Powerful stories where the writer drew on his own life events. It is often said that the best writers write about something they know, something they understand. And it’s excellent advice. So when authors of the calibre of Stephen Crane, James Fenimore Cooper, Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and many others share that experience with us, a bond of trust and respect is easily attained. 1 - Short Stories Based on the Author's Own Experience - An Introduction2 - Baa Baa Black Sheep by Rudyard Kipling3 - My Red Cap by Louisa May Alcott4 - The Peasant Marey by Fyodor Dostoyevsky5 - The Mourner by Mary Shelley6 - How I Killed a Bear by Charles Dudley Warner7 - A Red Flower by Vsevolod Garshin8 - The Eclipse by James Fenimore Cooper9 - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane10 - The Servant by S T Semyonov11 - Youth - Part 1 by Joseph Conrad12 - Youth - Part 2 by Joseph Conrad13 - The Brothers by Louisa May Alcott