapter on the life and works of Guy de Maupassant, exploring his literary style, themes, and influence.
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md): Henry James reflects on Guy de Maupassant's literary theories, particularly his preference for external, objective storytelling over psychological analysis, and discusses the nature of artistic illusion and originality.
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md): Henry James reflects on Guy de Maupassant's literary works, focusing on the novel 'Une Vie' and the short story 'La Maison Tellier.' He discusses the portrayal of passive heroines, the dominance of picture over idea, and
- [Short Fiction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/short-fiction.md): A collection of short stories exploring themes of love, desire, obsession, social class, and the illusions that shape human relationships, often set in 19th-century French society.
- [The Dead Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-dead-hand.md): A group of friends gather for an evening of drinking and storytelling when a friend, Pierre, arrives with a gruesome souvenir: a skinned, dried hand that once belonged to a notorious criminal. He hangs it on his bell-pul

> 386 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=short_fiction_23_se_2940kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Doctor Heraclius Gloss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/doctor-heraclius-gloss.md)
- [I: The Mental Faculties of Doctor Heraclius Gloss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i-the-mental-faculties-of-doctor-heraclius-gloss.md)
- [II: The Physical Appearance of Doctor Heraclius Gloss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii-the-physical-appearance-of-doctor-heraclius-gloss.md)
- [How Doctor Heraclius Used to Spend His Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii-how-doctor-heraclius-used-to-spend-his-days.md)
- [IV: How Doctor Heraclius Spent His Nights](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iv-how-doctor-heraclius-spent-his-nights.md)
- [How the Dean Placed His Hopes in Eclecticism, the Doctor in Revelation and the Warden in Digestion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/v-how-the-dean-placed-his-hopes-in-eclecticism-the-doctor-in-revelation-and-the-warden-in-digestion.md)
- [VI: How for the Doctor the Road to Damascus Turned Out to Be the Ruelle des Vieux Pigeons, and How the Truth Was Revealed to Him in the Form of a Metempsychosic Manuscript](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/vi-how-for-the-doctor-the-road-to-damascus-turned-out-to-be-the-ruelle-des-vieux-pigeons-and-how-the-truth-was-revealed-to-him-in-the-form-of-a-metempsychosic-manuscript.md)
- [VII: How One May Interpret a Couplet by Corneille in Two Ways](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/vii-how-one-may-interpret-a-couplet-by-corneille-in-two-ways.md)
- [VIII: How, Just as One Can Be More Royalist Than the King and More Devout Than the Pope, One Can Equally Be More of a Metempsychosist Than Pythagoras](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/viii-how-just-as-one-can-be-more-royalist-than-the-king-and-more-devout-than-the-pope-one-can-equally-be-more-of-a-metempsychosist-than-pythagoras.md)
- [IX: Obverse and Reverse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ix-obverse-and-reverse.md)
- [X: How a Mountebank Can Be More Cunning Than a Learned Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/x-how-a-mountebank-can-be-more-cunning-than-a-learned-doctor.md)
- [XI: In Which It Is Shown That Heraclius Gloss Was in No Way Exempt from All the Weaknesses of the Stronger Sex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xi-in-which-it-is-shown-that-heraclius-gloss-was-in-no-way-exempt-from-all-the-weaknesses-of-the-stronger-sex.md)
- [XII: Which Explains How Doctor and Animal Tamer Are in No Way Synonymous](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xii-which-explains-how-doctor-and-animal-tamer-are-in-no-way-synonymous.md)
- [XIII: How Doctor Heraclius Gloss Found Himself in Exactly the Same Position as Good King Henry IV Who, Having Heard Two Leading Counsel Plead Their Case, Was of Opinion That Both Were Right](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xiii-how-doctor-heraclius-gloss-found-himself-in-exactly-the-same-position-as-good-king-henry-iv-who-having-heard-two-leading-counsel-plead-their-case-was-of-opinion-that-both-were-right.md)
- [XIV: How Heraclius All but Devoured a Dish of Beautiful Ladies of a Past Age](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xiv-how-heraclius-all-but-devoured-a-dish-of-beautiful-ladies-of-a-past-age.md)
- [XV: How the Warden Interpreted God’s Commandments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xv-how-the-warden-interpreted-god-s-commandments.md)
- [How the Forty-Second Reading of the Manuscript Shed New Light Into the Doctor’s Mind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xvi-how-the-forty-second-reading-of-the-manuscript-shed-new-light-into-the-doctor-s-mind.md)
- [How Doctor Heraclius Gloss Set About Finding the Author of the Manuscript](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xvii-how-doctor-heraclius-gloss-set-about-finding-the-author-of-the-manuscript.md)
- [XVIII: In Which Doctor Heraclius Recognises with Amazement the Author of the Manuscript](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xviii-in-which-doctor-heraclius-recognises-with-amazement-the-author-of-the-manuscript.md)
- [XIX: How the Doctor Was Placed in a Terrible Dilemma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xix-how-the-doctor-was-placed-in-a-terrible-dilemma.md)
- [XX: In Which the Doctor Has a Little Talk with His Servant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xx-in-which-the-doctor-has-a-little-talk-with-his-servant.md)
- [XXI: In Which It Is Shown That a Dearly-Loved Friend Can Lighten the Heaviest Sorrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xxi-in-which-it-is-shown-that-a-dearly-loved-friend-can-lighten-the-heaviest-sorrow.md)
- [XXII: In Which the Doctor Discovers That His Monkey Resembles Him Even More Than He Thought](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xxii-in-which-the-doctor-discovers-that-his-monkey-resembles-him-even-more-than-he-thought.md)
- [XXIII: How the Doctor Realized That His Monkey Had Shamefully Imposed Upon Him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xxiii-how-the-doctor-realized-that-his-monkey-had-shamefully-imposed-upon-him.md)
- [XXIV: Eureka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xxiv-eureka.md)
- [XXV: “I Am That I Am.”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xxv-i-am-that-i-am.md)
