About the book
A brilliant, far-reaching collection of stories from Washington Irving to John Updike.
The Classic Stories
Edgar Allan Poe’s Ms. Found in a Bottle
Bret Harte’s The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Sherwood Anderson’s Death in the Woods
Stephen Vincent Benét’s By the Waters of Babylon
The Great Writers
Melville
James
Dreiser
Faulkner
Hemingway
Steinbeck
McCullers
The Little-Known Masterpieces
Edith Wharton’s The Dilettante
Finley Peter Dunne’s Mr. Dooley on the Popularity of Fireman
Charles M. Flandrau’s A Dead Issue
James Reid Parker’s The Archimandrite’s Niece
Editions of Fifty Great American Short Stories
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780553272949
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A brilliant, far-reaching collection of stories from Washington Irving to John Updike.
The Classic Stories
Edgar Allan Poe’s Ms. Found in a Bottle
Bret Harte’s The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Sherwood Anderson’s Death in the Woods
Stephen Vincent Benét’s By the Waters of Babylon
The Great Writers
Melville
James
Dreiser
Faulkner
Hemingway
Steinbeck
McCullers
The Little-Known Masterpieces
Edith Wharton’s The Dilettante
Finley Peter Dunne’s Mr. Dooley on the Popularity of Fireman
Charles M. Flandrau’s A Dead Issue
James Reid Parker’s The Archimandrite’s Niece
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Fifty Great American Short Stories about?
A brilliant, far-reaching collection of stories from Washington Irving to John Updike.
The Classic Stories
Edgar Allan Poe’s Ms. Found in a Bottle
Bret Harte’s The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Sherwood Anderson’s Death in the Woods
Stephen Vincent Benét’s By the Waters of Babylon
The Great Writers
Melville
James
Dreiser
Faulkner
Hemingway
Steinbeck
McCullers
The Little-Known Masterpieces
Edith Wharton’s The Dilettante
Finley Peter Dunne’s Mr. Dooley on the Popularity of Fireman
Charles M. Flandrau’s A Dead Issue
James Reid Parker’s The Archimandrite’s Niece
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Fifty Great American Short Stories?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general
Where can I read a sample of Fifty Great American Short Stories?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780553272949
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Fifty Great American Short Stories?
Milton Crane
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Fifty Great American Short Stories is available as paperback(ISBN 9780553272949)
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