Can you recommend some best English short stories for beginners?

Sure. 'The Tortoise and the Hare' is a great one. It's simple and easy to understand. The story shows that slow and steady can win the race.

Sure. 'The Happy Prince' by Oscar Wilde is a wonderful choice. It's about a statue of a prince who, with the help of a swallow, gives away all his jewels and gold to the poor. It has simple yet profound themes and beautiful language.

You might also like 'The Speckled Band' by Arthur Conan Doyle. It's a shorter Sherlock Holmes story with a clear mystery, a spooky atmosphere, and Holmes' brilliant deductions, which is perfect for getting into English detective stories.

For beginners, 'Sherlock Holmes' short stories are great. They are easy to follow and Holmes' deductive reasoning is really interesting to learn from. 'The Speckled Band' is a good starting point. Another one is 'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie. It has a simple yet engaging plot that will hook beginners into the world of detective stories.

For beginners, 'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint - Exupéry is a great choice. It has simple language yet profound meaning. Another is 'Charlotte's Web' by E. B. White. It's a heartwarming story about friendship between a pig and a spider. 'The Velveteen Rabbit' is also suitable for beginners as it tells a touching story in an easy - to - understand way.

Sure. 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain is a great choice. It has a simple and engaging plot that follows the adventures of a young boy. The language is not too difficult, and it gives a good taste of American English and culture of that time.

Sure. 'The Tortoise and the Hare' is a great one. It's a simple fable that teaches the value of perseverance. The language is easy to understand, and the story is well - known. Another is 'Little Red Riding Hood', which has vivid descriptions and a straightforward plot.

Sure. 'The Little Red Hen' is a good one for beginners. It's about a little red hen who finds some grains of wheat. She asks her friends, the cat, the dog and the pig, to help her plant, harvest and bake bread. But they all refuse. So, she does all the work by herself. In the end, she doesn't share the bread with those who didn't help. It has simple language and a clear moral.

Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants' is also a well - known short story. It's a conversation between a man and a woman at a train station in Spain. Through their dialogue, which seems simple on the surface, Hemingway implies a lot about their relationship, especially regarding an unplanned pregnancy and their different views on it.

Sure. 'The Gift of the Magi' by O. Henry is a great one. It tells the story of a young couple who are very poor but deeply in love. They each sacrifice their most precious possession to buy a gift for the other. Another is 'The Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant. A woman borrows a diamond necklace for a party, loses it, and spends years in poverty trying to replace it, only to find out in the end that the original necklace was fake.