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Great tales of adventure: A selection of condensed novels and full-length short stories

by Reader's Digest (Editor)

Other authors: James Aldridge (Contributor), H.E. Bates (Contributor), Francis Clifford (Contributor), Stuart Cloete (Contributor), Daphne du Maurier (Contributor) — 10 more, Ian Fleming (Contributor), C. S. Forester (Contributor), Ernest Hemingway (Contributor), Hammond Innes (Contributor), Jack London (Contributor), W. Somerset Maugham (Contributor), Kenneth Moore (Introduction), John Prebble (Contributor), B. Traven (Contributor), John Wyndham (Contributor)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Digest, Reader's	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Aldridge, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bates, H.E.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Clifford, Francis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cloete, Stuart	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
du Maurier, Daphne	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fleming, Ian	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Forester, C. S.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hemingway, Ernest	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Innes, Hammond	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
London, Jack	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Maugham, W. Somerset	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Moore, Kenneth	Introduction	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Prebble, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Traven, B.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wyndham, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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A selection of condensed novels and full-length short stories presented by the Editors of Reader's Digest.

The Naked Runner [extract] / Francis Clifford
“The Undefeated” / Ernest Hemingway
Treasure of the Sierra Madre [extract] / B. Traven
“The Unfinished Soldiers” / James Aldridge
The Chrysalids [extract] / John Wyndham
“The Long Hate” / John Prebble
Frenchman's Creek [extract] / Daphne du Maurier
The Wreck of the Mary Deare [extract] / Hammond Innes
The Sea Wolf [extract] / Jack London
The Gun [extract] / C. S. Forester
“The Hairless Mexican” / W. Somerset Maugham
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [extract] / Ian Fleming
“Always Light” / Stuart Cloete
Fair Stood the Wind for France [extract] / H. E. Bates

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823.01Literature › English › English fiction › By Type › Short stories

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