Short stories for students

presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories

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Short stories for students

presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories

Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance.

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Publisher
Gale
Language
English
Pages
303

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Table of Contents

By the waters of Babylon -- by Stephen Vincent Benet
Daughter of invention -- by Julia Alvarez
A devoted son -- by Anita Desai
End of the game -- by Julio Cortazar
The fence -- by Hamsad Rangkuti
The garden of stubborn cats -- by Italo Calvino
Good climate, friendly inhabitants -- by Nadine Gordimer
The jewels -- by Guy de Maupassant
An outpost of progress -- by Joseph Conrad
A retrieved reformation -- by O. Henry
Tears of autumn -- by Yoshiko Uchida
The treasure of Lemon Brown -- by Walter Dean Myers
With all flags flying -- by Anne Tyler
The witness for the prosecution -- by Agatha Christie.

Edition Notes

"ISSN 1092-7735."

Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Published in
Detroit, Mich
Series
Gale virtual reference library

Classifications

Library of Congress
PN3373 .S3845 2010eb

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Format
[electronic resource] :
Pagination
1 online resource (xix, 303 p.) :
Number of pages
303

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25549007M
Internet Archive
shortstoriesfors31cons
ISBN 10
1414474571, 1414466951
ISBN 13
9781414474571, 9781414466958
OCLC/WorldCat
648196174

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