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Gale virtual reference library
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| Note |
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
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"ISSN 1092-7735." |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Vol. 1: Araby - James Joyce -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County - Mark Twain -- Children of the sea - Edwidge Danticat -- The Devil and Tom Walker - Washington Irving -- The Eatonville anthology - Zora Neale Hurston -- The handsomest drowned man in the world - Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- I stand here ironing - Tillie Olsen -- The jilting of Granny Weatherall - Katherine Anne Porter -- King of the bingo game - Ralph Ellison -- The lottery - Shirley Jackson -- The most dangerous game - Richard Connell -- The open window - Saki -- The secret life of Walter Mitty - James Thurber -- The secret sharer - Joseph Conrad -- The short, happy life of Francis Macomber - Ernest Hemingway -- There will come soft rains - Ray Bradbury -- Through the tunnel - Doris Lessing -- Where are you going, where have you been? - Joyce Carol Oates -- The yellow wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Young Goodman Brown - Nathaniel Hawthorne. |
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For reference use only; cannot be checked out. |
| Summary |
Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
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Original: 333 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- Children of the sea.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Young Goodman Brown.
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Doris May, 1919- Through the tunnel.
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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935. Yellow wallpaper.
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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- Where are you going, where have you been?
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Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012. There will come soft rains.
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Short, happy life of Francis Macomber.
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Secret sharer.
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Hurston, Zora Neale. Eatonville anthology.
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Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Araby.
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Saki, 1870-1916. Open window.
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Ellison, Ralph. King of the bingo game.
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Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965. Lottery.
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Connell, Richard Edward, 1893-1949. Most dangerous game.
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Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Secret life of Walter Mitty.
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Olsen, Tillie. I stand here ironing.
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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Jilting of Granny Weatherall.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County.
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García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014. Handsomest drowned man in the world.
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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Devil and Tom Walker.
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
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Short story.
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| Added Author |
Wilson, Kathleen, 1968- editor.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
9781414428123 (electronic book) |
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141442812X (electronic book) |
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