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Richard Connell


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

Died
November 22, 1949

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction


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. ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 53,348 ratings · 2,412 reviews · 86 distinct works • Similar authors
The Most Dangerous Game
3.94 avg rating — 50,163 ratings — published 1924 — 225 editions
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The Most Dangerous Game And...
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3.97 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions
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The Sin of Monsieur Pettipo...
3.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1977 — 25 editions
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What Ho!
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1937
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The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1922 — 61 editions
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Apes And Angels
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 8 editions
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From Observables to Unobser...
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000
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Brother Orchid
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The Mad Lover
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“There is no greater bore than perfection.”
― Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
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“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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“The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.”
― Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
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Polls

December 2017 Short Story Poll

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, 32 pages or less, 1905
 
  58 votes, 17.2%

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, 112 pages, 1929
 
  57 votes, 16.9%

 
  34 votes, 10.1%

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor, 24 pages or less, 1955
 
  34 votes, 10.1%

 
  34 votes, 10.1%

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote, 48 pages or less, 1956
 
  28 votes, 8.3%

Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, 120 pages, 1815
 
  26 votes, 7.7%

The Eyes by Edith Wharton, 48 pages, 1910
 
  17 votes, 5.0%

To Build a Fire by Jack London, 32 pages or less, 1903
 
  12 votes, 3.6%

 
  11 votes, 3.3%

The Lion in Winter by James Goldman, 60 pages, 1966
 
  11 votes, 3.3%

R.U.R. by Karel Čapek, 84 pages, 1920
 
  8 votes, 2.4%

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain, 115 pages,1936
 
  7 votes, 2.1%

337 total votes
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