| Description |
1 online resource (349 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. 2: The bear / William Faulkner -- A Christmas memory / Truman Capote -- Everyday use / Alice Walker -- The fall of the house of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe -- The gift of the Magi / O. Henry -- Gimpel the fool / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- A good man is hard to find / Flannery O'Connor -- In the cemetery where Al Jolson is buried / Amy Hempel -- Miss Brill / Katherine Mansfield -- The monkey's paw / W. W. Jacobs -- An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / Ambrose Bierce -- The ones who walk away from Omelas / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Paul's case / Willa Cather -- The red-headed league / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The rocking-horse winner / D.H. Lawrence -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- The story of an hour / Kate Chopin -- The swimmer / John Cheever -- The train from Rhodesia / Nadine Gordimer -- A worn path / Eudora Welty. |
| 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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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Bear.
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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984. Christmas memory.
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Walker, Alice, 1944- Everyday use.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Fall of the house of Usher.
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Henry, O., 1862-1910. Gift of the Magi.
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Gimpel the fool.
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O'Connor, Flannery. Good man is hard to find.
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Hempel, Amy. In the cemetery where Al Jolson is buried.
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Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Miss Brill.
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Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943. Monkey's paw.
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Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.
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Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Ones who walk away from Omelas.
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Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Paul's case.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930. Red-headed league.
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Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Rocking-horse winner.
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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. Sonny's blues.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904. Story of an hour.
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Cheever, John. Swimmer.
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Gordimer, Nadine. Train from Rhodesia.
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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Worn path.
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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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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 2. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, 1997 9780787616915 |
| ISBN |
9781414428130 (electronic book) |
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1414428138 (electronic book) |
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9780787616915 |
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0787616915 |
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