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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

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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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	The Most Dangerous Game 3.92 avg rating — 39,884 ratings — published 1924 — 442 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Most Dangerous Game And Other Stories of Adventure by Richard Connell (Contributor), Jack London (Contributor) , James Thurber (Contributor) 4.03 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, Scott Merriman (Reading) 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, and Other Humorous Tales 2.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1977 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delitto in mare 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Ho! 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1937	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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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

tags: boredom, perfection

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

tags: hunters, world

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January 2016 Short Story Read

1943, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 98 pages

28 votes, 20.0%

1945, Animal Farm by George Orwell, 102 pages

25 votes, 17.9%

1952, Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, 109 pages

19 votes, 13.6%

1886, The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy, 86 pages

17 votes, 12.1%

1945, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, 87 pages

12 votes, 8.6%

1924, The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: A Short Story by Agatha Christie, 32 pages

11 votes, 7.9%

1884, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott, 96 pages

9 votes, 6.4%

1936, Double Indemnity by James M. Cain, 115 pages

7 votes, 5.0%

1836, The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 37 pages

3 votes, 2.1%

1865, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov, 88 pages

3 votes, 2.1%

1903, To Build A Fire by Jack London, 32 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1886, Kholstomer by Leo Tolstoy, 56 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1924, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, 48 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1914, Painful Case by James Joyce

0 votes, 0.0%

140 total votes

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