Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The bear / William Faulkner -- A Christmas memory / Truman Capote -- Everyday use / Alice Walker -- The fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allen Poe -- The gift of the Magi / O. Henry -- Gimpel the fool / Issac Bashevis Singer -- A good man is hard to find / Flannery O'Connor -- In the cemetery where Al Jolson is buried / Amy Hempel -- Miss Brill / Katherine Mansfield -- The monkey's paw / W. W. Jacobs -- An occurence at Owl Creek bridge / Ambrose Bierce -- The ones who walk away from Omelas / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Paul's case / Willa Cather -- The red-headed league / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The rocking-horse winner / D. H. Lawrence -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- The story of an hour / Kate Chopin -- The swimmer / John Cheever -- The train from Rhodesia / Nadine Gordimer -- A worn path / Eudora Welty.
Summary:
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
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