This carefully edited collection of “THE SHORT STORIES OF E. F. BENSON” has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
The Room in the Tower
Gavon's Eve The Dust-Cloud
The Confession of Charles Linkworth
At Abdul Ali's Grave
The Shootings of Achnaleish
How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery
Caterpillars
The Cat
The Bus-Conductor
The Man Who Went Too Far
Between the Lights
Outside the Door
The Other Bed The Thing in the Hall
The House with the Brick-Kiln
The Terror by Night
The Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other Stories
BLACKMAILING STORIES
The Countess of Lowndes Square
The Blackmailer of Park Lane
GENERAL STORIES
The Dance on the Beefsteak
The Oriolist
In the Dark
The False Step
CAT STORIES
“Puss-cat”
There Arose a King
CRANK STORIES
The Tragedy of Oliver Bowman
Philip's Safety Razor
SPOOK STORIES
The Case of Frank Hampden
Mrs. Andrews's Control
The Ape
“Through”
Edward Frederic Benson (1867–1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson.