Synopses & Reviews
The short-stroy form continues to be a rich and fertile vein of literary expression. Collected in this remarkable volume are twenty renowned writers of the modern age who brilliantly mastered the distinctive power and beauty of the form--each bringing his or her own unique vision to the page. This powerful collection includes the work of: Sherwood Anderson, Anton Chekov, Joseph Conrad, Shirley Jackson, D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Lionel Trilling, and many more.
Table of Contents
Introduction --The tell-tale heart /Edgar Allan Poe --The jewels /Guy de Maupassant --Gooseberries /Anton Chekhov --The tree of knowledge /Henry James --A clean, well-lighted place /Ernest Hemingway --Youth /Joseph Conrad --The rocking-horse winner /D.H. Lawrence --Bliss /Katherine Mansfield --The dead /James Joyce --Little Herr Friedemann /Thomas Mann --Sophistication /Sherwood Anderson --The story of my dovecot /Isaac Babel --The devil and Daniel Webster /Stephen Vincent Benâet --A rose for Emily /William Faulkner --The metamorphosis (part I) /Franz Kafka --The wall /Jean-Paul Sartre --Judas /Frank O'Connor --Of this time, of that place /Lionel Trilling --The lottery /Shirley Jackson --The ledge /Lawrence Sargent Hall.