The Signet Classic Book of American Short Stories
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Book Overview
The best of American short fiction Spanning over 100 years of literary history, here are 33 of the finest short stories by Washington Irving * Nathaniel Hawthorne * Edgar Allan Poe * Herman Melville * Harriet Beecher Stowe * Bret Harte * Bayard Taylor * Rose Terry Cooke * Ambrose Bierce * Hamlin Garland * Mary E. Wilkens Freeman * Henry James * Charlotte Perkins Gilman * Sarah Orne Jewett * Grace Elizabeth King * Harold Frederic * Kate Chopin * Stephen Crane * Edith Wharton * Mark Twain * Jack London * F. Hopkinson Smith * Zona Gale * O. Henry * Sherwood Anderson * Ernest Hemingway * John Dos Passos * Stephen Vincent Benet * Willa Cather * William Faulkner * James Thurber * F. Scott Fitzgerald * William Saroyan
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0451529634
ISBN13:9780451529633
Release Date:November 2004
Publisher:Signet Book
Length:688 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 4.2" x 6.7"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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Rated 5 starsAmerican Short Stories
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I was very pleased to receive this book from this provider. The book was in great condition and I would buy from them again. Thank you!
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Rated 4 starsThe Best American Short Stories
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I bought this book after looking at some of the names on the back. Especially appealing were, Saroyan, Cather, Wharton, Harte, Dos Passos and Anderson. The stories selected from these authors were not the best of their works, but overall it is a good sample. Additionally, there were some suprisingly good stories from people I had never read before, especially Zona Gale, whose "Nobody Sick, Nobody Poor" was excellent. Overall,...
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