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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. 12: The beginning of Homewood - John Edgar Wideman -- Debbie and Julie - Doris Lessing -- The Erlking - Angela Carter -- The feathered ogre - Italo Calvino -- Fountains in the rain - Yukio Mishima -- Goodbye, Columbus - Philip Roth -- Heart of darkness - Joseph Conrad -- Kew Gardens - Virginia Woolf -- Leaving the yellow house - Saul Bellow -- The lesson - Toni Cade Bambara -- The metamorphosis - Franz Kafka -- The pagan rabbi - Cynthia Ozick -- The Spinoza of Market Street - Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Suspicion - Dorothy L. Sayers -- That evening sun - William Faulkner -- What we talk about when we talk about love - Raymond Carver. |
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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: 340 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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Wideman, John Edgar. Beginning of Homewood.
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Lessing, Doris, 1919- Debbie and Julie.
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Carter, Angela, 1940-1992. Erlking.
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Calvino, Italo. Feathered ogre.
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Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970. Fountains in the rain.
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Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus.
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.
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Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Kew Gardens.
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Bellow, Saul. Leaving the yellow house.
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Bambara, Toni Cade. Lesson.
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Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924. Metamorphosis.
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Ozick, Cynthia. Pagan rabbi.
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Spinoza of Market Street.
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Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorthy Leigh), 1893-1957. Suspicion.
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. That evening sun.
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Carver, Raymond. What we talk about when we talk about love.
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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 |
9780787642648 |
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0787642649 |
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