International Short Stories Volume 1: American Stories

by William Patten, Various

28 chapters13h 33mEnglish1910

About this book

The first volume of a 3 volume anthology, this work focuses on American short stories and draws from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Anna Katherine Greene, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe and many other favorites. Topics range from historical to science fiction, melodramatic to philosophic. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)

Chapters (28)

1The Prophetic Pictures by Nathaniel Hawthorne

2029

2The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Part 1 by Washington Irving

2246

3The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Part 2 by Washington Irving

2555

4The Gold-Bug Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

1631

5The Gold-Bug Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

1670

6The Gold-Bug Part 3 by Edgar Allan Poe

2003

7Corporal Flint's Murder by J. Fenimore Cooper

1854

8Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy Part 1 by Bret Harte

1966

9Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy Part 2 by Bret Harte

2413

10The Notary of Perigueux by H. W. Longfellow

1028

11The Widow's Cruise by F. R. Stockton

1469

12The Count and The Wedding Guest by O. Henry

870

13Miss Tooker's Wedding Gift by John Kendrick Bangs

2231

14The Fable of The Two Mandolin Players and The Willing Performer by George Ade

448

15The Fable of The Preacher Who Flew His Kite, But Not Because He Wished To Do So by George Ade

2390

16Major Perdue's Bargain by Joel Chandler Harris

1666

17A Kentucky Cinderella by F. Hopkinson Smith

2561

18By The Waters of Paradise Part 1 by F. Marion Crawford

1735

19By The Waters of Paradise Part 2 by F. Marion Crawford

1628

20By The Waters of Paradise Part 3 by F. Marion Crawford

1179

21A Memorable Night by Anna Katharine Green

2153

22The Man From Red Dog by Alfred Henry Lewis

1172

23Jean Michaud's Little Ship by Charles G. D. Roberts

2319

24Those Old Lunes! Or, Which Is The Madman? by W. Gilmore Simms Part 1

1685

25Those Old Lunes! Or, Which Is The Madman? by W. Gilmore Simms Part 2

1285

26The Chiropodist by Bayard Taylor

2804

27Mr. Dooley On Corporal Punishment by F. P. Dunne

652

28Over A Wood Fire by Donald G. Mitchell

1140

International Short Stories Volume 1: American Stories

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