Classic American Short Stories
17 Stories from Hawthorne to Fitzgerald
Edited by Clarence C. Strowbridge
Dover Large Print Classics, (2002)
ISBN: 0-486-42251-8
Genre: American Literature, Short Stories
Reviewed by Fritz du Trey - November 28, 2002
Included in the book, Classic American Short Stories you will find seventeen short stories from some of the finest of American authors, ranging from Kate Chopin and Edgar Allan Poe to Stephen Crane and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Edited by
Clarence C. Strowbridge, this Dover Large Print Classics edition meets the standards for a large print book as prescribed by the National Association for Visually Handicapped.
The seventeen stories in this book offer examples of works from both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and they are arranged chronologically. According to the book's blurb, "...these stories have been chosen for their timeless relevance and enduring popularity." Combined, these stories will offer you hours of pleasure, whether this is your first introduction to these stories, or your hundredth. They are truly timeless classics that run the gamut from mysteries to love, and from biographical tales of adventure to westerns.
The stories in this book include:
Rappaccini's Daughter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe
Bartleby, by Herman Melville
The Outcasts of Poker Flat, by Bret Harte
The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce
The Revolt of "Mother", by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The Yellow Wall-Paper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The 1,000,000 Pound Bank Note, by Mark Twain
The Open Boat, by Stephen Crane
A Pair of Silk Stockings, by Kate Chopin
The Foreigner, by Sarah Orne Jewett
The Law of Life, by Jack London
The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry
The Jolly Corner, by Henry James
A Wagner Matinee, by Willa Cather
The Egg, by Sherwood Anderson
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Eight Great Sherlock Holmes Stories, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
This large print collection of Sherlock Holmes stories contains eight of the best loved Holmes's stories. (Large Print)
Great Horror Stories, by Edgar Allan Poe.
This anthology features nine of Poe's most macabre short stories. (Large Print)
