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[4] [5] The story appears in her own collection of short stories A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories published in 1955 by Harcourt. [6] In 1960, it was included in the anthology The House of Fiction, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, and later included in numerous other short-story collections.
The Best American Short Stories is a yearly anthology that's part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Since 1915, the BASS has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, [1] including works by some of the most famous writers in contemporary American literature.
The story was read by Emilia Fox, as part of the BBC Radio 4 The Montana Stories, broadcast January 2019. This was a series of readings of four short stories written by Mansfield when she lived in the Montana region (now Crans-Montana) of Switzerland between May 1921 and January 1922, and later from June to August 1922. [4] [5]
The first word of the story, "True!", is an admission of their guilt, as well as an assurance of reliability. [10] This introduction also serves to gain the reader's attention. [13] Every word contributes to the purpose of moving the story forward, exemplifying Poe's theories about the writing of short stories. [14]
Gabriel Conroy – the main character of the story. 15 Usher's Island, the house once partly rented by Joyce's great aunts which was the model for "the dark gaunt house on Usher's Island", the principal setting for the story The statue of William III of England on Dame Street, Dublin, appears in a story told by Gabriel about his grandfather Patrick Morkan.
Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" is a short story by J. D. Salinger that appears in his collection Nine Stories. [1] It was originally published in the March 20, 1948 issue of The New Yorker. [2] The main character, Eloise, struggles to come to terms with the life she has created for herself with her husband Lew.
The story begins with the protagonist, Dave Sanders, walking home from his job in a cattle farm, irritated with the way he's been treated. He decides to purchase a gun to prove to his co-workers that he is an adult. Instead of going home, he asks to look at the Sears Roebuck catalogue in a local store. The store owner, Fat Joe, asks Dave what ...
"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. [1] In this work, a mysterious individual who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light.