| Description |
vi, 519 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Dover large print classics |
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Dover large print classics.
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| Contents |
Rappaccini's daughter / by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) -- The cask of Amontillado / by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) -- Bartleby / by Herman Melville (1819-1891) -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / by Bret Harte (1836-1902) -- An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / by Ambrose Bierce (1842--c.1914) -- The revolt of "mother" / by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) -- The yellow wall-paper / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) -- The £Ł1,000,000 bank note / by Mark Twain (1835-1910) -- The open boat / by Stephen Crane (1871-1900) -- A pair of silk stockings / by Kate Chopin (1851-1904) -- The foreigner / by Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) -- The law of life / by Jack London (1876-1916) -- The gift of the Magi / by O. Henry (1862-1910) -- The jolly corner / by Henry James (1843-1916) -- A Wagner matinée / by Willa Cather (1873-1947) -- The egg / by Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) -- The diamond as big as the Ritz / by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940). |
| Summary |
Seventeen short masterpieces, chosen for their timeless relevance and enduring popularity, include Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter," Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," Herman Melville's "Bartleby," "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte, as well as works by O. Henry, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson, Mark Twain, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Henry James, Willa Cather, Ambrose Bierce, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Kate Chopin. |
| Note |
GMD: large print. |
| Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Short stories, American.
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Large type books.
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| Added Author |
Strowbridge, Clarence C.
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| ISBN |
0486422518 |
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9780486422510 |
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