American Stories

American Stories
ISBN-10
023071689X
ISBN-13
9780230716896
Series
American Stories
Category
Readers for new literates
Pages
198
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
O Henry

Description

This collection of six stories explores the development of the American short story over the past century - from a fierce critique of modern suburban family life to isolation and lost love in the deep mid-west.CONTENTS:IntroductionUsing a dictionaryThe Genre of American Stories The Gift of the Magi by O HenryThe Lost Phoebe by Theodore DreiserThe Baby Party by F Scott FitzgeraldYou Were Perfectly Fine by Dorothy ParkerThe Romantic by Patricia HighsmithFull Circle by Edith WhartonEssa

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