Description |
1 online resource (xix, 333 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Contents |
Aunty Misery / by Judith Ortiz Cofer -- B. Wordsworth / by V.S. Naipaul -- The censors / by Luisa Valenzuela -- Contents of the dead man's pocket / by Jack Finney -- Dog star / by Arthur C. Clarke -- The doll's house / by Katherine Mansfield -- Forty-five a month / by R.K. Narayan -- The grasshopper and the bell cricket / by Yasunari Kawabata -- Ha'penny / by Alan Paton -- The pit and the pendulum / by Edgar Allan Poe -- A problem / by Anton Chekhov -- Suzy and Leah / by Jane Yolen -- Thank you, ma'm / by Langston Hughes -- Where have you gone charming Billy? / by Tim O'Brien |
Summary |
Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Problem
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Clarke, Arthur C. (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008. Dog star
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Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952- Aunty Misery
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Finney, Jack. Contents of the dead man's pocket
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Thank you, ma'm
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Kawabata, Yasunari, 1899-1972. Grasshopper and the bell cricket
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Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Doll's house
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Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932- B. Wordsworth
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Narayan, R. K., 1906-2001. Forty-five a month
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O'Brien, Tim, 1946- Where have you gone charming Billy?
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Paton, Alan. Ha'penny
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Pit and the pendulum.
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Valenzuela, Luisa, 1938- Short stories. Selections. English & Spanish.
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Yolen, Jane. Suzy and Leah
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SUBJECT |
Pit and the pendulum (Poe, Edgar Allan) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01363247 |
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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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Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Short story.
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United States.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Constantakis, Sara.
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ISBN |
1414449607 |
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9781414449609 |
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