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15 Stories
15 Stories Selected by Herbert Barrows, Dept. of English, Univ. of Michigan.
Stories Included:
"A Tradition of 1804" by Thomas Hardy
"The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane
"Now I Lay Me" by Ernest Hemingway
"Patricia, Edith, and Arnold" by Dylan Thomas
"The Schoolmistress" by Anton Chekhov
"The Chorus Girl" by Anton Chekhov
"How Claeys Died" by William Sansom
"Ethan Brand" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"A Painful Case" by James Joyce
"Happiness" by Guy De Maupassant
"Keep Your Pity" by Kay Boyle
"A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett
"The Raid" by Alun Lewis
"The Shadow In The Rose Garden" by D. H. Lawrence
"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty
Stories Included:
"A Tradition of 1804" by Thomas Hardy
"The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane
"Now I Lay Me" by Ernest Hemingway
"Patricia, Edith, and Arnold" by Dylan Thomas
"The Schoolmistress" by Anton Chekhov
"The Chorus Girl" by Anton Chekhov
"How Claeys Died" by William Sansom
"Ethan Brand" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"A Painful Case" by James Joyce
"Happiness" by Guy De Maupassant
"Keep Your Pity" by Kay Boyle
"A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett
"The Raid" by Alun Lewis
"The Shadow In The Rose Garden" by D. H. Lawrence
"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty
211 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1950
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September 20, 2014
The impetus behind this collection, as explained in the introduction, was to assemble stories to introduce the student to the form of short story and also literature at large. Rather than provide examples of types, it is to address and engage the student's sensitivity and skill as a reader.
I didn't really like that many of the stories. Although I've read Hardy, Crane, Hemingway, Thomas, Chekhov, Hawthorne, Joyce, de Maupassant and Lawrence and enjoyed their work. Assembled in 1950, it feels dated not because of the stories individually but collectively. I found it has a strong focus on the dominate, male perspective thus limiting it's appeal.
I didn't really like that many of the stories. Although I've read Hardy, Crane, Hemingway, Thomas, Chekhov, Hawthorne, Joyce, de Maupassant and Lawrence and enjoyed their work. Assembled in 1950, it feels dated not because of the stories individually but collectively. I found it has a strong focus on the dominate, male perspective thus limiting it's appeal.
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December 12, 2009This is an old creaky book. It was apparently used for teaching kiddos in class, as there's all sorts of notes written inside my copy.
It's got stories by some authors I know I like, as well as authors I haven't heard of, so hopefully it'll introduce me to some other rad peeps. :)
It's got stories by some authors I know I like, as well as authors I haven't heard of, so hopefully it'll introduce me to some other rad peeps. :)
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