7 best short stories – Work

Money – and the social effects of having it or not – is too big a theme in people’s daily lives to be ignored by literature. The writers gave the most varied interpretations and looked from the most different angles to the human relationship with money – but the final thought is always up to the reader.
The critic August Nemo selected seven classic short stories on this subject:

– Counterparts by James Joyce
– The Romance of a Busy Broker by O. Henry
– Sleepy by Anton Chekhov
– Neighbour Rosicky by Willa Cather
– An Old Maid’s Triumph by George Gissing
– The Egg by Sherwood Anderson
– A Simple Soul by Gustave Flaubert
For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!