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Great American Short Stories [48 stories]

Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, William Faulkner · 1985

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Anthology contains: The legend of Sleepy Hollow -- Rip Van Winkle -- The spectre bridegroom -- [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) [Rappaccini's daughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455378W) [The fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) The gold bug -- [Pit and the pendulum](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273550W) [The cask of amontillad](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) Captain Kidd's money -- Benito Cereno -- The lightning-rod man -- The diamond lens -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- The £1,000,000 bank-note -- The man that corrupted Hadleyburg -- The luck of Roaring Camp -- The outcasts of Poker Flat -- Tennessee's partner -- [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) a horseman in the sky -- [The Damned Thing](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20084265W/The_Damned_Thing) The turn of the screw -- The jolly corner -- The courting of Sister Wisby -- The Hiltons' holiday -- The love-philtre of Ikey Schoenstein -- The gift of the Magi -- Tobin's palm -- Springtime a la carte -- The furnished room -- The rembrandt -- The moving finger -- The recovery -- Maggie: a girl of the streets -- The open boat -- The upturned face -- The clemency of the court -- Lou, the prophet -- A night at Greenway Court -- The white silence -- The son of the wolf -- The men of forty-mile -- In a far country -- Babylon revisited -- [A Rose for Emily](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14950108W/A_Rose_for_Emily) Big two-hearted river -- Flight.

Book details

Year
1985
Language
English
Publisher
Longmeadow Press
Editions
2
Pages
699
ISBN
9780681319257

Data source: Wikidata

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