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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. 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. |
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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: 379 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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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, Alexander 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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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Milne, Ira Mark.
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ISBN |
9780787636098 |
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0787636096 |
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