Great Short Short Stories Quick Reads by Great Writers

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ISBN: 9780486440989 | 0486440982
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Copyright: 8/10/2005

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"To buy books would be a good thing," observed Arthur Schopenhauer, "if we also could buy the time to read them." All devoted readers long for more time to spend with their books, and the next best thing to buying time is making the most of the available moments. Great Short Short Stories: Quick Reads by Great Writers offers that opportunity. An outstanding collection of 30 brilliant short stories, each just six or fewer pages in length, it provides the chance to absorb an entire story (or two or three) in just one sitting. Book jacket.

SHERWOOD ANDERSON (1876-1941, American)

The Egg

(9)

(from The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life in Tales and Poems, 1921)

AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914?, American)

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

(8)

(from The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II, 1909)

WILLA CATHER (1873-1947, American)

The Enchanted Bluff

(8)

(from Harper's Weekly, 1909)

ANTON CHEKHOV (1860-1904, Russian)

A Malefactor

(4)

(from The Witch and Other Stories, translated by Constance Garnett, 1918)

KATE CHOPIN (1851-1904, American)

A Pair of Silk Stockings

(4)

(from Vogue magazine, 1897)

STEPHEN CRANE (1871-1900, American)

The Veteran

(4)

(from The Little Regiment and Other Episodes of the American Civil War, 1896)

DANIEL DEFOE (1660-1731, English)

The Apparition of Mrs. Veal

(7)

(from a standard edition, c. 1705)

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870, English)

Nobody's Story

(5)

(from the periodical Household Words, 1853)

CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935, American)

If I Were a Man

(6)

(from Physical Culture magazine, 1914)

THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928, English)

Squire Petrick's Lady

(8)

(from A Group of Noble Dames, 1891)

BRET HARTE (1836-1902, American)

The Luck of Roaring Camp

(9)

(from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches, 1870)

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864, American)

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

(8)

(from Twice-told Tales, 9th. ed., 1837)

JEROME K. JEROME (1859-1927, English)

A Ghost Story

(6)

(from The Idler, a monthly journal, 1892)

SARAH ORNE JEWETT (1849-1909, American)

A White Heron

(9)

(from A White Heron and Other Stories, 1886)

FRANZ KAFKA (1883-1924, Czech)

A Country Doctor

(5)

(translated from a standard German edition, 1919)

RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936, English)

Wee Willie Winkie

101

(9)

(from Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories, 1899)

NELLA LARSEN (1891-1964, American)

Sanctuary

110

(5)

(from Forum magazine, 1930)

D.H. LAWRENCE (1885-1930, English)

Second Best

115

(7)

(from The Prussian Officer and Other Stories, 1914)

JACK LONDON (1876-1916, American)

The White Silence

122

(8)

(from The Son of the Wolf Tales of the Far North, 1900)

KATHERINE MANSFIELD (1888-1923, English)

Germans at Meat

130

(4)

(from In a German Pension, 1911)

GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-1893, French)

A Piece of String

134

(6)

(from The Works of Guy de Maupassant: Short Stories, 1903)

H.H. MUNRO, OR SAKI (1870-1916, English)

The Open Window

140

(3)

(from Beasts and Super-Beasts, 1914)

O. HENRY (1862-1910, American)

The Furnished Room

143

(6)

(from The Four Million, 1906)

LUIGI PIRANDELLO (1867-1936, Italian)

With Other Eyes

149

(7)

(translated from a standard Italian edition, 1901)

EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849, American)

The Cask of Amontillado

156

(6)

(from a standard edition, 1846)

ALEXANDER PUSHKIN (1799-1837, Russian)

The Coffin-Maker

162

(7)

(from The Prose Tales of Alexander Poushkin, 1916)

LEO TOLSTOY (1828-1910, Russian)

The Three Hermits

169

(6)

(from a standard edition, n.d.)

MARK TWAIN (1835-1910, American)

The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

175

(5)

(from Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old, 1875)

H.G. WELLS (1866-1946, English)

The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes

180

(9)

(from The Pall Mall Budget, a weekly, 1895)

OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900, Irish)

The Sphinx Without a Secret

189

(originally published as "Lady Alroy" in The World magazine, 1887)

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