This celebration of America's literary legacy, a companion volume to Dover's 100 Great Short Stories, offers students and other readers a superb selection of short fiction by master storytellers. Contributors include Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Washington Irving, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, Louisa May Alcott, and many others. The stories are arranged alphabetically by author. Selections from American literature of the nineteenth century include Herman Melville's "The Fiddler," Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," "Adventure of the German St... Read More
This celebration of America's literary legacy, a companion volume to Dover's 100 Great Short Stories, offers students and other readers a superb selection of short fiction by master storytellers. Contributors include Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Washington Irving, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, Louisa May Alcott, and many others. The stories are arranged alphabetically by author. Selections from American literature of the nineteenth century include Herman Melville's "The Fiddler," Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," "Adventure of the German St... Read More
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This celebration of America's literary legacy, a companion volume to Dover's 100 Great Short Stories, offers students and other readers a superb selection of short fiction by master storytellers. Contributors include Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Washington Irving, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, Louisa May Alcott, and many others. The stories are arranged alphabetically by author. Selections from American literature of the nineteenth century include Herman Melville's "The Fiddler," Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," "Adventure of the German Student" by Washington Irving, Ambrose Bierce's "The Eyes of the Panther," "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane, and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Ambitious Guest." More recent stories include Djuna Barnes' "A Night Among the Horses," Ernest Hemingway's "Up in Michigan," Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat," "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, Theodore Dreiser's "The Lost Phoebe," and "Jesus Christ in Texas" by W. E. B. Du Bois.
Dover Original.
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Price: $14.00
Pages: 1040
Publisher: Dover Publications
Imprint: Dover Publications
Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories
Publication Date: 15th July 2020
ISBN: 9780486847597
Format: eBook
BISACs: FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors) FICTION / Classics FICTION / World Literature / American / General
Table of Contents
George Ade (1866–1944) Effie Whittlesy Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) A Night A Forward Movement Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) The Other Woman Brothers Unlighted Lamps The Untold Lie Paper Pills Djuna Barnes (1892–1982) A Night Among the Horses Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) The Damned Thing The Boarded Window My Favorite Murder The Eyes of the Panther The Moonlit Road John Bartine’s Watch Emma E. Butler (unknown) Polly’s Hack Ride (from The Crisis, June 1916) Willa Cather (1873–1947) Lou, the Prophet The Namesake On the Gulls’ Road Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858–1932) The Wife of His Youth Kate Chopin (1850–1904) Madame Célestin’s Divorce The Dream of an Hour A Respectable Woman The Locket The Night Came Slowly Regret Stephen Crane (1871–1900) The Open Boat The Blue Hotel A Mystery of Heroism An Episode of War A Dark-Brown Dog Clarence Day (1874–1935) Father Is Firm with His Ailments Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) The Lost Phoebe W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) Jesus Christ in Texas Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) The Scapegoat Jessie Fauset (1882–1961) Mary Elizabeth Edna Ferber (1885–1968) The Gay Old Dog Roast Beef, Medium F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) The Smilers Tarquin of Cheapside Babes in the Woods Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930) The Revolt of “Mother” Old Woman Magoun One Good Time A Village Singer Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) Mrs. Ripley's Trip A Day's Pleasure Susan Glaspell (1876–1948) A Jury of Her Peers Bret Harte (1836–1902) The Outcasts of Poker Flat Tennessee’s Partner An Ingénue of the Sierras Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) The Minister’s Black Veil The Wives of the Dead The Ambitious Guest David Swan Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) Up in Michigan Out of Season My Old Man O. Henry (1862–1910) The Cop and the Anthem The Ransom of Red Chief Masters of Arts A Municipal Report A Newspaper Story William Dean Howells (1837–1920) Editha Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) Sweat Washington Irving (1783–1859) Adventure of the German Student The Widow and Her Son Henry James (1843–1916) Brooksmith The Two Faces Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909) The Courting of Sister Wisby Nella Larsen (1891–1964) Sanctuary Mary Lerner (1882–1938) Little Selves Jack London (1876–1916) War To the Man on Trail In a Far Country To Build a Fire The Law of Life Herman Melville (1819–1891) The Happy Failure The Bell-Tower The Fiddler Alice Ruth Moore (Dunbar-Nelson) (1875–1935) A Carnival Jangle Fitz-James O’Brien (1826–1862) What Was It? Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) MS. Found in a Bottle The Oblong Box The Fall of the House of Usher The Black Cat The Pit and the Pendulum The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Gold-Bug Benjamin Rosenblatt (1880–1964) Zelig Frank Stockton (1834–1902) The Philosophy of Relative Existences Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) The Ghost in the Mill Jean Toomer (1894–1967) Blood-Burning Moon Becky Mark Twain (1835–1910) Luck Baker’s Bluejay Yarn Edith Wharton (1862–1937) The Other Two The Muse’s Tragedy A Journey The Dilettante
This celebration of America's literary legacy, a companion volume to Dover's 100 Great Short Stories, offers students and other readers a superb selection of short fiction by master storytellers. Contributors include Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Washington Irving, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, Louisa May Alcott, and many others. The stories are arranged alphabetically by author. Selections from American literature of the nineteenth century include Herman Melville's "The Fiddler," Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," "Adventure of the German Student" by Washington Irving, Ambrose Bierce's "The Eyes of the Panther," "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane, and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Ambitious Guest." More recent stories include Djuna Barnes' "A Night Among the Horses," Ernest Hemingway's "Up in Michigan," Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat," "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, Theodore Dreiser's "The Lost Phoebe," and "Jesus Christ in Texas" by W. E. B. Du Bois.
