| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 325 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1092-7735." |
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Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, criticism, sources, and further reading. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Arabian nights / Richard Burton -- Boule de suif / Guy de Maupassant -- Conscience of the court / Zora Neale Hurston -- Crazy Sunday / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Eyes of a blue dog / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Gorilla, my love / Toni Cade Bambara -- Greyhound people / Alice Adams -- If you sing like that for me / Akhil Sharma -- In the zoo / Jean Stafford -- The Kugelmass episode / Woody Allen -- No. 44, the mysterious stranger / Mark Twain -- "Repent, harlequin!" said the ticktockman / Harlan Ellison -- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi / Rudyard Kipling -- Think of England / Peter Ho Davies. |
| 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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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Arabian nights.
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Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893. Boule de suif.
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Hurston, Zora Neale. Conscience of the court.
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Crazy Sunday.
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Garc̕a M̀rquez, Gabriel, 1928- Eyes of a blue dog.
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Bambara, Toni Cade. Gorilla, my love.
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Adams, Alice, 1926- Greyhound people.
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Sharma, Akhil, 1971- If you sing like that for me.
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Stafford, Jean, 1915- In the zoo.
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Allen, Woody, 1935- Kugelmass episode.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. No. 44, the mysterious stranger.
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Ellison, Harlan. "Repent, harlequin!" said the ticktockman.
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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
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Davies, Peter Ho, 1966- Think of England.
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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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Sisler, Timothy, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 21. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005 9780787670290 |
| ISBN |
9781414405735 (electronic book) |
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1414405731 (electronic book) |
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9780787670290 |
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0787670294 |
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