Described by literary critic Robert Morss Lovett as “a novelist of civilization, absorbed in the somewhat mechanical operations of culture, preoccupied with the upper ('and inner') class,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton ...
" The anecdote is told that when this first story was published Gorki telegraphed the Courier, "Who is it who hides himself under the pseudonym of Leonid Andreyev?
For all who enjoy old-fashioned story-telling at its best. This stunning and original collection of carefully selected short stories features a famous array of literary talent and quality performance.
Ultimately, these are stories of redemption and community, of making things better and making things right. These are stories that hope to speak to the best in people, and to keep them entertained from start to finish.
The story-tellers sacrificed unity and totality of effect as well as originality for an entertaining method of reciting their incidents.
This a collection of short stories I wrote when I was younger.
Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychologists in world literature. His novella Notes From Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature.
A collection of short stories by the author of "The Yearling" is set in the backwoods of Florida
Steve Smallman.
And I'd athought if they'd moved away it'd been printed too. They can't have been gone long-that flower-bed must have been made up last spring. Well, this is a kind of setback for a fellow.
Indeed, a brown smock and disappearing boots had her rooted to the spot. 'Think God likes the smell?'I asked her. 'Well, we know He eats meat.' 'Do we?' 'Sure, Daryl.Why d'you think He rejected Cain's fruit and veg?
A seies of ten short stories ,With a twist
Somerset Maugham is the acknowledged master of the short story, and his full range is represented in this collection.
" - Kirkus Reviews The life of actor/choreographer/musician Columbus Short has been punctuated with trauma that extends well beyond the plot lines of his previous role on the hit series Scandal.
While Sally's family was going through their problems, Austin was having the time of his life. He felt pretty good about himself. Six months went by, with still nothing on the rape case. By then, Sally's grandmother had no faith in the ...
Reproduction of the original: Short Stories by Fiodor Dostoievski
Short Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940) was an American novelist and short story writer, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age.
Presents a collection of short stories about love, marriage, and divorce, including "Souls belated," "The pelican," and "The other two."
Among these sixty-three stories are iconic works such as “The Eighty-Yard Run,” a tale of an American dream crippled on Black Monday, and “Main Currents in American Thought,” in which a hack radio copywriter is tormented by the ...
Short Stories: Teacher's resource manual