Book : The Worlds Greatest Short Stories (dover Thrift...

-Titulo Original : The Worlds Greatest Short Stories (dover Thrift Editions)

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Dover Publications

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About the Author James Daley is the editor of several Dover editions, including The Book of Green Quotations, Classic Crime Stories, Favorite Christmas Poems, Great Speeches by African Americans, and Great Writers on the Art of Fiction. This outstanding collection features short stories by great nineteenth and twentieth century writers from America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Western Europe, and other countries. Enjoy twenty short masterpieces by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Herman Melville, Thomas Mann, Guy de Maupassant, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, D. H. Lawrence, and ten other great writers from the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Russia, and the United States. An outstanding collection of 20 brilliant short stories includes the following selections: Hemingways A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, in which two waiters and a lonely customer in a Spanish cafe confront the concept of nothingness. A & P, John Updikes most anthologized story and one of his most popular. Borges and I, typical Jorge Luis Borges - imaginative, philosophical, and mysterious. The Fortune Teller, by the undisputed greatest writer in the Brazilian canon, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. Charlotte Perkins Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper, a harrowing tale of a womans descent into madness. Nigerian writer Chinua Achebes The Sacrificial Egg, a tale of conflict between tradition and outside beliefs. Prime examples of the classic short story, these enduring literary treasures will be invaluable to students and teachers as well as to anyone who appreciates the finely turned tale. Shop Dover for low-priced editions of the worlds greatest classic fiction. Youll find classic American literature and other important works from around the world in genres from adventure, fantasy, and historical fiction to horror, mysteries, thrillers, romance, and science fiction. Enjoy short story collections, African American and Native American literature, and so much more.