100 Great American Short Stories
Title | 100 Great American Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | John Grafton |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | 1040 |
Release | 2020-07-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0486847594 |
Includes "The Eyes of the Panther," Ambrose Bierce; "The Locket," Kate Chopin; "Out of Season," Ernest Hemingway; "The Black Cat," Edgar Allan Poe; "Luck," Mark Twain; "The Dilettante," Edith Wharton; more.
Great American Short Stories
Title | Great American Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Negri |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 258 |
Release | 2012-03-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0486114678 |
Features 19 gems in the American short-story tradition, including "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Bartleby" by Herman Melville, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, plus stories by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Hawthorne, Twain, others.
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
Title | The Best American Short Stories of the Century PDF eBook |
Author | John Updike |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 868 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780395843673 |
Including one new story and an Index by author of every story that has ever appeared in the series, this new volume offers a "spectacular tapestry of fictional achievement" ("Entertainment Weekly").
100 Great Short Stories
Title | 100 Great Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | James Daley |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | 766 |
Release | 2015-02-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0486803287 |
"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
100 Years of the Best American Short Stories
Title | 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Lorrie Moore |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 753 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | American fiction |
ISBN | 0547485859 |
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 --
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
Title | The Oxford Book of American Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Joyce Carol Oates |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 788 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780195092622 |
This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.
Great English Short Stories
Title | Great English Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Negri |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 227 |
Release | 2012-09-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0486114171 |
DIVFirst-rate selections include Hardy's "The Fiddler of the Reels," James' "Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad," Dickens' "The Haunted Hotel," and tales by Saki, Kipling, Lawrence, Trollope, Stevenson, and others. /div