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Loading... 21 Essential American Short Storiesby Leslie M. Pockell (Editor), Ambrose Bierce (Contributor), Ellis Parker Butler (Contributor), Stephen Crane (Contributor), Richard Harding Davis (Contributor) — 17 more, William Faulkner (Contributor), F. Scott Fitzgerald (Contributor), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Contributor), Joel Chandler Harris (Contributor), Ernest Hemingway (Contributor), Washington Irving (Contributor), Shirley Jackson (Contributor), Jack London (Contributor), H. P. Lovecraft (Contributor), Herman Melville (Contributor), O. Henry (Contributor), Edgar Allan Poe (Contributor), Carl Stephenson (Contributor), Frank Stockton (Contributor), James Thurber (Contributor), Mark Twain (Contributor), Edith Wharton (Contributor)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I sought out this collection after reading a discussion thread not long ago about the most memorable/traumatizing short stories assigned by high school English teachers. Only 21 stories are included here, and they are limited to those of only American origin, but I thought it was a reasonably well-rounded collection. They range from the humorous and the delightfully disturbing to the incomprehensible ("The Call of Cthulhu") and the weirdly twisted, and I limited my reading to no more than a single story each day to allow more time to ruminate. ( ) no reviews | add a review
This book 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. --From publisher description. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.01Literature English (North America) American fiction By type Short fictionLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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