This celebration of America’s literary legacy, a companion volume to Dover’s 100 Great Short Stories, offers students and other readers a superb selection of short fiction by master storytellers. Contributors include Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Washington Irving, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, Louisa May Alcott, and many others. The stories are arranged alphabetically by author. Selections from American literature of the nineteenth century include Herman Melville’s “The Fiddler,” Bret Harte’s “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” “Adventure of the German Student” by Washington Irving, Ambrose Bierce’s “The Eyes of the Panther,” “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane, and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Ambitious Guest.” More recent stories include Djuna Barnes’ “A Night Among the Horses,” Ernest Hemingway’s “Up in Michigan,” Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat,” “To Build a Fire” by Jack London, Theodore Dreiser’s “The Lost Phoebe,” and “Jesus Christ in Texas” by W. E. B. Du Bois.Dover Original. Short stories; Short fiction; American fiction; American Short Stories; Literature; American Literature; Edgar Allan Poe; Jack London; Sherwood Anderson; Stephen Crane; O. Henry; Kate Chopin; Willa Cather; Edith Wharton. Reviews There are no reviews yet. Be the first to review “100 Great American Short Stories” Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Your rating * Rate… Perfect Good Average Not that bad Very poor Your review *Name * Email * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