- [XXVI: What Was Said at Madame Labotte’s, the Fruiterer’s, 26, Rue de la Maraicherie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xxvi-what-was-said-at-madame-labotte-s-the-fruiterer-s-26-rue-de-la-maraicherie.md)
- [How Doctor Heraclius Did Not Agree with the Dauphin, Who, Having Saved a Monkey from Drowning, Threw It Back Again and Went Off to Find a Man to Save Instead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xxvii-how-doctor-heraclius-did-not-agree-with-the-dauphin-who-having-saved-a-monkey-from-drowning-threw-it-back-again-and-went-off-to-find-a-man-to-save-instead.md)
- [XXVIII: “This Story Will Show You That, if You Want to Save a Fellow Creature from Blows and Believe That It Is Better to Rescue a Cat Than a Man, You Will Excite the Anger of Your Neighbours. All Roads Lead to Rome—But Metempsychosis Leads to the Lunatic Asylum.”—Balançon Star](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xxviii-this-story-will-show-you-that-if-you-want-to-save-a-fellow-creature-from-blows-and-believe-that-it-is-better-to-rescue-a-cat-than-a-man-you-will-excite-the-anger-of-your-neighbours-all-roads-lead-to-rome-but-metempsychosis-leads-to-the-lunatic-asylum-balan-on-star.md)
- [XXIX: How One Sometimes Exchanges Scylla for Charybdis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xxix-how-one-sometimes-exchanges-scylla-for-charybdis.md)
- [XXX: How the Proverb—“The Madder One Is, the More One Laughs”—Is Not Always Quite True](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/xxx-how-the-proverb-the-madder-one-is-the-more-one-laughs-is-not-always-quite-true.md)
- [On the River](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/on-the-river.md)
- [At the Church Door](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/at-the-church-door.md)
- [Lieutenant Laré’s Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/lieutenant-lar-s-marriage.md)
- [Simon's Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/simon-s-father.md)
- [A Family Affair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-family-affair.md)
- [Boule de Suif](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/boule-de-suif.md)
- [Les Dimanches d'Un Bourgeois](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/les-dimanches-d-un-bourgeois.md)
- [I: Preparing for Excursions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i-preparing-for-excursions.md)
- [Patissot's First Outing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii-patissot-s-first-outing.md)
- [A Visit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii-a-visit.md)
- [IV: Fishing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iv-fishing.md)
- [Two Famous Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/v-two-famous-men.md)
- [Before the Festival](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/vi-before-the-festival.md)
- [VII: A Sad Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/vii-a-sad-story.md)
- [VIII: A Trial of Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/viii-a-trial-of-love.md)
- [A Dinner and Some Ideas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ix-a-dinner-and-some-ideas.md)
- [X: A Public Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/x-a-public-meeting.md)
- [Suicides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/suicides.md)
- [A Grandmother's Advice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-grandmother-s-advice.md)
- [Story of a Farm Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/story-of-a-farm-girl.md)
- [A Country Excursion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-country-excursion.md)
- [In the Spring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/in-the-spring.md)
- [Paul's Mistress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/paul-s-mistress.md)
- [Madame Tellier's Establishment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/madame-tellier-s-establishment.md)
- [An Adventure in Paris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/an-adventure-in-paris.md)
- [A Christmas Eve Festival](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-christmas-eve-festival.md)
- [The Cake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-cake.md)
- [The Log](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-log.md)
- [Words of Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/words-of-love.md)
- [Marroca](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/marroca.md)
- [The Shepherd’s Leap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-shepherd-s-leap.md)
- [The Bed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-bed.md)
- [Mademoiselle Fifi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mademoiselle-fifi.md)
- [Relics of the Past](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/relics-of-the-past.md)
- [The Blind Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-blind-man.md)
- [Magnetism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/magnetism.md)
- [Guillemot Rock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/guillemot-rock.md)
- [A Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-son.md)
- [Travelling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/travelling.md)
- [A Corsican Bandit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-corsican-bandit.md)
- [A Dead Woman's Secret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-dead-woman-s-secret.md)
- [Dreams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/dreams.md)
- [A True Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-true-story.md)
- [The Burglar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-burglar.md)
- [A Woman's Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-woman-s-confession.md)
- [Moonlight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/moonlight.md)
- [A Cock Crowed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-cock-crowed.md)
- [The Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-child.md)
- [The Lock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-lock.md)
- [A Normandy Joke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-normandy-joke.md)
- [My Uncle Sosthène](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/my-uncle-sosth-ne.md)
- [A Reckless Passion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-reckless-passion.md)
- [Mad?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mad.md)
- [Correspondence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/correspondence.md)
- [A Widow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-widow.md)
- [Rust](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/rust.md)
- [The Chair Mender](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-chair-mender.md)
