Great American Short Stories
by Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce, Henry James, Sarah Orne Jewett, O. Henry, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, Willa Cather, Jack London, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and Flannery O'Connor
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Reflects the development of the American short story from its greatest writers.
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19th century, 1861-1865, 1600s, 1861-65, carnivalShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Great American Short Stories (Great American Poetry and Short Stories)
November 1990, Popular Culture Ink
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0831739517 9780831739515
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Washington Irving --
The legend of sleepy hollow --
The spectre bridegroom --
Nathaniel Hawthorne --
Young Goodman Brown
Rappaccini's Daughter
Edgar Allan Poe --
The murders in the Rue Morgue
William Wilson
The pit and the pendulum
The cask of Amontillado
Harriet Beecher Stowe --
Captain Kidd's money --
Herman Melville --
Benito Cereno --
The lightning-rod man --
Fitz-James O'Brien --
The diamond lens --
Mark Twain --
The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County --
The stolen white elephant --
The man who corrupted Hadleyburg --
Bret Harte --
The luck of roaring camp --
Tennessee's partner --
Ambrose Bierce --
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
A horseman in the sky --
Henry James --
The turn of the screw --
The jolly corner --
Sarah Orne Jewett --
The courting of Sister Wisby --
The Hiltons' holiday --
O. Henry --
The love-philtre of Ikey Schoenstein --
One dollar's worth --
Art and the bronco --
The furnished room --
Calloway's code --
Edith Wharton --
The Rembrandt --
The recovery --
Stephen Crane --
Maggie --
The bride comes to yellow sky --
Willa Cather --
The clemency of the court --
Lou, the prophet --
A night at Greenway Court --
Jack London --
To the man on trail --
The son of the wolf --
The wife of a king --
William Faulkner --
That Evening Sun
Ernest Hemingway --
The killers --
John Steinbeck --
The leader of the people --
Flannery O'Connor --
A late encounter with the enemy.
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