Greatest Conservative Short Stories

There are many fabulous conservative short stories. Here's a growing list of the best:

Short Story  | Author  | Reason and number of words

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The Gift of the Magi[1] | O. Henry | love overcomes poverty (2,080 words)
The Tell-Tale Heart  | Edgar Allan Poe | (2,093 words)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Ambrose Bierce | power of infinite mental time (3,804 words)
In the Penal Colony  | Franz Kafka |
Walden Pond  | Henry David Thoreau |
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County[2] | Mark Twain | mockery of gambling (2,631 words)
Dubliners  | James Joyce |
I, Robot  | Isaac Asimov |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow  | Washington Irving |
The Fall of the House of Usher  | Edgar Allan Poe |
The Last Leaf[1] | O. Henry | sacrifice for another in need (2,375 words)
Rip Van Winkle  | Washington Irving | 6,934 words
The Quiet Man  | Maurice Walsh  | first published in the Saturday Evening Post on Feb. 11, 1933 (about 3,500 words), and made into an Oscar-winning movie

## References[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.shortstoryguide.com/o-henry-short-stories/
2. ↑ http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/frog.html