Short Story Masterpieces

by Ernest Hemingway
Short Story Masterpieces
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher: Dell
Total Pages: 530
Release: 1954-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0440378648
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Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the book of choice by teachers, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories by British and American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, editors Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine selected stories that broke new ground and challenged the imagination with their style, subject matter, or tone: the unforgettable, enduring works that shaped the literature of our time. A truly exceptional collection of great stories, including: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane The Horse Dealer’s Daughter by D. H. Lawrence Barn Burning by William Faulkner The Sojourner by Carson McCullers The Open Window by Saki Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter The Boarding House by James Joyce Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway The Tree of Knowledge by Henry James Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty . . . and twenty-five more of the century’s best stories!

American Short Story Masterpieces

by Clarence C. Strowbridge
American Short Story Masterpieces
Author: Clarence C. Strowbridge
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0486499138
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An affordable compilation of more than a dozen of the best American short stories features tales by Hawthorne, Twain, James, Cheever, Wharton, and Cather. Contents include "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat," and "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty.

American Short Story Masterpieces

by Raymond Carver
American Short Story Masterpieces
Author: Raymond Carver
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1989-04-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0440204232
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This highly acclaimed collection of short stories by American writers contains only the best literary art of the past four decades. Editors Raymond Carver and Tom Jenks have selected fiction that “tells a story”–and tells it with a masterful handling of language, situation, and insight. But what is so special about this volume is that it mirrors our age, our concerns, and our lives. Whether it’s the end of a marriage, as in Bobbie Ann Manson’s “Shiloh,” or the struggle with self-esteem and weight in Andre Dubus’s “The Fat Girl,” the 36 works included her probe issues that give us that “shock of recognition” that is the hallmark of great art—wonderful, absorbing fiction that will be read and reread for decades to come.

Masterpieces

by Orson Scott Card
Masterpieces
Author: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2004-03-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780441011339
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A collection of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card. Featuring stories from the genre's greatest authors: Isaac Asimov • Arthur C. Clarke • Robert A. Heinlein • Ursula K. Le Guin • Ray Bradbury • Frederik Pohl • Harlan Ellison • George Alec Effinger • Brian W. Aldiss • William Gibson & Michael Swanwick • Theodore Sturgeon • Larry Niven • Robert Silverberg • Harry Turtledove • James Blish • George R. R. Martin • James Patrick Kelly • Karen Joy Fowler • Lloyd Biggle, Jr. • Terry Bisson • Poul Anderson • John Kessel • R.A. Lafferty • C.J. Cherryh • Lisa Goldstein • Edmond Hamilton In much of the science fiction of the past, the twenty-first century existed only in the writers’ imaginations. Now that it’s here, it’s time to take a look back at the last one hundred years in science fiction through the works of the most celebrated and acclaimed authors of the century—to see where we’ve been and just how far we’ve come. Along with a critical essay by Orson Scott Card reassessing science fiction in the twentieth century, Masterpieces includes short fiction by writers who have forged a permanent place for science fiction in the popular culture of today...and tomorrow. It offers a glimpse of the greatest works that mixed science with fiction in trying to figure out humanity’s place in the universe. Featuring bold, brave, and breathtaking stories, this definitive collection will stand the test of time in both this century and those to come.

The Short Story

by Beverly Lawn
The Short Story
Author: Beverly Lawn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1992
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312048358
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Ethan Brand / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The masque of the red death / Edgar Allan Poe -- Barleby the scrivener / Herman Melville -- Desiree's baby / Kate Chopin -- The lady with the dog / Anton Chekhov -- The open boat / Stephen Crane -- Araby / James Joyce -- The metamorphosis / Franz Kafka -- The rocking-horse winner / D. H. Lawrence -- The grave / Katherine Anne Porter -- Barn burning / William Faulkner -- A clean, well-lighted place / Ernest Hemingway -- The chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck -- A worn path / Eudora Welty -- The swimmer / John Cheever -- Bestiary / Julio Cortazar -- King of the bingo game / Ralph Ellison -- The lottery / Shirley Jackson -- The crowd / Ray Bradbury -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- A good man is hard to find / Flannery O'Connor -- Patriotism / Yukio Mishima -- A & P / John Updike -- Where are you going, where have you been? / Joyce Carol Oates -- The sin eater / Margaret Atwood -- A serious talk / Raymond Carver -- Everyday use / Alice Walker -- Health / Joy Williams -- Two kinds / Amy Tan -- Fleur / Louise Erdrich.

The Nineteenth-Century French Short Story

by Allan Pasco
The Nineteenth-Century French Short Story
Author: Allan Pasco
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2019-07-03
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1000134741
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The 19th-Century French Short Story, by eminent scholar, Allan H. Pasco, seeks to offer a more comprehensive view of the definition, capabilities, and aims of short stories. The book examines general instances of the genre specifically in 19th-century France by recognizing their cultural context, demonstrating how close analysis of texts effectively communicates their artistry, and arguing for a distinction between middling and great short stories. Where previous studies have examined the writers of short stories individually, The 19th-Century French Short Story takes a broader lens to the subject, and looks at short story writers as they grapple with the artistic, ethical, and social concerns of their day. Making use of French short story masterpieces, with reinforcing comparisons to works from other traditions, this book offers the possibility of a more adequate appreciation of the under-valued short story genre.

Crafting the Very Short Story

by Mark Mills
Crafting the Very Short Story
Author: Mark Mills
Publisher: Pearson
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Short stories
ISBN: 9780130867629
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For second semester courses in Introduction to Literature, Literature and Composition, Introductory Fiction and Creative Writing courses. This anthology is an international story collection by critically-acclaimed authors, and includes essays by renowned writers and scholars on the key stylistic elements of this relatively new art form: the very short story. Authors of these classic, modern, and avant garde stories include Alice Walker, Yasunari Kawabata, Helena Vivien Viramontes, Amy Hemple, H.H. Munro, and Anton Chekhov, plus many others. It provides students with an exciting taste of global literature, and writing guidelines which includes a list of 10 succinct crafting instructions enables students to focus on key aspects of writing as they analyze the authors' prose and write their own very short stories.

Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown

by Agatha Christie
Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2006-02-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312351489
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Agatha Christie is the world's most popular fiction writer; her works have been outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Best remembered for her classic crime novels such as Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None, her works have been cherished by generations of readers. Christie, however, was also a master of the short story and this volume collects some of her finest short pieces. With such masterpieces as 'Witness for the Prosecution' (the basis for the classic film) and 'Three Blind Mice' (the basis for her Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history), as well as some of her lesser known works, including all of her supernatural suspense tales, this collection of twenty-eight ingenious tales displays Agatha Christie's full range as an author.