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1 online resource (399 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. 7: The blues I'm playing / Langston Hughes -- The Canterville ghost / Oscar Wilde -- The cask of Amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe -- The daffodil sky / H.E. Bates -- Girl / Jamaica Kincaid -- A hunger artist / Franz Kafka -- The life you save may be your own / Flannery O'Conner -- The man that corrupted Hadleyburg / Mark Twain -- The management of grief / Bharati Mukherjee -- The minister's black veil / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Neighbour Rosicky / Willa Cather -- The overcoat / Nikolai Gogol -- Raymond's Run / Toni Cade Bambara -- Roman fever / Edith Wharton -- The stone boy / Gina Berriault -- To build a fire / Jack London -- Waldo / Robert A. Heinlein. |
| 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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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Blues I'm playing.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Canterville ghost.
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Cask of Amontillado.
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Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905-1974. Daffodil sky.
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Kincaid, Jamaica. Girl.
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Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924. Hunger artist.
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O'Connor, Flannery. Life you save may be your own.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Man that corrupted Hadleyburg.
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Mukherjee, Bharati, 1942- Management of grief.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Minister's black veil.
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Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Neighbour Rosicky.
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Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich, 1809-1852. Overcoat.
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Bambara, Toni Cade. Raymond's Run.
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Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Roman fever.
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Berriault, Gina. Stone boy.
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London, Jack, 1876-1916. To build a fire.
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Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988. Waldo.
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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 7. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2000 9780787636074 |
| ISBN |
9781414428185 (electronic book) |
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1414428189 (electronic book) |
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9780787636074 |
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078763607X |
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