Great American short stories
From Washington Irving (1783–1859) to F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), the authors represented in this expansive American short story anthology invite you to see the world as they saw it. Irving's culture-defining tales of American life-"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"-offer a turn...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Barnes & Noble : Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.,
[2012]
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| Edition: | 2012 edition. |
| Series: | Signature editions
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Table of Contents:
- The legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving
- Young Goodman Brown
- The minister's black veil
- The fall of the house of Usher
- The tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe
- The purloined letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Bartleby / Herman Melville
- My contraband / Louisa May Alcott
- The celebrated jumbing frog of Caleveras County / Mark Twain
- The luck of Roaring Camp
- The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte
- An occurrance at Owl Creek Bridge / Ambrose Bierce
- The real right thing
- The best in the jungle / Henry James
- A white heron / Sarah Orne Jewett
- Athenaise / Kate Chopin
- The revolt of "Mother" / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- The wife of his youth / Charles W. Chestnut
- The yellow wall-paper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- The other two
- Autres temps / Edith Wharton
- The ransom of Red Chief
- The gift of the Magi / O. Henry
- The open boat
- The bride comes to Yellow Sky / Stephen Crane
- Build a fire / Jack London
- The sculptor's funeral
- Paul's case / Willa Cather
- Sophistication
- The egg / Sherwood Anderson
- Bernice bobs her hair
- The diamond as big as The Ritz / F. Scott Fitzgerald
