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The World's Greatest Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
- UPC: 800759447169
- ASIN: 0486447162
- ISBN: 0486447162
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable, this outstanding collection features short stories by great 19- and 20th-century writers from America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Western Europe. Included are Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," in which two waiters and a lonely customer in a Spanish cafe confront the concept of nothingness; "A &... [Read More]
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100 Years of The Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series ®)
- ASIN: B00QPI449E
- Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Best American Short Stories is the longest running and best-selling series of short fiction in the country. For the centennial celebration of this beloved annual series, master of the form Lorrie Moore selects forty stories from the more than two thousand that were published in previous editions. Series editor Heidi Pitlor recounts behind-the-... [Read More]
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100 Great Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
- ASIN: B00U0B4PCI
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
"This is a wonderful collection of authors from America and around the world. Centuries are covered, making this a great resource for English teachers and any lover of literature." — Life Community ChurchThis treasury of one hundred tales offers students and other readers of short fiction a splendid selection of stories by masters of the form. Co... [Read More]
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series ®)
- UPC: 046442843676
- ASIN: 0395843677
- ISBN: 0395843677
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the b... [Read More]
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Best American Short Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)
- ASIN: 0544582942
- ISBN: 0544582942
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Best American Paper
Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction. “I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, “but I also lo... [Read More]
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The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain (Modern Library Classics)
- ASIN: 0812971183
- ISBN: 0812971183
- Brand: Modern Library
- Manufacturer: Modern Library
This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation a... [Read More]
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The Best Short Stories of all Time: Volume I (BEST SHORT STORIES classic series) (Volume 1)
- ASIN: 1986180816
- ISBN: 1986180816
- Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Including a short biographies of authors This outstanding collection features short stories by a variety of great authors. Ranging from the 19th to the 20th centuries, writers include James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, Henri Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Jack London, Henri Ringgold Wilmer Lardner, Oscar... [Read More]
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Fifty Great Short Stories (Bantam Classics)
- ASIN: 0553277456
- ISBN: 0553277456
- Brand: Bantam Classics
- Manufacturer: Bantam Classics
50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world’s finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O’Connor. The variety in style and subject is enormous,... [Read More]
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Short Stories: SHORT STORY COLLECTION: The best 16 short story collections,16 classic and modern short story collections that should be on everyone's radar.a great start for anyone who wants to read
- ASIN: B07X5TZ44C
If you can't decide which new novel or nonfiction book to pick up, here's another idea: try reading a short story collection. Rather than focus on a singular narrative, these unique options weave together the voices of several writers, or focus on multiple stories by an author you know and love.“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds an... [Read More]
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Best Short Stories (Dover Large Print Classics)
- UPC: 800759424689
- ASIN: 0486424685
- ISBN: 0486424685
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
William Sydney Porter (1862–1910), better known as O. Henry, led a life similar to those of his own fictional characters. Convicted of embezzlement, he found inspiration in his prison experience for some of the characters who populate his ironic tales. The 16 choice selections in this volume — among them "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Last Lea... [Read More]
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Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
- ASIN: 0441011330
- ISBN: 0441011330
- Brand: Ace Books
- Manufacturer: Ace
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50 Greatest Short Stories
- ASIN: 8129137259
- ISBN: 8129137259
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Rupa Publications
50 Greatest Short Stories is a selection from the best of the world's short fiction, bringing together writings by great masters of the genre. Carefully picked for their timeless quality, readers are sure to be delighted by the inclusion of such favourites as 'The Gift of the Magi', 'The Lady with the Dog', 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', 'R... [Read More]
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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
- ASIN: B07NMJPD6T
- Manufacturer: RosettaBooks
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Best Russian Short Stories
- ASIN: 1496092244
- ISBN: 1496092244
- Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
This collection of Russian short stories showcases some of the greatest minds of Russian literature and is sure to not let you down. Difficult, but enlightening, it is worth taking the time to read.
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Best Short Stories: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Dual Language German)
- UPC: 800759295616
- ASIN: 0486295613
- ISBN: 9780486295619
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Students of German language and literature will welcome this dual-language edition of five stories by Franz Kafka (1883–1924). Considered one of the greatest modern writers, Kafka wrote tales that brilliantly explore the anxiety, futility, and complexity of modern life.The stories in this volume are "The Metamorphosis" (thought by many critics to... [Read More]
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Classic American Short Stories (Dover Large Print Classics)
- UPC: 800759422517
- ASIN: 0486422518
- ISBN: 0486422518
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Excellent examples of American fiction of the 19th and 20th centuries, these stories have been chosen for their timeless relevance and enduring popularity. Arranged in chronological order, they include Herman Melville's "Bartleby" and "The Egg" by Sherwood Anderson, as well as works by Bret Harte, Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, Mark Twain, Sarah Orne J... [Read More]
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365 Bedtime Stories (365 Stories)
- ASIN: 1368018211
- ISBN: 1368018211
- Manufacturer: Disney Press
Read along as Woody and the gang go on a campout, Cinderella tells her mouse friends a bedtime story, Pooh and Piglet have a best-friend sleepover, Pongo puts his puppies to bed, and more. With 365 stories, bedtime has never been so much fun!
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Five-minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables
- ASIN: 1680524062
- ISBN: 1680524062
- Brand: Cottage Door Press
- Manufacturer: Cottage Door Press
There is always time to read together with this deluxe treasure-trove of five-minute stories, fables, and well-loved fairy tales. There are over 50 easy-to-read stories to enjoy in this enchanting collection - and each one fits perfectly into the beginning, middle or end of a very busy day! This beautiful story-time treasury brings together the tal... [Read More]
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The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
- ASIN: 0199744394
- ISBN: 0199744394
- Brand: Oxford University Press USA
- Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of nearly sixty tales that combines classic works with many "different, unexpected" gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Some selections simply can't be ... [Read More]
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All Creatures Great and Small
- ASIN: B0060QM0AG
- Manufacturer: Open Road Media
From a Yorkshire veterinarian and a “wise and wonderful writer”: The New York Times bestseller and basis for the beloved BBC series of the same name (The Boston Globe). In the rolling dales of Yorkshire, a simple, rural region of northern England, a young veterinarian from Sunderland joins a new practice. A stranger in a strange land, he must... [Read More]
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