{"code":"tragedy","header_2":"The doomed, the dreary and the despairing.","header_1":"The Best Tragedy Short Stories of History","description":"The best tragedy short stories of history. Read or download. Allez by Aleksandr I Kuprin, Misery by Anton Chekhov, The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen.","stories":[{"story":"allez","description":"At number one, Kuprin explores abuse and exploitation through a collection of a circus girl’s memories from ages five to sixteen. Nora lives as an acrobat, eventually falling in love with a clown who joins the show. The story examines the cycle of mistreatment, and it’s not for the faint of heart."},{"story":"misery","description":"*Misery* is a subtle piece on grief and loss, one that holds off on telling its context straight away. On the surface it is a simple story about a cab driver searching for someone to talk to, and it never explicitly explains the past. Like all of Chekhov’s works it is beautifully written and intensely emotional."},{"story":"miss-harriet","description":"*Miss Harriet* is a romantic tragedy on unrequited love. In this story, a man tells a story of an older woman he met while travelling the countryside. She tends to keep to herself, but upon the man showing her one of his paintings, she asks to see him paint. Over time, she begins to meet with him more and more, and eventually expressing her doomed feelings."},{"story":"no-place-for-a-woman","description":"Henry Lawson tackles the guilt and insanity of a man who was unable to save those he loved. In *No Place for a Woman*, the farmer ‘Ratty Howlett’ deals with this tragedy the only way he can, complete denial. But one day a stranger comes that is able to tug at the threads and open up the past."},{"story":"vanka","description":"Chekhov deals with the naivety of an abandoned child. His story is a letter written by an orphaned boy named Vanka. It is dedicated to his grandfather, begging him to take the boy away from his abusive life as a servant. But something about the letter says the chances are slim."},{"story":"sredni-vashtar","description":"*Sredni Vashtar* follows a boy suffering from neglect and loneliness. The boy takes solace in a small ferret he finds in his garden, and begins to obsess over the animal by deeming him a god and giving him the divine name of Sredni Vashtar."}],"title":"Best of Tragedy","subroute":"tragedy","authors":["aleksandrikuprin","guydemaupassant","edgarallanpoe","antonchekhov"],"has_text":true,"quote":{"quote":"“To whom shall I tell my grief?” * Misery","code":"misery"},"image_code":"misery","image_alt":"A hermit-like man lying on a horse.","collection_type":"genre"}