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's2 - The Tell Tale Heart3 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol4 - Sextons Hero by Elizabeth Gaskell5 - The Mummys Foot by Théophile Gautier6 - Rappaccinnis Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne7 - The Spectre of Tappington by Richard Harris Barham8 - The Jew by Ivan Turgenev9 - An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyevsky10 - Taman by Mikhail Lermantov11 - The Return of Martin Guerre by Alexander Dumas