- [An Artifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/an-artifice.md)
- [An Old Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/an-old-man.md)
- [A Parricide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-parricide.md)
- [Pierrot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/pierrot.md)
- [A Norman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-norman.md)
- [The Pardon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-pardon.md)
- [The Relic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-relic.md)
- [In the Moonlight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/in-the-moonlight.md)
- [Fear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/fear.md)
- [In the Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/in-the-country.md)
- [A Million](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-million.md)
- [The Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-will.md)
- [The Wolf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-wolf.md)
- [The Kiss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-kiss.md)
- [That Pig, Morin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/that-pig-morin.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Madame Baptiste](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/madame-baptiste.md)
- [My Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/my-wife.md)
- [The Snipe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-snipe.md)
- [The Mad Woman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-mad-woman.md)
- [Artfulness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/artfulness.md)
- [The Legend of Mont Saint-Michel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-legend-of-mont-saint-michel.md)
- [Minuet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/minuet.md)
- [Mother and Daughter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mother-and-daughter.md)
- [A Christmas Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-christmas-tale.md)
- [Christmas Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/christmas-eve.md)
- [The Substitute](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-substitute.md)
- [On Horseback](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/on-horseback.md)
- [The Wooden Shoes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-wooden-shoes.md)
- [Monsieur Jocaste](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/monsieur-jocaste.md)
- [Beside a Dead Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/beside-a-dead-man.md)
- [Two Friends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/two-friends.md)
- [At Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/at-sea.md)
- [The Necklace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-necklace.md)
- [The Awakening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-awakening.md)
- [Father Judas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/father-judas.md)
- [Feminine Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/feminine-men.md)
- [Mademoiselle Cocotte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mademoiselle-cocotte.md)
- [The Jewels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-jewels.md)
- [Saint Anthony](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/saint-anthony.md)
- [An Apparition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/an-apparition.md)
- [Walter Schnaffs' Adventure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/walter-schnaffs-adventure.md)
- [Queen Hortense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/queen-hortense.md)
- [On the Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/on-the-journey.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [A Surprise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-surprise.md)
- [Old Milon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/old-milon.md)
- [The Accursed Bread](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-accursed-bread.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Friend Joseph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/friend-joseph.md)
- [The Mother of Monsters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-mother-of-monsters.md)
- [The Orphan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-orphan.md)
- [Old Boniface's Crime](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/old-boniface-s-crime.md)
- [The Greenhouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-greenhouse.md)
- [Denis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/denis.md)
- [He?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/he.md)
- [The Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-window.md)
- [The Donkey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-donkey.md)
- [André’s Disease](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/andr-s-disease.md)
- [The Moustache](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-moustache.md)
- [Timbuktu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/timbuktu.md)
- [My Uncle Jules](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/my-uncle-jules.md)
- [Hydrophobia?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/hydrophobia.md)
- [Caresses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/caresses.md)
- [A Duel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-duel.md)
- [The Little One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-little-one.md)
- [Madame Luneau’s Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/madame-luneau-s-case.md)
- [Friend Patience](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/friend-patience.md)
- [The Funeral Pile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-funeral-pile.md)
- [Miss Harriet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/miss-harriet.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Martin's Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/martin-s-girl.md)
- [The Orient](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-orient.md)
- [The Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-child.md)
- [A Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-party.md)
- [The Odyssey of a Prostitute](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-odyssey-of-a-prostitute.md)
- [A Coup d'État](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-coup-d-tat.md)
- [A Humble Drama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-humble-drama.md)
- [Théodule Sabot’s Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/th-odule-sabot-s-confession.md)
- [A Vendetta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-vendetta.md)
- [The Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-confession.md)
