The pocket book of short stories : American, English, and continental masterpieces

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The pocket book of short stories : American, English, and continental masterpieces

edited and with an introduction by M.E. Speare

(Pocket book)

Pocket Books, 1945, c1941

25th printing

  • : [pbk.]

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Note

"This is a wartime book. This original pocket book edition, containing stories each of which is complete and unabridged, is produced in full compliance with the government's regulations for conserving paper and other essential materials"--In front of title page

"22 great short stories"--Cover

Contents of Works

  • The killers / Ernest Hemingway
  • The Devil and Daniel Webster / Stephen Vincent Benét
  • Big blonde / Dorothy Parker
  • Paul's case / Willa Cather
  • Seeds / Sherwood Anderson
  • Bliss / Katherine Mansfield
  • Disorder and early sorrow / Thomas Mann
  • Rain / W. Somerset Maugham
  • Haircut / Ring Lardner
  • The gentleman from San Francisco / Ivan Bunin
  • Tobermory / Saki (H. H. Munro)
  • The monkey's Paw / W. W. Jacobs
  • A municipal Report / O. Henry
  • The darling / Anton Chekov
  • A lodging for the Night / Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The necklace / Guy de Maupassant
  • The procurator of Judæa / Anatole France
  • The celebrated frog / Mark Twain
  • The luck of roaring camp / Bret Harte
  • God sees the truth but waits / Leo N. Tolstoi
  • The cask of amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe
  • A passion in the desert / Honoré de Balzac

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Details

  • NCID
    BA84215808
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 363 p.
  • Size
    16 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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