American 24-Karat Gold
24 classic American short stories
by Yvonne Collioud Sisko, Kate Chopin, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Jack London, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Faulkner, and Herman Melville
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Ripe figs / Kate Chopin --
A worn path / Eudora Welty --
Yoruba / Migene Gonzalez-Wippler --
The secret life of Walter Mitty / James Thurber --
Tell-tale Heart / Edgar Allen Poe --
There will come soft rains / Ray Bradbury --
Bone girl / Joseph Bruchac --
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / Ambrose Bierce --
Strong temptations-strategic movements-the innocents beguiled / Mark Twain --
Cask of Amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe --
To build a fire / Jack London --
Salvation / Langston Hughes --
The lady or the tiger? / Frank Stockton --
No name woman / Maxine Hong Kingston --
Marlene's adventures / Anita Endrezze --
Good country people / Flannery O'Connor --
The story of an hour / Kate Chopin --
Gifts of the magi / O. Henry --
The ransom of Red Chief / O. Henry --
The wonderful old gentleman / Dorothy Parker --
Sweat / Zora Neale Hurston --
Dr. Heidegger's experiment / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
A rose for Emily / William Faulkner --
Masque of the Red Death / Edgar Allan Poe --
The bell-tower / Herman Melville.
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American 24-Karat Gold: 24 classic American short stories
2006, Pearson Longman
Paperback
in English
- 2nd ed.
0321365240 9780321365248
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