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Short Story Masterpieces (1954)

by Robert Penn Warren (Editor), Albert Erskine (Editor)

Other authors: Conrad Aiken (Contributor), Nelson Algren (Contributor), Sherwood Anderson (Contributor), John Cheever (Contributor), John Collier (Contributor) — 31 more, Joseph Conrad (Contributor), A.E. Coppard (Contributor), Stephen Crane (Contributor), H.L. Davis (Contributor), William Faulkner (Contributor), F. Scott Fitzgerald (Contributor), Ernest Hemingway (Contributor), Henry James (Contributor), James Joyce (Contributor), Ring Lardner (Contributor), D.H. Lawrence (Contributor), Sinclair Lewis (Contributor), Katherine Mansfield (Contributor), W. Somerset Maugham (Contributor), Mary McCarthy (Contributor), Carson McCullers (Contributor), Frank O'Connor (Contributor), Seán O'Faoláin (Contributor), Elizabeth Parsons (Contributor), Katherine Anne Porter (Contributor), J. F. Powers (Contributor), Saki (Contributor), J. D. Salinger (Contributor), Irwin Shaw (Contributor), Jean Stafford (Contributor), John Steinbeck (Contributor), Elizabeth Taylor (Contributor), Peter Taylor (Contributor), James Thurber (Contributor), Eudora Welty (Contributor), William Carlos Williams (Contributor)

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Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the book of choice by teachers, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories by British and American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, editors Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine selected stories that broke new ground and challenged the imagination with their style, subject matter, or tone: the unforgettable, enduring works that shaped the literature of our time. A truly exceptional collection of great stories, including: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane The Horse Dealer's Daughter by D. H. Lawrence Barn Burning by William Faulkner The Sojourner by Carson McCullers The Open Window by Saki Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter The Boarding House by James Joyce Soldier's Home by Ernest Hemingway The Tree of Knowledge by Henry James Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty . . . and twenty-five more of the century's best stories!… (more)

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813Literature › English (North America) › American fiction

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PZ1.W28Language and Literature › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Fiction in English

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