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Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the american short story tradition, this compilation begins with nathaniel hawthornes 1835 tale young goodman brown and. Our study guides are available online and in book form at. 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. Life community church this treasury of one hundred tales offers students and other readers of short fiction a splendid selection of stories by masters of the form. Great american short stories dover thrift editions paul negri on. In expanding this list of great short stories, i thought i would talk about some of the reasons for doing this list. The selections in this volume represent each author working at the very height of his or her powers, producing memorable, brilliant fiction. Great american short stories by paul negri goodreads. The telltale heart by edgar allan poe, bartleby by herman melville, to build a fire by jack london, bernice bobs her hair by f. Mary stegner a selection of 26 stories by faulkner, melville, james, poe, ohara. The great american read was an eightpart series with viewer participation to select americas favorite novel, told through the prism of americas 100 bestloved novels.
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