| Great Short Short Stories: Quick Reads by Great Writers: Willa Cather, Stephen Crane, Daniel Defoe, Thomas Hardy, Franz Kafka, Rudyard Kipling, Jack L Contributor(s): Negri, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486440982 ISBN-13: 9780486440989 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $7.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: This outstanding collection of more than 30 brilliant short stories -- each just six or fewer pages in length -- includes such popular tales as Kafka's "A Country Doctor," Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," Chopin's "A Pair of Silk Stockings," plus works by Dickens, O. Henry, Chekhov, Wilde, and many others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 808.831 |
| LCCN: 2005041346 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.44" W x 8.24" (0.36 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |