Great Short Short Stories: Quick Reads by Great Writers (Dover Thrift Editions)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (644 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486440982 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A Look at the Shorts of Famous Authors" according to John M. Ford. The thirty short stories Paul Negri has assembled serve several purposes well. Foremost, they are entertaining and thought-provoking. Averaging six pages or so in length, each is a quick read--useful for commuters or those with choppy schedules. Finally, they are models of good writing. Great writing, in many cases.Your four favorites could differ from mine without me arguing about it much. Mine are:Jack London's "The White Silence" is about hardship and loyalty between the people and dogs pulling a load of furs along a . Weird Judi D Braman Weird. Weird weird.. Long Live the Short Story! outside257 I bought this book with low expectations. Most anthologies like this have a few gems surrounded by work that wouldn't get published any other way. I was very impressed with almost every story, and will probably sit down and read this one again. Great read, great buy.
An outstanding collection of 30 brilliant short stories, each just six or fewer pages in length, it provides the chance to absorb an entire story (or two or three) in just one sitting.Well-known tales from masters of the short-story genre include: Mark Twain, "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"; Franz Kafka, "A Country Doctor"; Edgar Allan Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado"; Guy de Maupassant, "A Piece of String"; Stephen Crane, "The Veteran"; Kate Chopin, "A Pair of Silk Stockings"; plus works by Dickens, O. Includes 2 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "A White Heron" and "Cask of Amontillado.". Great Short Short Stories: Quick Reads by Great Writers offers that opportunity. "To buy books would be a good thing," observed Arthur Schopenhauer, "if we also could buy the time to read them." All devoted readers long for more time to spend with their books, and the next best thing to buying time is making the most of the available moments. Henry, Chekhov, Wilde, and many others