{"product_id":"the-worlds-greatest-short-stories-selections-from-hemingway-tolstoy-woolf-chekhov-joyce-updike-and-more","title":"The World's Greatest Short Stories: Selections from Hemingway, Tolstoy, Woolf, Chekhov, Joyce, Updike and More","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHerman Melville--U.S.A. \n\u003cbr\u003e Bartleby the Scrivener (1853) \n\u003cbr\u003eGuy de Maupassant--France \n\u003cbr\u003e The Necklace (1884) \n\u003cbr\u003eLeo Tolstoy--Russia \n\u003cbr\u003e The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886) \n\u003cbr\u003eRudyard Kipling--England \n\u003cbr\u003e The Man Who Would Be King (1888) \n\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Perkins Gilman--U.S.A. \n\u003cbr\u003e The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) \n\u003cbr\u003eJoaquim Maria Machado de Assis--Brazil \n\u003cbr\u003e The Fortune-Teller (1896) \n\u003cbr\u003eAnton Chekhov--Russia \n\u003cbr\u003e The Lady with the Toy Dog (1899) \n\u003cbr\u003eRainer Maria Rilke--Germany \n\u003cbr\u003e How Old Timofei Died with a Song (1900) \n\u003cbr\u003eThomas Mann--Germany \n\u003cbr\u003e The Path to the Cemetery (1901) \n\u003cbr\u003eD. 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Lawrence--England \n\u003cbr\u003e The Prussian Officer (1914) \n\u003cbr\u003eJames Joyce--Ireland \n\u003cbr\u003e Araby (1914) \n\u003cbr\u003eLuigi Pirandello--Italy \n\u003cbr\u003e Mrs. Frola and Mr. Ponza, Her Son-in-Law (1917) \n\u003cbr\u003eVirginia Woolf--England \n\u003cbr\u003e The Mark on the Wall (1921) \n\u003cbr\u003eFranz Kafka--Czechoslovakia \n\u003cbr\u003e A Hunger Artist (1922) \n\u003cbr\u003eKatherine Mansfield--England \n\u003cbr\u003e The Garden-Party (1922) \n\u003cbr\u003eYasunari Kawabata--Japan \n\u003cbr\u003e The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket (1924) \n\u003cbr\u003eErnest Hemingway--U.S.A. \n\u003cbr\u003e A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (1926) \n\u003cbr\u003eChinua Achebe--Nigeria \n\u003cbr\u003e The Sacrificial Egg (1959) \n\u003cbr\u003eJohn Updike--U.S.A. \n\u003cbr\u003e A \u0026amp; P (1961) \n\u003cbr\u003eJorge Luis Borges--Argentina \n\u003cbr\u003e Borges and I (1962)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Daley is the editor of several Dover editions, including \n\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Green Quotations, Classic Crime Stories, Favorite Christmas Poems, Great Speeches by African Americans, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eGreat Writers on the Art of Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable, this outstanding collection features short stories by great 19- and 20th-century writers from America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Western Europe. \n\u003cbr\u003eIncluded are Hemingway's \"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,\" in which two waiters and a lonely customer in a Spanish cafe confront the concept of nothingness; \"A \u0026amp; P,\" John Updike's most anthologized story and one of his most popular; \"Borges and I,\" typical Jorge Luis Borges -- imaginative, philosophical, and mysterious; as well as short masterpieces by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Herman Melville, Thomas Mann, Guy de Maupassant, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, D. 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Lawrence, and ten other great writers. \n\u003cbr\u003ePrime examples of the classic short story, these enduring literary treasures will be invaluable to students and teachers as well as to anyone who appreciates the finely turned tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daley, James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2006-04-28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction \/ Anthologies (multiple authors)|Fiction \/ Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Short stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486447162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780486447162\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52372344865049,"sku":"SP-9780486447162","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780486447162_spiral.png?v=1778440819","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/the-worlds-greatest-short-stories-selections-from-hemingway-tolstoy-woolf-chekhov-joyce-updike-and-more","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}