Short stories from the New Yorker.
by Irwin Shaw, John O'Hara, James Thurber, Robert M. Coates, E. B. White, Russell Maloney, Kay Boyle, Sherwood Anderson, Leonard Q. Ross, Oliver La Farge, Erskine Caldwell, Nancy Hale, Benedict Thielen, Wolcott Gibbs, William Maxwell, Tom Wolfe, Nathan Asch, Louise Bogan, Robert M. Coates, Janet Flanner, McKelway, St. Clair, Leane Zugsmith, John Collier, Walter Bernstein, Morley Callaghan, Jerome Weidman, Thyra Samter Winslow, LaFarge, Christopher, Joel Sayre, Sally Benson, Edwin Corle, Emily Hahn, William A. Krauss, John Mosher, Angelica Gibbs, Joseph Mitchell, James Reid Parker, Mollie Panter-Downes, Brendan Gill, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Albert Maltz, Dawn Powell, Mark Schorer, Paul Horgan, Christopher Isherwood, Arthur Kober, George Milburn, Marc Connelly, Donald Moffitt, R. H. Newman, John Cheever, Richard Lockridge, Daniel Fuchs, Tess Slesinger, and Dorothy Thomas
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65 short stories that appeared in the New Yorker from February, 1925 to September, 1940. Includes stories by Irwin Shaw, John O'Hara, James Thurber, Sherwood Anderson, Erskine Caldwell, E.B. White, Dorothy Parker, Thomas Wolfe, Paul Horgan, Christopher Isherwood, Marc Connelly, John Cheever, among others.
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"The sixty-eight stories in this collection were chosen from those appearing in 'The New Yorker' during its first fifteen and a half years of publication--February, 1925, to September, 1940."
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The girls in their summer dresses by Irwin Shaw
Over the river and through the wood by John O'Hara
The secret life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber
The net by Robert M. Coates
Home atmosphere by Sally Benson
A toast to Captain Jerk by Russell Maloney
Kroy Wen by Kay Boyle
Nice girl by Sherwood Anderson
H*YMAN KAPLAN, samaritan by Leonard Q. Ross
Prelude to reunion by Oliver La Farge
A small day by Erskine Caldwell
Midsummer by Nancy Hale
The door by E.B. White
Tourist home by Benedict Thielen
Arrangement in black and white by Dorothy Parker
The courtship of Milton Barker by Wolcott Gibbs
Homecoming by William Maxwell
Only the dead know Brooklyn by Thomas Wolfe
The works by Nathan Asch
Do you like it here? by John O'Hara
Conversation piece by Louise Bogan
The fury by Robert M. Coates
Venetian perspective by Janet Flanner
Ping-pong by St. Clair McKelway
The three veterans by Leane Zugsmith
Wet Saturday by John Collier
Soldiers of the republic by Dorothy Parker
Houseparty by Walter Bernstein
All the years of her life by Morley Callaghan
The explorers by Jerome Weidman
The old lady by Thyra Samter Winslow
A matter of pride by Christopher La Farge
Love in the snow by Joel Sayre. Profession : housewife by Sally Benson
The great manta by Edwin Corle
My sister Frances by Emily Hahn
Accident near Charlottesburg by William A. Krauss
In honor of their daughter by John Mosher
The test by Angelica Gibbs
Goodbye, Shirley Temple by Joseph Mitchell
Honors and awards by James Reid Parker
Pastoral at Mr. Piper's by Mollie Panter-Downes
Man and woman by Erskine Caldwell
Main currents of American thought by Irwin Shaw
The knife by Brendan Gill
The pelican's shadow by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Incident on a street corner by Albert Maltz
Such a pretty day by Dawn Powell
Portrait of ladies by Mark Shorer
Parochial school by Paul Horgan
I am waiting by Christopher Isherwood
A letter from the Bronx by Arthur Kober
Little woman by Sally Benson
The apostate by George Milburn
Sailor off the Bremen by Irwin Shaw
Barmecide's feast by Marc Connelly
Fish story by Donald Moffat
I've got an anchor on my chest by R.H. Newman
The happiest days by John Cheever
Black boy by Kay Boyle
The nice Judge Trowbridge by Richard Lockridge
Love in Brooklyn by Daniel Fuchs
The great-grandmother by Nancy Hale
Chutzbah by Jerome Weidman
Mr. Palmer's party by Tess Slesinger
A different world by Robert M. Coates
Are we leaving tomorrow? by John O'Hara
The getaway by Dorothy Thomas.
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