Introduction: A defense of fiction, by G.P. Elliott.
The tale of Qamar az-Zaman, the son of King Shahriman, from The Arabian nights.
The saga of Hrafnkel Priest of Frey.
Rameau's nephew, by D. Diderot.
Michael Kohlhaas, from an old chronicle, by H. von Kleist.
The vicar of Tours, by H. de Balzac.
The virgin and the gipsy, by D.H. Lawrence.
Red leaves, by W. Faulkner.
Seize the day, by S. Bellow.
