Great American Short Stories: Hawthorne, Poe, Cather, Melville, London, James, Crane, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Bierce, Twain & More

by Bret Harte and Herman Melville

Book Overview

Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the American short-story tradition, this new compilation begins with Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 tale "Young Goodman Brown" and ranges across an entire century, concluding with Ernest Hemingway's 1927 classic, "The Killers." Other selections include Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," Melville's "Bartleby," Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp," "To Build a Fire," by Jack London, "The Real...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486421198
• ISBN13: 9780486421193
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Title says it all

Fine works from the masters, what alse can I say an outstanding collection of works.

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This is actually a very good book to have. It was bought for a class in English Literature, but it has some good stories in it. I would be willing to read some of the non-assigned stories from this book. Best part- its a small book.