Existential Stories

Everything we know must end. In the fundamentals of our lives its usually our own deaths which bring that to an end. But what if we widen that premise. What if we are caught in its quixotic jaws. Held fast with escape merely a fleeting thought. In this volume authors of real note bring their narratives of existential crisis and threat directly to our senses. That conflict can yield terrible results. And for that place the blame on Franz Kafka, Boleslaw Prus, Herman Melville, Oscar Wilde and many others. 1 - Existential Stories - An Introduction 2 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 3 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 1 by Herman Melville 4 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 2 by Herman Melville 5 - A Legend of Old Egypt by Boleslaw Prus 6 - An Egyptian Cigarette by Kate Chopin 7 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka 8 - Mold of the Earth by Boleslaw Prus 9 - Solid Objects by Virginia Woolf 10 - An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyveskey 11 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov 12 - Shades by Boleslaw Prus 13 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce 14 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka 15 - The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde 16 - Youth - Part 1 by Joseph Conrad 17 - Youth - Part 2 by Joseph Conrad