Six Great Modern Short Novels

This collection has been around for many years. To my mind four of the short novels set its tone and make it so outstanding. Joyce's ' Dubliners' ' Gogol's ' The Overcoat ' Faulkner's The Bear ' and Melville' Billy Budd. Each of these is a small classic and taken together they provide a remarkable collection.

Six Great Modern Short Novels is an amazing, compact collection of the best stories written in the 20th century. A mere 448 pages (a small book, compared to the anthologies college professors love to place on their 'required' reading lists), this book is perfect for anyone who would like to read a wide selection of writers, without having to pay a lot of money to do so. One of the best stories in the collection is Nikolay Gogol's "The Overcoat." It is hard to believe that a person that lived in such a stoic environment such as Russia could have written such a funny story. "The Overcoat" is a story that is relevant today; it is a lampoon of bureaucracies (big business), and it is incredibly right on target. It also deals with cruelty and self-identity in a straightforward fashion that is refreshing.This book is great, and well worth the price.