Dover Original.
Price: $14.00
Pages: 1040
Publisher: Dover Publications
Imprint: Dover Publications
Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories
Publication Date: 15th July 2020
ISBN: 9780486847597
Format: eBook
BISACs: FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors) FICTION / Classics FICTION / World Literature / American / General
George Ade (1866–1944) Effie Whittlesy Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) A Night A Forward Movement Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) The Other Woman Brothers Unlighted Lamps The Untold Lie Paper Pills Djuna Barnes (1892–1982) A Night Among the Horses Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) The Damned Thing The Boarded Window My Favorite Murder The Eyes of the Panther The Moonlit Road John Bartine’s Watch Emma E. Butler (unknown) Polly’s Hack Ride (from The Crisis, June 1916) Willa Cather (1873–1947) Lou, the Prophet The Namesake On the Gulls’ Road Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858–1932) The Wife of His Youth Kate Chopin (1850–1904) Madame Célestin’s Divorce The Dream of an Hour A Respectable Woman The Locket The Night Came Slowly Regret Stephen Crane (1871–1900) The Open Boat The Blue Hotel A Mystery of Heroism An Episode of War A Dark-Brown Dog Clarence Day (1874–1935) Father Is Firm with His Ailments Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) The Lost Phoebe W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) Jesus Christ in Texas Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) The Scapegoat Jessie Fauset (1882–1961) Mary Elizabeth Edna Ferber (1885–1968) The Gay Old Dog Roast Beef, Medium F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) The Smilers Tarquin of Cheapside Babes in the Woods Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930) The Revolt of “Mother” Old Woman Magoun One Good Time A Village Singer Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) Mrs. Ripley's Trip A Day's Pleasure Susan Glaspell (1876–1948) A Jury of Her Peers Bret Harte (1836–1902) The Outcasts of Poker Flat Tennessee’s Partner An Ingénue of the Sierras Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) The Minister’s Black Veil The Wives of the Dead The Ambitious Guest David Swan Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) Up in Michigan Out of Season My Old Man O. Henry (1862–1910) The Cop and the Anthem The Ransom of Red Chief Masters of Arts A Municipal Report A Newspaper Story William Dean Howells (1837–1920) Editha Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) Sweat Washington Irving (1783–1859) Adventure of the German Student The Widow and Her Son Henry James (1843–1916) Brooksmith The Two Faces Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909) The Courting of Sister Wisby Nella Larsen (1891–1964) Sanctuary Mary Lerner (1882–1938) Little Selves Jack London (1876–1916) War To the Man on Trail In a Far Country To Build a Fire The Law of Life Herman Melville (1819–1891) The Happy Failure The Bell-Tower The Fiddler Alice Ruth Moore (Dunbar-Nelson) (1875–1935) A Carnival Jangle Fitz-James O’Brien (1826–1862) What Was It? Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) MS. Found in a Bottle The Oblong Box The Fall of the House of Usher The Black Cat The Pit and the Pendulum The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Gold-Bug Benjamin Rosenblatt (1880–1964) Zelig Frank Stockton (1834–1902) The Philosophy of Relative Existences Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) The Ghost in the Mill Jean Toomer (1894–1967) Blood-Burning Moon Becky Mark Twain (1835–1910) Luck Baker’s Bluejay Yarn Edith Wharton (1862–1937) The Other Two The Muse’s Tragedy A Journey The Dilettante
