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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Prestwick House Inc
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781580493352
Author : Ernest Hemingway,William Faulkner
Publisher : Dell
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1954-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440378648
Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the book of choice by teachers, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories by British and American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, editors Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine selected stories that broke new ground and challenged the imagination with their style, subject matter, or tone: the unforgettable, enduring works that shaped the literature of our time. A truly exceptional collection of great stories, including: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane The Horse Dealer’s Daughter by D. H. Lawrence Barn Burning by William Faulkner The Sojourner by Carson McCullers The Open Window by Saki Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter The Boarding House by James Joyce Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway The Tree of Knowledge by Henry James Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty . . . and twenty-five more of the century’s best stories!
Author : Burton Raffel
Publisher : Signet Classics
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0451524306
Author : Clarence C. Strowbridge
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780486801186
Seventeen short masterpieces, chosen for their timeless relevance and enduring popularity, include works by Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Bret Harte, O. Henry, Sherwood Anderson, Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin, and 9 others. Large print edition.
Author : O. Henry
Publisher : Prestwick House Inc
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : United States
ISBN : 9781580493475
Author : Milton Crane
Publisher : Bantam Classics
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1984-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553272949
A brilliant, far-reaching collection of stories from Washington Irving to John Updike. The Classic Stories Edgar Allan Poe’s Ms. Found in a Bottle Bret Harte’s The Outcasts of Poker Flat Sherwood Anderson’s Death in the Woods Stephen Vincent Benét’s By the Waters of Babylon The Great Writers Melville James Dreiser Faulkner Hemingway Steinbeck McCullers The Little-Known Masterpieces Edith Wharton’s The Dilettante Finley Peter Dunne’s Mr. Dooley on the Popularity of Fireman Charles M. Flandrau’s A Dead Issue James Reid Parker’s The Archimandrite’s Niece
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 1412 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1840222700
These accomplished tales from the pens of great writers are object-lessons in the art of creating a literary masterpiece on a small canvas
Author : Burton Raffel
Publisher : Signet Classics
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1985-02-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0451521528
Author : Burton Raffel
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0451529634
The best of American short fiction Spanning over 100 years of literary history, here are 33 of the finest short stories by Washington Irving * Nathaniel Hawthorne * Edgar Allan Poe * Herman Melville * Harriet Beecher Stowe * Bret Harte * Bayard Taylor * Rose Terry Cooke * Ambrose Bierce * Hamlin Garland * Mary E. Wilkens Freeman * Henry James * Charlotte Perkins Gilman * Sarah Orne Jewett * Grace Elizabeth King * Harold Frederic * Kate Chopin * Stephen Crane * Edith Wharton * Mark Twain * Jack London * F. Hopkinson Smith * Zona Gale * O. Henry * Sherwood Anderson * Ernest Hemingway * John Dos Passos * Stephen Vincent Benet * Willa Cather * William Faulkner * James Thurber * F. Scott Fitzgerald * William Saroyan
Author : Leslie M. Pockell
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0312648030
A vibrant journey through the annals of classic American short stories 21 Essential American Short Stories is a collection of beloved stories that have comprised an important part of the fabric of our culture, from the earliest days of our nation to the twentieth century. Some of the stories, such as Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle,” O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi,” William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” have been long regarded as literary classics, while others, such as Frank Stockton’s “The Lady or the Tiger?” and Ellis Parker Butler’s “Pigs Is Pigs,” are lesser known but well worth discovering. The carefully selected stories, each preceded by an illuminating headnote, powerfully illustrate the varied richness of our national literature and history. This beautifully packaged volume, containing the unforgettable classic short stories that evoke our shared American tradition and national identity, makes the perfect gift for the short story aficionado and novice alike.
Author : Edward Joseph Harrington O'brien
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0243388640
Excerpt from 50 Best American Short Stories, 1915-1939 And there was another thing about the story which struck me as rather queer. Perhaps it is a relic of my seafaring days, but I have always been a conscientious reader of the weather reports; and I could remember no weather in the past week sufficient to shake a man out of a top, especially a man by the name of B j Orn sen a thoroughgoing seafaring name. I was destined to hear more of this in the evening from the ancient boatman who rowed me out on the upper river. He had been to sea in his day. He knew enough to wonder about this thing, even to indulge in a little superstitious awe about it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : James Cochrane
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1982-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141959665
Introducing twenty-one short stories from some of the best American writers over two hundred years of history. 'American literature and the short story might be said to have come of age at about the same time, and this, along with something in the bustling and energetic American temperament, might go some way towards explaining why the two go together as well as they do.' Twenty-one short stories from some of the best American writers over the last two hundred years provide a mesmerizing, multi-faceted portrait of a country, a people and the unique literature produced by this most exuberant of nations. Featuring short stories from classic American authors including Mark Twain, Katherine Anne Porter, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and many more.
Author : William Patten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : Short stories
ISBN : UCAL:B3037986
Author : Tobias Wolff
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0679745130
Variously funny, frightening, poignant, and exhilarating, these collected stories displays the best American writers at the peak of their powers and the national narrative at its most eloquent, truthful, and inventive. The thirty-three stories in this volume prove that American short fiction maybe be our most distinctive national art form. As selected and introduced by Tobias Wolff, they also make up an alternate map of the United States that represents not just geography but narrative traditions, cultural heritage, and divergent approaches. Contributors and stories include: Mary Gaitskill, "A Romantic Weekend"; Andre Dubus, "The Fat Girl"; Tim O'Brien, "The Things They Carried"; Raymond Carver, "Cathedral"; Joyce Carol Oates, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"; Mona Simpson, "Lawns"; Ann Beattie, "A Vintage Thunderbird"; Jamaica Kincaid, "Girl"; Stuart Dybek, "Chopin in Water"; Ron Hansen, "Wickedness"; Denis Johnson, "Emergency"; Edward P. Jones, "The First Day"; John L'Heureux, "Departures"; Ralph Lombreglia, "Men Under Water"; Robert Olmstead, "Cody's Story"; Jayne Anne Phillips, "Home"; Susan Power, "Moonwalk"; Amy Tan, "Rules of the Game"; Stephanie Vaughn, "Dog Heaven"; Joy Williams, "Train"; Dorothy Allison, "River of Names"; Richard Bausch, "All The Way in Flagstaff, Arizona"; and more.
Author : Kate Chopin
Publisher : Prestwick House Inc
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1580495826
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader contend with Kate Chopin's themes and language. As the title suggests, The Awakening, published in 1899, tells the story of one woman's emergence from the conventional Victorian role of wife and mother to face the social consequences of seeking personal fulfillment. More than a mere argument in support of freedom and equality for women, it is a compelling depiction of the subtle burdens that had been traditionally borne by women and the awareness that perhaps there are options.