Penguin Classics the New Penguin Book of American Short Stories: From Washington Irving to Lydia Davis

by Kasia Boddy

The short story is one of the most varied and exciting genres in American literature. This collection brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the present. It contains a richly diverse cast of characters, including convicts, artists, farm labourers, slaves, soldiers and salesmen, witches and ghosts, families and lovers. Their stories are told by some of America's most celebrated writers (Nathaniel Hawthorne,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141194421
• ISBN13: 9780141194424
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"