Great American short stories
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Author
- Paul Negri
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Willa Cather
- Jack London
- James, Henry
- Sarah Orne Jewett
- Kate Chopin
- Crane, Stephen
- Ernest Hemingway
- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Bierce, Ambrose
- Mark Twain
- Sherwood Anderson
- Theodore Dreiser
- Bret Harte
- Charles Waddell Chesnutt
- Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
Contributions
- Negri, Paul. - Contributor
Publication
2002 - Dover Publications, Mineola, N.Y., New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
62,000 words, Guess
Page Count
248 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivegreatamericansho00negr
- ISBN-100486421198
- ISBN-139780486421193
- GoogledtBWDwAAQBAJ
- Goodreads143467
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002017525
- OCLC Control Number48892943
- Better World Books9780486421193
- Open LibraryOL3557764M
Classifications
- DDC813/.0108
- LCCPS648.S5 G7 2002
- LCCPS648.S5 G
Description
Contents: Nathaniel Hawthorne: [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W) (1835) -- Edgar Allan Poe: [The tell-tale heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) (1843) -- Herman Melville: [Bartleby](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102732W) (1856) -- Bret Harte: The luck of Roaring Camp (1870) -- Stephen Crane: The bride comes to Yellow Sky (1878) -- Mark Twain: The private history of a campaign that failed (1885) -- Sarah Orne Jewett: A white heron (1886) -- Charles Waddell Chesnutt: The goophered grapevine (1887) -- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: A New England nun (1891) -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The yellow wallpaper (1892) -- Henry James: The real thing (1893) -- Kate Chopin: [A pair of silk stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W) (1897) -- Jack London: To build a fire (1908) -- Ambrose Bierce: [An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W) (1909) -- Theodore Dreiser: The lost phoebe (1916) -- Willa Cather: Paul's case (1920) -- F. Scott Fitzgerald: Bernice bobs her hair (1920) -- Sherwood Anderson: The egg (1921) -- Ernest Hemingway: The killers (1927)
Description
Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the American short-story tradition, this new compilation begins with Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 tale "Young Goodman Brown" and ranges across an entire century, concluding with Ernest Hemingway's 1927 classic, "The Killers." Other selections include Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," Melville's "Bartleby," Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp," "To Build a Fire," by Jack London, "The Real Thing" by Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," plus stories by Mark Twain, Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles Chesnutt, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Willa Cather, Ambrose Bierce, Theodore Dreiser, and others. Perfect for classroom use, this outstanding collection of tales will also prove popular with fiction readers everywhere. --back cover
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Genres
- Fiction
Series Statement
- Dover Thrift Editions
Other Editions
- Great American short stories
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