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What she said: and, People who haven't time and can't afford it (Grace Livingston Hill library)
Par Isabella Alden. 1997
Alden, the aunt of writer Grace Livingston Hill, wrote novellas in the nineteenth century. Here she illustrates how a person…
of good character should behave. In "What She Said...," a gossip is shown just how harmful her behavior is, and in "People Who Haven't Time...," neighbors are reminded of their charitable obligationsEach author of these eleven tales has set a story in his or her well-established universe. Some episodes take place…
at earlier times in the history of their worlds, and some simply enhance sideline events. Includes work of Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, Ursula K. Le Guin, Terry Goodkind, Anne McCaffrey, and Robert Jordan. Some strong languageComplete stories
Par Dorothy Parker. 1995
Forty-eight stories and nine sketches written between 1920 and 1958 by the literary magazine writer and founder of the Algonquin…
Round Table. In these stories, Parker often writes about those who cannot extricate themselves from the unsuccessful personal relationships in which they are involved. She also depicts the effects of poverty on people who received little or no educationGoodbye, Columbus, and five short stories (The modern library of the world's best books)
Par Philip Roth. 1959
The title novella, which won the National Book Award in 1960, is about a young Radcliffe girl and a Rutgers…
boy who learn that there is more to love than exuberance and passion. All of the stories dramatize the dilemma of American Jews torn between two worlds. Strong languageDetective duos
1997
Following their introduction in which the editors discuss the many combinations of detective duos in fiction, this husband-and-wife team offers…
twenty-five works covering the broad spectrum of mysteries both in historical development and in types of partnerships. Each story includes a brief introduction and offers suggested titles for further readingThe mad dog: stories
Par Heinrich Böll. 1997
Ten tales by the German Nobel laureate that were not published when written after World War II. One story written…
in 1937 before Boll went to war, "Youth on Fire," shows his faith and idealism when he was young. The title piece depicts the repercussions of wartime horrors on a highly intelligent soldier and on an ordained priestZebra and other stories
Par Chaim Potok. 1998
Six short stories titled for the teenager portrayed. In "Zebra"--a nickname--a seriously injured boy meets a one-armed artist who teaches…
him more than art. In "Nava," a girl realizes that just saying no to a student drug dealer is not the end of the problem. For junior and senior high readersFicciones
Par Jorge Borges. 1993
The collection's first part, called "The Garden of Forking Paths," contains eight short stories published in Spanish in 1941. Part…
two, entitled "Artifices," has nine stories published in 1944. The introduction by John Sturrock provides background information on Borges and on the storiesDon't erase me: stories
Par Carolyn Ferrell. 1997
Stories about young people of the urban underclass--mostly poor, black, or biracial and from broken or dysfunctional families. In "Proper…
Library," a black teenage boy, who is responsible for the care of several younger siblings, is shunned by his classmates because of his homosexuality. Strong languageThe atonement, and other stories
Par Louis Auchincloss. 1997
Twelve short stories concerning morality among the upper classes. In the title story, a lawyer-turned-broker is in legal trouble caused…
by insider trading. "The Last Great Divorce" finds a formerly disgraced divorcee confronted with her daughter's divorce years later. Some strong languageShort stories and excerpts from novels dealing with prejudice of many types. In "Only Approved Indians Can Play," a basketball…
team forfeits a game because of some players' ethnic identity. In "White Trash," a poor girl with an accent is ostracized. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readersNoctuary
Par Thomas Ligotti. 1994
A discussion of the genre of weird fiction, followed by twenty-seven short weird tales, presented in three parts. "The Medusa"…
probes the power of classical myth in modern life, "Conversations in a Dead Language" explores the tradition of trick or treating at Halloween, and "Autumnal" examines deathThe Aspern papers and other stories
Par Henry James. 1983
First published in 1888, "The Aspern Papers" is set in a crumbling Venetian palazzo, where a determined scholar tries to…
charm its inhabitants--the Misses Bordereau--out of a collection of letters by the American poet Aspern. Three short stories first published in the 1890s complete the collectionBlood Lake and other stories
Par James Krusoe. 1997
A collection of eight darkly humorous short stories each revealing a bizarre twist on ordinary events. The title tale opens…
with two men fishing in a leaky boat on a lake of actual blood, so that occasionally they need to dip their lures in anticoagulant. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe author defines travel stories as oriented to the actual act of traveling, rather than to the destination. This collection…
of more than thirty such tales spans more than a century and includes works by Evelyn Waugh, Rebecca West, Edith Wharton, Anthony Trollope, Paul Theroux, and William TrevorCollected stories: including The member of the wedding and The ballad of the sad café
Par Carson McCullers. 1987
Short stories from a southern writer including "The Member of the Wedding" and "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe," which…
are considered McCullers's best works. Many of the stories are autobiographical and feature southerners, either at home or transplanted to the north. Some violence and some strong languageDiary of a madman, and other stories (Penguin classics)
Par Nikolaĭ Gogolʹ. 1972
These stories, by the father of Russian realism, are set both in his native Ukraine and in St. Petersburg, the…
city that was to have an obsessive effect on him. Critics have acclaimed the early nineteenth-century writer for his uncanny understanding of the development of mental illnessIn our time
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1930
These thirty-two stories, each by a different writer, offer an introduction to the development of Hebrew-language fiction in the late…
nineteenth century and its evolution in Israel. Arranged in rough chronological order, they explore a broad range of social, political, cultural, and family issues. Each selection is preceded by a brief biography of its authorDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and other stories
Par Robert Stevenson. 1992
In the title story, a short psychological novel of the war between good and evil within the human personality, a…
kindly physician commits diabolical crimes when his suppressed personality is released. "The Body-Snatcher" and "A Lodging for the Night" pursue moral issues, "Markheim" and "Thrawn Janet" are stories about the supernatural, and "The Misadventures of John Nicholson" is a Gothic tale