| Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century Contributor(s): Warren, Robert Penn (Editor), Erskine, Albert (Editor), Hemingway, Ernest (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440378648 ISBN-13: 9780440378648 Publisher: Dell OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound Published: March 1954 Annotation: With works by Henry James, Stephen Crane, John Cheever, James Joyce and many others, this outstanding collection of 35 American and British short pieces of fiction from the first half of the 20th century is one of the bestselling collections of our time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 4.16" W x 6.89" (0.56 lbs) 528 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |