Great short stories have been called "masterpieces in miniature," and here, carefully selected for your pleasure by the Editors of the The Reader's Digest, are more than seventy that are among the finest examples of the storyteller's art. Many stories are American and British, but the distinguished authors of sixteen other nations are also represented. The result is a rich variety of backgrounds and points of view--all brought vividly to life by that concern for the human condition only great writers can evoke.