- [Beside the Bed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/beside-the-bed.md)
- [Regret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/regret.md)
- [The Avenger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-avenger.md)
- [Suspense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/suspense.md)
- [Decorated!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/decorated.md)
- [The Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-father.md)
- [The String](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-string.md)
- [A Wise Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-wise-man.md)
- [The First Fall of Snow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-first-fall-of-snow.md)
- [The Model](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-model.md)
- [Practical Jokes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/practical-jokes.md)
- [The Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-hand.md)
- [Waiter, a Bock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/waiter-a-bock.md)
- [The Old Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-old-man.md)
- [Letter Found on a Drowned Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/letter-found-on-a-drowned-man.md)
- [The Christening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-christening.md)
- [Coco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/coco.md)
- [Misti](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/misti.md)
- [A Coward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-coward.md)
- [Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/rose.md)
- [A Traveller's Notes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-traveller-s-notes.md)
- [The Patron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-patron.md)
- [The Umbrella](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-umbrella.md)
- [An Idyll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/an-idyll.md)
- [A Sale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-sale.md)
- [Mother Savage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mother-savage.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [The Tramp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-tramp.md)
- [A Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-meeting.md)
- [The Legacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-legacy.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Happiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/happiness.md)
- [Farewell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/farewell.md)
- [Solitude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/solitude.md)
- [My Landlady](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/my-landlady.md)
- [The Little Cask](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-little-cask.md)
- [Châli](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ch-li.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [The Drunkard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-drunkard.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [A Woman’s Hair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-woman-s-hair.md)
- [The Horrible](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-horrible.md)
- [A Memory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-memory.md)
- [A Walk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-walk.md)
- [The Sisters Rondoli](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-sisters-rondoli.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [What the Colonel Thought](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/what-the-colonel-thought.md)
- [Bed No. 29](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/bed-no-29.md)
- [Nerves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/nerves.md)
- [Confessing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/confessing.md)
- [Fear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/fear.md)
- [The Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-return.md)
- [The Tomb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-tomb.md)
- [The Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-confession.md)
- [The Castaway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-castaway.md)
- [Yvette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/yvette.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Mad?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mad.md)
- [Unmasked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/unmasked.md)
- [The Dowry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-dowry.md)
- [Mohammed-Fripouille](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mohammed-fripouille.md)
- [The Legacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-legacy.md)
- [The Keeper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-keeper.md)
- [Berthe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/berthe.md)
- [Bombard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/bombard.md)
- [The Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-confession.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/scene-ii.md)
- [Country Courts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/country-courts.md)
- [Room No. Eleven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/room-no-eleven.md)
- [The Closet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-closet.md)
- [Military Honors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/military-honors.md)
- [For Sale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/for-sale.md)
- [Toine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/toine.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [The Christening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-christening.md)
- [The Unknown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-unknown.md)
- [Blue and White](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/blue-and-white.md)
- [Our Friends the English](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/our-friends-the-english.md)
- [Letter from a Madman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/letter-from-a-madman.md)
- [Old Mongilet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/old-mongilet.md)
- [Roger's Method](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/roger-s-method.md)
- [In a Railway Carriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/in-a-railway-carriage.md)
- [The Little Soldier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-little-soldier.md)
- [Checkmate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/checkmate.md)
- [Joseph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/joseph.md)
- [Finis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/finis.md)
