15 Inspirational Stories

Some stories are told over and over, not for their danger or drama, but for the courage, curiosity or hope that they fill you with. They stay with you long after the last page is turned, changing the way you see the world. In this collection curated by Ruskin Bond—a storyteller who has spent his own life finding the good in people and giving it a voice—are fifteen inspirational tales by the greats of literature, among them O. Henry, Leo Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Guy de Maupassant and W. Somerset Maugham.