The unique boundaries of the short story have attracted a majority of the prominent writers in the German language since the genre attained its modern form and became widely read around the turn of the 19th century. Translations of eight masterpieces by writers who defined the modern German short story, including Arthur Schnitzler's 'Lieutenant Gustl', Heinrich von Kleist's 'Earthquake in Chile', as well as important works by Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Gerhart Hauptmann, Rainer Maria Rilke, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and Clemens Brentano. Required reading for students of world literature, this volume will be a welcome addition to the collection of any literary connoisseur.