In today's infographic, I am highlight nine short classic novels and novellas. Forget slogging through War and Peace. If your reading time is limited, these are quick tales you could conceivably finish in a day or two. Sample the first-ever Gothic novel in Walpole's Castle of Ortranto. Discover the origins of the term 'masochism' in Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs. Take another dip into the world of Gothic Romance with Radcliffe's A Sicilian Romance. Sympathise with the melancholy hero of…