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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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Vol. 11: And of clay are we created - Isabel Allende -- Battle royal or The invisible man - Ralph Ellison -- The gilded six-bits - Zora Neale Hurston -- A good scent from a strange mountain - Robert Olen Butler -- The grave - Katherine Anne Porter -- Hands - Sherwood Anderson -- Marriage a la mode - Katherine Mansfield -- Mrs. Plum - Eskia (Ezekiel) Mphahlele -- My Kinsman, Major Molineux - Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Roselily - Alice Walker -- Say yes - Tobias Wolff -- The sheriff's children - Charles Waddell Chesnutt -- Silver water - Amy Bloom -- The snows of Kilimanjaro - Ernest Hemingway -- Story teller - Leslie Marmon Silko -- Women in their beds - Gina Berriault. |
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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: 328 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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Allende, Isabel. And of clay are we created.
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Ellison, Ralph. Battle royal or The invisible man.
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Hurston, Zora Neale. Gilded six-bits.
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Butler, Robert Olen. Good scent from a strange mountain.
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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Grave.
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Anderson, Sherwood , 1876-1941. Hands.
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Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Marriage a la mode.
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Mphahlele, Ezekiel. Mrs. Plum.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. My Kinsman, Major Molineux.
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Walker, Alice, 1944- Roselily.
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Wolff, Tobias, 1945- Say yes.
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Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. Sheriff's children.
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Bloom, Amy, 1953- Silver water.
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Snows of Kilimanjaro.
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Silko, Leslie Marmon. Story teller.
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Berriault, Gina. Women in their beds.
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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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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Smith, Jennifer.
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ISBN |
9780787642631 |
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0787642630 |
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