Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition

by Charles H. Bohner

First published 1989 · 1180 pages

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Roses, rhododendron / A. Adams -- The egg ; I want to know why / S. Anderson -- Rape fantasies / M. Atwood -- The story of my dovecot / I. Babel -- Sonny's blues / J. Baldwin -- The lesson / T.C. Bambara -- My mother's memoirs, my father's lie, and other true stories / R. Banks -- Lost in the funhouse / J. Barth -- A city of churches / D. Barthelme -- Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / A. Bierce -- Like a bad dream / H. Böll -- The end of the duel / J.L. Borges -- Cathedral / R. Carver -- Paul's case / W. Cather -- The enormous radio ; The swimmer / J. Cheever -- The darling ; Gooseberies ; The lady with the dog / A. Chekhov -- The story of an hour / K. Chopin -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County / S. Clemens (M. Twain) -- The secret sharer / J. Conrad -- The magic poker / R. Coover ; The blue hotel ; The open boat / S. Crane ; The way up to heaven / R. Dahl -- The red-headed league / A.C. Doyle -- The doctor / A. Dubus -- King of the bingo game / R. Ellison -- Dry September ; A rose for Emily ; That evening sun / W. Faulkner -- Babylon revisited / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tuesday siesta / G.G. Márquez ; The yellow wallpaper / C.P. Gilman -- The overcoat / N. Gogol -- The life of the imagination / N. Gordimer -- Two gentle people / G. Greene -- Argument and persuasion / D. Hall -- Tony Kytes, the arch-deceiver / T. Hardy -- The birthmark ; Young Goodman Brown / N. Hawthorne -- A Vermont tale / M. Helprin -- Hills like white elephants / E.

  • short stories
  • English literature
  • Collections
  • English fiction
  • Fiction
  • freedom
  • selfhood
  • self-fulfillment

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