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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966356003321

Titolo

Classic short stories / / Adam L. Gowans, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2008

ISBN

1-61668-045-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GowansAdam L (Adam Luke)

Disciplina

813/.0108

Soggetti

Short stories, American

American prose literature - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving) 2. Wandering Willie's tale (Sir Walter Scott) 3. Young Goodman Brown (Nathaniel Hawthorne) 4. Dr. Heidegger's experiment (Nathaniel Hawthorne) 5. William Wilson (Edgar Allan Poe) 6. The masque of the red death (Edgar Allan Poe) 7. The celestial railroad (Nathaniel Hawthorne) 8. The princess's tragedy (William Makepeace Thackeray) 9. The story of Richard Doubledick (Charles Dickens) 10. The half-brothers (Mrs. Gaskell) 11. Rab and his friends (John Brown) 12. Tennessee's partner (Bret Harte).

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a completely retyped, formatted and indexed version of a book published in 1918 with the title Best Short Stories.