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  • Cuentos de La Selva

    by Horacio Quiroga ...
    Cuentos de la Selva is a captivating collection of short stories by Uruguayan writer Horacio Quiroga, first published in 1918. Written originally for children yet rich enough to engage readers of all ages, these tales transport us deep into the vibrant, mysterious world of the South American rainforest—a setting that pulses with life, danger, wonder, and wisdom. Drawing inspiration from his years ... Read more

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  • The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories

    by Horacio Quiroga ...
    Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden ...
    Tales of horror, madness, and death, tales of fantasy and morality: these are the works of South American master storyteller Horacio Quiroga. Author of some 200 pieces of fiction that have been compared to the works of Poe, Kipling, and Jack London, Quiroga experienced a life that surpassed in morbidity and horror many of the inventions of his fevered mind. As a young man, he suffered his father's ... Read more

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  • Cuentos de Amor, de Locura y de Muerte

    by Horacio Quiroga ...
    First published in 1917, Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte stands as one of the most powerful and unsettling collections in Latin American literature. In these unforgettable stories, Horacio Quiroga explores the fragile boundaries between passion and obsession, reason and madness, life and death—revealing the darker currents that flow beneath everyday existence. Set largely in the wild ... Read more

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  • South American Jungle Tales

    Exploring the Mysteries of the South American Jungle

    by Horacio Quiroga ...
    Translated by Arthur Livingston ...
    In 'South American Jungle Tales,' Horacio Quiroga presents a captivating collection of short stories steeped in the vibrant yet perilous landscapes of the South American jungle. Quiroga's literary style is marked by its lyrical prose and vivid imagery, drawing readers into a world where nature reigns supreme, often reflecting the struggles of humanity against its untamed surroundings. The tales ... Read more

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  • Anaconda

    by Horacio Quiroga ...
    Anaconda is a striking and imaginative collection by Horacio Quiroga that immerses readers in the untamed heart of the South American rainforest. Blending adventure, allegory, and ecological awareness, Quiroga crafts a powerful narrative world where animals think, speak, and struggle for survival against both natural dangers and human intrusion. At the center of the title story stands Anaconda, a ... Read more

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  • South American Jungle Tales

    by Horacio Quiroga ...
    "South American Jungle Tales" remains a significant work in Latin American literature, showcasing Quiroga’s mastery of the short story format. His influence is often compared to that of Edgar Allan Poe and Rudyard Kipling, with whom he shares a fascination for the darker aspects of life and nature.The stories continue to be celebrated for their narrative ingenuity, moral depth, and ability to ... Read more

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  • The Exiles and Other Stories

    by Horacio Quiroga ...
    Translated by J. David Danielson ...
    Tales of risk and danger, suffering, disease, horror, and death. Tales, also, of courage and dignity, hard work, and human endurance in the face of hostile nature and the frequent brutality of men. And tales flavored with piquant touches of humor and bemused irony. These are the stories of the Uruguayan writer Horacio Quiroga, here presented in an important compilation of thirteen of his most ... Read more

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  • Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte

    by Horacio Quiroga ...
    Constituye la obra cumbre del autor, en las breves y apasionantes historias que componen el libro, la intriga, el drama y el misterio se desbordan y nos invaden. Quiroga es aquí consagrado como uno de los mejores cuentistas de todos los tiempos. ... Read more

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  • Cuentos escogidos

    by Horacio Quiroga ...
    Esta selección reúne relatos tomados de Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte (1917), Anaconda (1921), El desierto (1924), Los desterrados (1926), y Más allá (1935), y narraciones dispersas provenientes de periódicos y revistas.Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza was an Uruguayan playwright, poet, and (above all) short story writer. He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    South American Jungle Tales (Unabridged)

    by HORACIO QUIROGA ...
    Narrated by Ryan Heter ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 24 min

    The stories in South American Jungle Tales center on the relationships between people and the different creatures Quiroga came into contact with on his farm in Misiones, a region of jungle in Uruguay along the banks of the Upper Parana river. Each story quickly evolves into a fantastical realm where the various animals take on familiar human characteristics. These stories, of course, are a ... Read more

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  • The World's Best Short Stories

    by James Joyce, Julio Cortázar, Franz Kafka, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Jorge Luis Borges, Ray Bradbury, Horácio Quiroga, Jack London, Nikolai Gogol, H.P. Lovecraft, Guy de Maupassant, Gabriel Garcia Marques, Arthur C. Clarke ...
    This is another volume of the successful Best Short Stories Collection, a selection of masterpieces by authors from various nationalities and with very diverse themes, but sharing an enormous and possibly the most important literary quality: providing pleasure to the reader. In this e-book, you will have access to the Best Foreign Short Stories, a selection of memorable tales written by great ... Read more

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  • Vampire Tales: The Big Collection (80+ stories in one volume: The Viy, The Fate of Madame Cabanel, The Parasite, Good Lady Ducayne, Count Magnus, For the Blood Is the Life, Dracula’s Guest, The Broken Fang, Blood Lust, Four Wooden Stakes...)

    by Leonid Andreyev, Nikolai Gogol, M. R. James, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Walter De La Mare, F. Marion Crawford, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert E. Howard, D. H. Lawrence, H. P. Lovecraft, Vernon Lee, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Nesbit, Vincent O’Sullivan, Edgar Allan Poe, Clark Ashton Smith, Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells, Edith Wharton, Victor Roman, Pu Songling, Johann Ludwig Tieck, John William Polidori, Alexei Tolstoy, Sabine Baring-Gould, William Gilbert, Jan Neruda, A. B. Mitford, Eliza Lynn Linton, Phil Robinson, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Julian Hawthorne, Mary Cholmondeley, Anne Crawford, Marsh Richard, Eric Stenbock, Mary E. Braddon, Fred M. White, H. B. Marriott-Watson, Hume Nisbet, F. G. Loring, Augustus Hare, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Frank Norris, Louise J. Strong, Luigi Capuana, Théophile Gaultier, E. G. Swain, Claude Askew, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Horacio Quiroga, Ulric Daubeny, Uel Key, Dion Fortune, Everil Worrell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hesketh V. Pritchard, Cynthia Asquith ...
    The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the ... Read more

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