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The greatest American short stories, edited by A. Grove Day and William F. Bauer. --

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Label

The greatest American short stories, edited by A. Grove Day and William F. Bauer. --

Language

eng

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The greatest American short stories

Responsibility statement

edited by A. Grove Day and William F. Bauer. --

Table Of Contents

Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving -- The ambitious guest / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The cask of Amontillado -- The purloined letter / Edgar Allan Poe -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County / Mark Twain -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte -- The wonderful Tar-Baby story / Joel Chandler Harris -- The lady or the tiger / Frank R. Stockton -- An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / Ambrose Bierce -- The open boat / Stephen Crane -- The gift of the Magi / O. Henry -- Paul's case / Willa Cather -- The lost Phoebe / Theodore Dreiser -- The fourth man / John Russell -- I'm a fool / Sherwood Anderson -- Haircut / Ring Lardner -- The devil and Daniel Webster / Stephen Vincent Benet -- The leader of the people / John Steinbeck -- The secret life of Walter Mitty / James Thurber -- The bear / William Faulkner

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