- [The Hairpin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-hairpin.md)
- [The Secret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-secret.md)
- [My Twenty-Five Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/my-twenty-five-days.md)
- [A Madman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-madman.md)
- [Indiscretion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/indiscretion.md)
- [Mister Belhomme's Beast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mister-belhomme-s-beast.md)
- [The Woodcocks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-woodcocks.md)
- [Monsieur Parent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/monsieur-parent.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Ça Ira](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-ira.md)
- [Saved](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/saved.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Little Roque](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/little-roque.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [The Wreck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-wreck.md)
- [Mademoiselle Pearl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mademoiselle-pearl.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [The Hermit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-hermit.md)
- [On Cats](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/on-cats.md)
- [Rosalie Prudent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/rosalie-prudent.md)
- [Madame Parisse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/madame-parisse.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Julie Romain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/julie-romain.md)
- [The Sign](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-sign.md)
- [Old Amable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/old-amable.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [A Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-family.md)
- [The Devil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-devil.md)
- [A Divorce Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-divorce-case.md)
- [The Inn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-inn.md)
- [Are We to Teach Latin?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/are-we-to-teach-latin.md)
- [The Hole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-hole.md)
- [The Marquis of Fumerol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-marquis-of-fumerol.md)
- [The Farmer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-farmer.md)
- [A Cry of Alarm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-cry-of-alarm.md)
- [Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/love.md)
- [Clochette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/clochette.md)
- [In the Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/in-the-wood.md)
- [The Tramp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-tramp.md)
- [A New Year's Gift](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-new-year-s-gift.md)
- [Madame Hermet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/madame-hermet.md)
- [Epiphany](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/epiphany.md)
- [One Night's Entertainment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/one-night-s-entertainment.md)
- [The Door](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-door.md)
- [The Baroness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-baroness.md)
- [The Horla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-horla.md)
- [Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/night.md)
- [The Dead Woman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-dead-woman.md)
- [Madame Husson's May King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/madame-husson-s-may-king.md)
- [The Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-father.md)
- [The Rabbit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-rabbit.md)
- [The Orderly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-orderly.md)
- [Moiron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/moiron.md)
- [The Assassin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-assassin.md)
- [Duchoux](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/duchoux.md)
- [The Rival Pins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-rival-pins.md)
- [Divorce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/divorce.md)
- [Our Letters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/our-letters.md)
- [The Mother Superior's Twenty-Five Francs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-mother-superior-s-twenty-five-francs.md)
- [The Drowned Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-drowned-man.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [The Cripple](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-cripple.md)
- [A Portrait](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-portrait.md)
- [Hautot and His Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/hautot-and-his-son.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [One Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/one-evening.md)
- [Boitelle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/boitelle.md)
- [Allouma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/allouma.md)
- [Allouma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [The Rendezvous](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-rendezvous.md)
- [In Port](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/in-port.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [The Mask](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-mask.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Alexander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/alexander.md)
- [The Putter-to-Sleep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-putter-to-sleep.md)
- [Mouche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mouche.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Useless Beauty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/useless-beauty.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Who Knows?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/who-knows.md)
- [The Horla (First Chapter)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Graveyard Sirens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/graveyard-sirens.md)
- [After](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/after.md)
- [The Pedlar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-pedlar.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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