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Gale virtual reference library
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| Note |
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism |
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"ISSN 1092-7735." |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
Vol. 3: A & P - John Updike -- Axolotl - Julio Cortazar -- Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street - Herman Melville -- A conversation with my father - Grace Paley -- The door in the wall - H. G. Wells -- Flight - John Steinbeck -- In the penal colony - Franz Kafka -- The Japanese quince - John Galsworthy -- A jury of her peers - Susan Glaspell -- The lady, or the tiger? - Frank R. Stockton -- The man who lived underground - Richard Wright -- On discovery - Maxine Hong Kingston -- The outcasts of Poker Flat - Bret Harte -- Rape fantasies - Margaret Atwood -- Robert Kennedy saved from drowning - Donald Barthelme -- The shawl - Cynthia Ozick -- Shiloh - Bobbie Ann Mason -- Sorrow-Acre - Isak Dinesen -- Vengeful creditor - Chinua Achebe -- Where I'm calling from - Raymond Carver -- Woman Hollering Creek - Sandra Cisneros |
| Summary |
Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism |
| Note |
Original: 420 p. : ill. ; 29 cm |
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Updike, John. A & P
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Cortazar, Julio. Axolotl
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street
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Paley, Grace. Conversation with my father
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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Door in the wall
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Steinbeck, John , 1902-1968. Flight
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Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924. In the penal colony
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Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933. Japanese quince
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Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948. Jury of her peers
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Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902. Lady, or the tiger?
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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Man who lived underground
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Kingston, Maxine Hong. On discovery
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Harte, Bret, 1836-1902. Outcasts of Poker Flat
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Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Rape fantasies
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Barthelme, Donald. Robert Kennedy saved from drowning
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Ozick, Cynthia. Shawl
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Mason, Bobbie Ann. Shiloh
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Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Sorrow-Acre
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Achebe, Chinua. Vengeful creditor
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Carver, Raymond. Where I'm calling from
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Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
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Short story
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| Alt Author |
Wilson, Kathleen, 1968- editor
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Gale Group
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| ISBN |
9781414428147 (electronic book) |
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1414428146 (electronic book) |
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9780787622183 |
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0787622184 |
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