Talent bursts from this decade with astonishing ease. From America across Europe to Russia each and every story is an indelible mark of story-telling flecked with genius that enthralls us all. Whatever their chosen genre their stories break new ground, cover new topics and carry a legacy that cannot be disputed.

1 - The Top Ten - The 1840's

2 - The Tell Tale Heart

3 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol

4 - Sexton's Hero by Elizabeth Gaskell

5 - The Mummy's Foot by Théophile Gautier

6 - Rappaccinni's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

7 - The Spectre of Tappington by Richard Harris Barham

8 - The Jew by Ivan Turgenev

9 - An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

10 - Taman by Mikhail Lermantov

11 - The Return of Martin Guerre by Alexander Dumas