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"The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a story by Richard Connell, first published in Collier's on January 19, 1924. The story features a big-game hunter from New York City who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and... Read Full Overview

Richard Connell was well-known for his masterful short stories and achieved great professional success, with his work often appearing in "The Saturday Evening Post" and "Collier's" magazines. His most popular tale, "The Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff",... Read Full Overview

The most dangerous game is a tense story pitting man against man and the hunted against the hunter. Sanger Rainsford falls from a yacht on route to Rio de Janeiro to hunt jaguars. He manages to swim to a nearby island, but there the hunter becomes the hunted.

"The Most Dangerous Game" is Richard Connell's best known story and has spawned many imitations and a number of film adaptations.

Richard Connell's classic short story, which has inspired film, television, and radio adaptations and tributes for generations, about a braggadocios big game hunter, on whom the tables are turned when he is stranded on an island and made into the quarry of another man's hunt... Read Full Overview

Richard Edward Connell, Jr. (October 28, 1893 - November 23, 1949) was an American author and journalist, best known for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Connell was one of the best-known American short story writers of his time and his stories appeared in the Saturday... Read Full Overview

Traducci?n integral de EL JUEGO M?S PELIGROSO de Richard Connell al Castellano. Obra completa.
"EL JUEGO M?S PELIGROSO", tambi?n publicado como "La Caza De Zaroff", es una historia de Richard Connell, publicada por primera vez en Collier's el 19 de enero... Read Full Overview

The Most Dangerous Game" features as its main character a big-game hunter from New York, who becomes shipwrecked on an isolated island in the Caribbean, and is hunted by a Russian aristocrat.The story is an inversion of the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America... Read Full Overview

The Most Dangerous Game" features as its main character a big-game hunter from New York, who becomes shipwrecked on an isolated island in the Caribbean, and is hunted by a Russian aristocrat.The story is an inversion of the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America... Read Full Overview

"The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a short story by Richard Connell, 1] first published in Collier's on January 19, 1924. 2] The story features a big-game hunter from New York City who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned... Read Full Overview