Great Short Short Stories: Quick Reads By Great Writers - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0486440982 ISBN 13: 9780486440989

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2005

Riassunto

"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.
Well-known tales from masters of the short-story genre include: Mark Twain, "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"; Franz Kafka, "A Country Doctor"; Edgar Allan Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado"; Guy de Maupassant, "A Piece of String"; Stephen Crane, "The Veteran"; Kate Chopin, "A Pair of Silk Stockings"; plus works by Dickens, O. Henry, Chekhov, Wilde, and many others. Includes 2 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "A White Heron" and "Cask of Amontillado."

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Contenuti

Sherwood Anderson The Egg Ambrose Bierce An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Willa Cather The Enchanted Bluff Anton Chekhov A Malefactor Kate Chopin A Pair of Silk Stockings Stephen Crane The Veteran Daniel Defoe The Apparition of Mrs. Veal Charles Dickens Nobody's Story Charlotte Perkins Gilman If I Were a Man Thomas Hardy Squire Petrick's Lady Bret Harte The Luck of Roaring Camp Nathaniel Hawthorne Dr. Heidegger's Experiment Jerome K. Jerome A Ghost Story Sarah Orne Jewett A White Heron Franz Kafka A Country Doctor Rudyard Kipling Wee Willie Winkie Nella Larsen Sanctuary D. H. Lawrence Second Best Jack London The White Silence Katherine Mansfield Germans at Meat Guy de Maupassant A Piece of String H. H. Munro, or Saki The Open Window O. Henry The Furnished Room Luigi Pirandello With Other Eyes Edgar Allan Poe The Cask of Amontillado Alexander Pushkin The Coffin-Maker Leo Tolstoy The Three Hermits Mark Twain The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County H. G. Wells The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes Oscar Wilde The Sphinx Without a Secret

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Book by Negri Paul

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0486440982
• ISBN 13: 9780486440989
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 193
• Redattore: Negri Paul
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italia