Description:• Introduction by Martin Hill Ortiz, PhD • Short analyses of each story Have you read the 50 best short stories of all time? In 1914, a critical moment in literature, The New York Times asked the most highly regarded authors of the day to name the best short story in the English language. Many of their responses have maintained consistent fame through time. Others have become hidden gems. All are essential literary experiences that will make you love to read again. These masterpieces are collected here for the first time, masterfully copyedited and with an introduction by Martin Hill Ortiz, PhD. This volume includes: Introduction A Lodging for the Night—A Story of Francis Villon by Robert L. Stevenson The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Pavilion on the Links by Robert L. Stevenson The Maltese Cat by Rudyard Kipling The Murders in Rouge Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe Will o' the Mill by Robert L. Stevenson Wolfert Webber; or, Golden Dreams by Washington Irving The Ring of Thoth by Arthur Conan Doyle The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain The Door in the Wall by H.G. Wells Gifts of Oblivion by Dorothy Canfield Some of the stories you'll find in Volumes II and III, coming soon: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant The Turn of the Screw by Henry James A Journey by Edith Wharton Beyond the Pale by Rudyard KiplingWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Best Short Stories: Chosen in 1914 by the most prominent authors of the day. To get started finding The Best Short Stories: Chosen in 1914 by the most prominent authors of the day, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The Best Short Stories: Chosen in 1914 by the most prominent authors of the day
Description: • Introduction by Martin Hill Ortiz, PhD • Short analyses of each story Have you read the 50 best short stories of all time? In 1914, a critical moment in literature, The New York Times asked the most highly regarded authors of the day to name the best short story in the English language. Many of their responses have maintained consistent fame through time. Others have become hidden gems. All are essential literary experiences that will make you love to read again. These masterpieces are collected here for the first time, masterfully copyedited and with an introduction by Martin Hill Ortiz, PhD. This volume includes: Introduction A Lodging for the Night—A Story of Francis Villon by Robert L. Stevenson The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Pavilion on the Links by Robert L. Stevenson The Maltese Cat by Rudyard Kipling The Murders in Rouge Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe Will o' the Mill by Robert L. Stevenson Wolfert Webber; or, Golden Dreams by Washington Irving The Ring of Thoth by Arthur Conan Doyle The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain The Door in the Wall by H.G. Wells Gifts of Oblivion by Dorothy Canfield Some of the stories you'll find in Volumes II and III, coming soon: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant The Turn of the Screw by Henry James A Journey by Edith Wharton Beyond the Pale by Rudyard KiplingWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Best Short Stories: Chosen in 1914 by the most prominent authors of the day. To get started finding The Best Short Stories: Chosen in 1914 by the most prominent authors of the day, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.