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The Oxford book of American short stories
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Oxford University Press
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English
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From the Book
Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving --
Peter Rugg --
Missing man / William Austin --
Wives of the dead / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
Paradise of bachelors and the tartarus of maids / Herman Melville --
Tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe --
Ghost in the mill / Harriet Beecher Stowe --
Cannibalism in the cars / Samuel Clemens --
White heron / Sarah Orne Jewett --
Storm / Kate Chopin --
Sheriff's children / Charles Chesnutt --
Yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --
Middle years / Henry James --
In a far country / Jack London --
Old woman Magoun / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman --
Little regiment / Stephen Crane --
A journey / Edith Wharton --
Strength of God / Sherwood Anderson.
Death in the desert / Willa Cather --
Blood-burning moon / Jean Toomer --
A clean, well-lighted place / Ernest Hemingway --
An alcoholic case / F. Scott Fitzgerald --
Girl with a pimply face / William Carlos Williams --
He / Katherine Anne Porter --
That evening sun / William Faulkner --
Sweat / Zora Neale Hurston --
Red-headed baby / Langston Hughes --
Man who was almost a man / Richard Wright --
A distant episode / Paul Bowles --
A late encounter with the enemy / Flannery O'Connor --
Sonny's blues / James Baldwin --
Battle Royal / Ralph Ellison --
There will come soft rains / Ray Bradbury --
Rain in the heart / Peter Taylor --
Where is the voice coming from? / Eudora Welty.
Lecture / Isaac Bashevis Singer --
My son the murderer / Bernard Malamud --
Something to remember me by / Saul Bellow --
Death of Justina / John Cheever --
Texts / Ursula K. Le Guin --
School / Donald Barthelme / Persistence of desire / John Updike --
Alaska / Alice Adams --
Are these actual miles? / Raymond Carver --
Yellow Woman / Leslie Marmon Silko --
Shawl / Cynthia Ozick --
Heat / Joyce Carol Oates --
Hunters in the snow / Tobias Wolff --
Things they carried / Tim O'Brien --
Big Bertha stories / Bobbie Ann Mason --
Fever / John Edgar Wideman --
Management of grief / Bharati Mukherjee --
Two kinds / Amy Tan --
Fleur / Louise Erdrich --
Gravity / David Leavitt --
House on Mango Street ; What Sally said ; Linoleum roses ; A house of my own / Sandra Cisneros --
Town Smokes / Pinckney Benedict.
From the Book - Second edition.
Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving --
Peter Rugg, the Missing Man / William Austin --
The Wives of the Dead / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
The Tell-Tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe --
The Ghost in the Mill / Harriet Beecher Stowe --
The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids / Herman Melville --
Cannibalism in the Cars / Samuel Clemens --
The Middle Years / Henry James --
A White Heron / Sarah Orne Jewett --
The Storm / Kate Chopin --
Old Woman Magoun / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman --
The Sheriff's Children / Charles Chesnutt --
The Yellow Wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --
A Journey / Edith Wharton --
The Little Regiment / Stephen Crane --
A Death in the Desert / Willa Cather --
The Strength of God / Sherwood Anderson --
In a Far Country / Jack London --
The Girl with a Pimply Face / William Carlos Williams --
The Rats in the Walls / H. P. Lovecraft --
Blood-Burning Moon / Jean Toomer --
An Alcoholic Case / F. Scott Fitzgerald --
That Evening Sun / William Faulkner --
Hills Like White Elephants / Ernest Hemingway --
Red-Headed Baby / Langston Hughes --
The Man Who Was Almost a Man / Richard Wright --
A Bottle of Milk for Mother / Nelson Algren --
Where Is the Voice Coming From? / Eudora Welty --
A Distant Episode / Paul Bowles --
The Country Husband / John Cheever --
Battle Royal / Ralph Ellison --
My Son the Murderer / Bernard Malamud --
The Lottery / Shirley Jackson --
There Will Come Soft Rains / Ray Bradbury --
Sonny's Blues / James Baldwin --
A Late Encounter with the Enemy / Flannery O'Connor --
The Shawl / Cynthia Ozark --
The School / Donald Barthelme --
The Persistence of Desire / John Updike --
Defender of the Faith / Philip Roth --
The Mud Below / Annie Proulx --
Are These Actual Miles? / Raymond Carver --
Heat / Joyce Carol Oates --
The Child Screams and Looks Back at You / Russell Banks --
Give It Up for Billy / Edmund White --
Under the Radar / Richard Ford --
Hunters in the Snow / Tobias Wolff --
The Things They Carried / Tim O'Brien --
The Reach / Stephen King --
Filthy with Things / T. C. Boyle --
Today Will Be a Quiet Day / Amy Hempel --
Fleur / Louise Erdrich --
The Drowned Life / Jeffrey Ford --
Children as Enemies / Ha Jin --
How to Become a Writer / Lorrie Moore --
Good People / David Foster Wallace --
Mercy / Pinckney Benedict --
Hell-Heaven / Jhumpa Lahiri --
Edison, New Jersey / Junot Diaz.
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