This carefully selected collection comprises twenty classic short stories on the themes of love and romance. Written by such masters of the form as Thomas Hardy, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Oscar Wilde, these tales have enchanted, engaged and enthralled generations of readers and maintain a seductive and irresistible hold on the romantic imagination today. Each unforgettable story comes complete with an informative and illuminating biography of the author.