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The World's Greatest Short Stories
by
James Daley
This outstanding collection features short stories by great writers from America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Western Europe. Ranging from the 19th to the 20th centuries, writers include Poe, Chekhov, Joyce, Kafka, Faulkner, Pirandello, Mann, and other major writers of world literature. A wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable anthology.
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
April 28th 2006
by Dover Publications
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The World's Greatest Short Stories
Edited by James Daley
235pp.USA
Dover Publications INC $3.50
ISBN: -486-44776-2
Tired of reading everyday fiction and fantasy books? Then this collection of short stories is the way to go. The World's Greatest Short Stories is a compilation of classics from the nineteenth and twentieth century that are very thought provoking and mysterious.
"The Necklace" is one of the most interesting stories in the collection. It is a French story that tells of a woman who is pre...more
Edited by James Daley
235pp.USA
Dover Publications INC $3.50
ISBN: -486-44776-2
Tired of reading everyday fiction and fantasy books? Then this collection of short stories is the way to go. The World's Greatest Short Stories is a compilation of classics from the nineteenth and twentieth century that are very thought provoking and mysterious.
"The Necklace" is one of the most interesting stories in the collection. It is a French story that tells of a woman who is pre...more
I often buy books related to not only my interests, but books which are akin to what I am writing. This was one of those books. Who could not find great stories in the shorter works of Hemingway, Kafka, Melville, Tolstoy and others? Nonetheless I was very disappointed in this book. Perhaps it was that some short stories were 80 pages long, or the reaccuring theme of long paragraphs filled with long sentences trying to explain items that appeared to be more ramblings than verse.
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am an indie author whose published short stories. I ordered this book, to hone my fiction writing skills.
This book is a collection of the best short stories from Europe and America. The stories are masterfully told and they represent writing at its best. The tales are melancholic, but the narration is superb. If you enjoy short stories, then you would appreciate the art of storytelling which is superbly demonstrated through this collection.
This low cost thrift edition is a Godsend, for those who...more
This book is a collection of the best short stories from Europe and America. The stories are masterfully told and they represent writing at its best. The tales are melancholic, but the narration is superb. If you enjoy short stories, then you would appreciate the art of storytelling which is superbly demonstrated through this collection.
This low cost thrift edition is a Godsend, for those who...more
I just finished it for a literature class and really liked it. While this is a collection of short stories it not a collection of simple stories. Some of these stories are deep and worth more than one read. If you like reading between the lines and enjoy short stories then you will like this book. I highly recommend Araby, A Clean Well-Lighted Place, The Yellow Wallpaper, A Hunger Artist, A & P, and Borges and I.
Buying this book from Amazon I was finally able to enjoy the works of world greatest writers such as Leo Tolstoy "The lady With the Dog", Hemingway, D.H Lawrence and many more.
Definitely worth buying. I enjoyed reading all the stories.
Admirable breadth: 20 stories from a dozen countries, published 1850's to 1960's. Cheers to editor Daley for a try-it-all short story buffet.
Not so much of all time, or even really representative of "world" literature. Mostly stuff from modernism, heavy on the French and English.
More like world's most pointless short stories. Well, gilman's the yellow wallpaper, mann's the path to the cemetery, borges' borges and I and just maybe updike's a&p were in a class of their own. But three out of 19 is a crappy score.
I'm not a big fan of short stories, but when I saw this book, I thought it would be just the thing for me. It was great as each story had a different author, and so each story had a different flavor. I think my favorite story was The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
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outstanding and life changing
Some of these short stories are incredibly impressive while others are as dull as can be. Fascinating selection of shorts. Worth the read. Tolstoy's was my favortite.
Only read 3 or 4 of the storys from this book. But it is a decent collection of short stories. Plus it isn't even $4, so it's worth the price if you like the stories.
Apr 10, 2008
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The translation of Chekhov isn't the best and it's a little European-centric, but a good, solid, cheap book of short stories.
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