100 Selected Stories

Author : O. Henry
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101653593

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Selected Stories by O. Henry Pdf

Eighty short stories by a master of the genre O. Henry's comic eye and unique, ironic approach to life's realities are unmatched. These stories—about con men and tricksters and "innocent" deceivers, about fate, luck, and coincidence—have delighted generations of readers. Set in New York and the West, in Central America and the South, they demonstrate O. Henry's mastery of speech and place, and highlight his appreciation of life's quirks. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : O. Henry
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1853262412

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100 Selected Stories by O. Henry Pdf

O Henry's finest stories is a showcase for the sheer varienty of one of America's best-loved short story writers. They are marked by coincidence and surprise endings as well as compassion and high humour.

Author : O. Henry,Karen Duddy
Publisher : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0890612412

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100 Selected Stories by O. Henry,Karen Duddy Pdf

This collection of one hundred of O. Henry's finest stories is a showcase for the sheer variety of one of America's best and best-loved short story writers.

Author : James Daley
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486803289

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100 Great Short Stories by James Daley Pdf

"This is a wonderful collection of authors from America and around the world. Centuries are covered, making this a great resource for English teachers and any lover of literature." — Life Community Church This treasury of one hundred tales offers students and other readers of short fiction a splendid selection of stories by masters of the form. Contributors from around the world include Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, Anton Chekhov, Mark Twain, Saki, Luigi Pirandello, Kate Chopin, and Ring Lardner. The stories, which are arranged chronologically, begin with tales by Daniel Defoe ("The Apparition of Mrs. Veal," 1705), Benjamin Franklin ("Alice Addertongue," 1732), and Washington Irving ("The Devil and Tom Walker," 1824). Highlights from the nineteenth century include Ivan Turgenev's "The District Doctor" (1852), Sarah Orne Jewett's "A White Heron" (1886), Thomas Hardy's "Squire Petrick's Lady" (1891), and Rudyard Kipling's "Wee Willie Winkie" (1899). From the twentieth century come James Joyce's "Araby" (1914), Franz Kafka's "The Judgment" (1916), Virginia Woolf's "The Mark on the Wall" (1921), "The Broken Boot" (1923) by John Galsworthy, and many others. "A fabulous collections of stories sure to please any reader! The chronological layout is perfect for those looking to explore the development of stories over time and their relation to society." — Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library

Author : Lorrie Moore,Heidi Pitlor
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 9780547485850

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100 Years of the Best American Short Stories by Lorrie Moore,Heidi Pitlor Pdf

Collects forty short stories published between 1915 and 2015, from writers that include Ernest Hemingway, John Updike, and Alice Munro that exemplify their era and stand the test of time --

Author : CUSTOM ITEMS
Publisher : sarvad publication
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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SHORT STORIES FROM 100 SELECTED STORIES by CUSTOM ITEMS Pdf

ONE DOLLAR AND EIGHTY-SEVEN CENTS. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheek burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it: one dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. There was clearly nothing left to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name 'Mr. James Dillingham Young.' The 'Dillingham' had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, the letters of 'Dillingham' looked blurred, as though they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called 'Jim' and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introduced to you as Della. Which is all very good.

Author : Michael A. Arnzen
Publisher : Raw Dog Screaming Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0974503126

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100 Jolts by Michael A. Arnzen Pdf

Arnzen has honed his craft to deliver the highest voltage using the fewest words in this collection of 100 short stories, guaranteed to stun.

Author : Charles Alphonso Smith,O Henry
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1017961034

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Selected Stories From O. Henry [Pseud.] by Charles Alphonso Smith,O Henry Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Robert Walser
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466834958

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Selected Stories by Robert Walser Pdf

In her preface to Robert Walser's Selected Stories, Susan Sontag describes Walser as "a good-humored, sweet Beckett." The more common comparison is to "a comic Kafka." Both formulations effectively describe the reading experience in these stories: the reader is obviously in the presence of a mind-bending genius, but one characterized by a wry, buoyant voice, as apparently cheerful as it is disturbing. Walser is one of the twentieth century's great modern masters—revered by everyone from Walter Benjamin to Hermann Hesse to W. G. Sebald—and Selected Stories gives the fullest display of his talent. "He is most at home in the mode of short fiction," according to J. M. Coetzee in The New York Review of Books. The stories "show him at his dazzling best."

Author : Isaac Asimov,Terry Carr,Martin Harry Greenberg
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015007040846

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100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories by Isaac Asimov,Terry Carr,Martin Harry Greenberg Pdf

Among the authors represented in this collection of brief tales are Marion Zimmer Bradley, Harlan Ellison, Barry N. Malzberg, Roger Zelazny, H.P. Lovecraft, and Edgar Pangborn.

Author : O. Henry
Publisher : Amila Jay
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9783986779214

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The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry Pdf

"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time.

Author : Ring Lardner
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1997-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440673849

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Selected Stories by Ring Lardner Pdf

This collection brings together twenty-one of Lardner’s best pieces, including the six Jack Keefe stories that comprise You Know Me, Al, as well as such familiar favorites as “Alibi Ike,” “Some Like Them Cold,” and “Guillible’s Travels.” For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : O Henry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 653 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8186734821

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O Henry 100 Selected Stories by O Henry Pdf

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780806537948

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The Philip K. Dick Reader by Philip K. Dick Pdf

Includes the stories that inspired the movies Total Recall, Screamers, Minority Report, Paycheck, and Next “More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people’s minds.” —The Wall Street Journal The Philip K. Dick Reader Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick’s works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works. Dick won the prestigious Hugo Award for the best novel of 1963 for The Man in the High Castle. In the last year of his life, the film Blade Runner was made from his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? This collection includes some of Dick’s earliest short and medium-length fiction, including We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (the story that inspired the motion picture Total Recall), Second Variety (which inspired the motion picture Screamers), Paycheck, The Minority Report, and twenty more.

Author : O. Henry
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Short stories
ISBN : UCSC:32106015187328

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Collected Stories of O. Henry by O. Henry Pdf

Collection of 212 of O. Henry's stories.