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Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the book of choice by teachers, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories by British and American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, editors Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine selected stories that broke new ground and challenged the imagination with their style, subject matter, or tone: the unforgettable, enduring works that shaped the literature of our time.

A truly exceptional collection of great stories, including:

The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane
The Horse Dealer’s Daughter by D. H. Lawrence
Barn Burning by William Faulkner
The Sojourner by Carson McCullers
The Open Window by Saki
Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter
The Boarding House by James Joyce
Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway
The Tree of Knowledge by Henry James

Short Story Masterpieces 35 Classic American and

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    A Paperback / softback by Robert Penn Warren, Albert Erskine, Ernest Hemingway

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      Publisher: Random House USA Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/03/1954
      ISBN13: 9780440378648, 978-0440378648
      ISBN10: 0440378648

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the book of choice by teachers, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories by British and American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, editors Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine selected stories that broke new ground and challenged the imagination with their style, subject matter, or tone: the unforgettable, enduring works that shaped the literature of our time.

      A truly exceptional collection of great stories, including:

      The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane
      The Horse Dealer’s Daughter by D. H. Lawrence
      Barn Burning by William Faulkner
      The Sojourner by Carson McCullers
      The Open Window by Saki
      Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter
      The Boarding House by James Joyce
      Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway
      The Tree of Knowledge by Henry James

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