| Description |
1 online resource (379 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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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. 9: The boarded window / Ambrose Bierce -- A clean, well-lighted place / Ernest Hemingway -- Death in Venice / Thomas Mann -- The difference / Ellen Glasgow -- The garden of forking paths / Jorge Luis Borges -- Half a day / Naguib Mahfouz -- Janus / Ann Beattie -- The jolly corner / Henry James -- The man who was almost a man / Richard Wright -- One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich / Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- A spinster's tale / Peter Taylor -- The stationmaster / Alexander Pushkin -- Two kinds / Amy Tan -- Victory over Japan / Ellen Gilchrist -- The wall / Jean-Paul Sartre. |
| 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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Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Boarded window.
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Clean, well-lighted place.
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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Death in Venice.
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Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945. Difference.
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Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. Garden of forking paths.
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Mahfouz, Naguib, 1911-2006. Half a day.
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Beattie, Ann. Janus.
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James, Henry, 1843-1916. Jolly corner.
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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Man who was almost a man.
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Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918- One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich.
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Taylor, Peter, 1917-1994. Spinster's tale.
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Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Stationmaster.
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Tan, Amy. Two kinds.
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Gilchrist, Ellen, 1935- Victory over Japan.
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Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980. Wall.
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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 |
Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 9. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2000 9780787636098 |
| ISBN |
9781414428208 (electronic book) |
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1414428200 (electronic book) |
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9780787636098 |
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0787636096 |
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