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Richard Connell

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born

October 17, 1893 in Poughkeepsie, New York, The United States

died

November 22, 1949

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction

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Richard Edward Connell, Jr. was an American author and journalist, best known for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Connell was one of the best-known American short story writers of his time and his stories appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's Weekly. Connell had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 for best original story for the film Meet John Doe.

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Books by Richard Connell

Average rating: 3.87 · 6,168 ratings · 352 reviews · 13 distinct works

	The Most Dangerous Game 3.84 avg rating — 5,831 ratings — published 1924 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Most Dangerous Game And Other Stories of Adventure by Richard Connell (Contributor), Jack London (Contributor), James Thurber (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1957	My rating:
	From Observables to Unobservables in Science and Philosophy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural by Herbert A. Wise (Editor), John Collier (Contributor), Charles Collins (Contributor) 4.35 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1944 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbinders in Suspense by Alfred Hitchcock (Editor), Robert Bloch, Richard Connell 4.05 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1967 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Selected Shorts: Timeless Classics by James Thurber, Edith Wharton, Shirley Jackson 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Night in Funland and Other Stories From Literary Cavalcade by Jerome Brondfield (Editor, Foreword), William Peden (Contributor), Shirley Jackson (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1968	My rating:
	Great Tales of Action and Adventure by George Bennett (Editor, Introduction), Saki (Contributor), Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributor) 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1978	My rating:
	Tales of Fear and Frightening Phenomena by Helen Hoke (Editor), Richard Connell (Contributor), Robert Bloch (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1982	My rating:
	The Ghouls by Peter Haining (Editor, Foreword), Vincent Price (Introduction), Stephen Vincent Benét (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Richard Connell

“Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have.”
― Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

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“There is no greater bore than perfection.”
― Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

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“The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.”
― Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

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