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The Oxford book of American short stories
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Oxford University Press
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From the Book
Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving --
Peter Rugg, the missing man / William Austin --
The wives of the dead / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
The paradise of bachelors and the tartarus of maids / Herman Melville --
The tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe --
The ghost in the mill / Harriet Beecher Stowe --
Cannibalism in the cars / Samuel Clemens --
A white heron / Sarah Orne Jewett --
The storm / Kate Chopin --
The sheriff's children / Charles Chesnutt --
The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --
The middle years / Henry James --
In a far country / Jack London --
Old woman Magoun / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman --
The little regiment / Stephen Crane --
A journey / Edith Wharton --
The strength of God / Sherwood Anderson --
A death in the desert / Willa Cather --
Blood-burning moon / Jean Toomer --
A clean, well-lighted place / Ernest Hemingway --
An alcoholic case / F. Scott Fitzgerald --
The girl with a pimply face / William Carlos Williams --
He / Katherine Anne Porter --
That evening sun / William Faulkner --
Sweat / Zora Neale Hurston --
Red-headed baby / Langston Hughes --
The man who was almost a man / Richard Wright --
A distant episode / Paul Bowles.
A late encounter with the enemy / Flannery O'Connor --
Sonny's blues / James Baldwin --
Battle Royal / Ralph Ellison --
There will come soft rains / Ray Bradbury --
Rain in the heart / Peter Taylor --
Where is the voice coming from? / Eudora Welty --
The lecture / Isaac Bashevis Singer --
My son the murderer / Bernard Malamud --
Something to remember me by / Saul Bellow --
The death of Justina / John Cheever --
Texts / Ursula K. Le Guin --
The school / Donald Barthelme --
The persistence of desire / John Updike --
Alaska / Alice Adams --
Are these actual miles? / Raymond Carver --
Yellow Woman / Leslie Marmon Silko --
The shawl / Cynthia Ozick --
Heat / Joyce Carol Oates --
Hunters in the snow / Tobias Wolff --
The things they carried / Tim O'Brien --
Big Bertha stories / Bobbie Ann Mason --
Fever / John Edgar Wideman --
The management of grief / Bharati Mukherjee --
Two kinds / Amy Tan --
Fleur / Louise Erdrich --
Gravity / David Leavitt --
The house on Mango Street ; What Sally said ; Linoleum roses ; A house of my own / Sandra Cisneros --
Town Smokes / Pinckney Benedict.
From the Book
Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving
Peter Rugg, the Missing Man / William Austin
The Wives of the Dead / Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Tell-Tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe
The Ghost in the Mill / Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids / Herman Melville
Cannibalism in the Cars / Samuel Clemens
The Middle Years / Henry James
A White Heron / Sara h Oren Jewett
The Storm / Kate Chopin
Old Woman Magoun / Mary e. Wilkins Freeman
The Sheriff's Children / Charles Chesnutt
The Yellow Wallpaper / charlotte e Perkins Gilman
A Journey / Edith Wharton
The Little Regiment / Stephen Crane
A Death in the Desert / Willa Cather
The Strength of God / Sherwood Anderson
In a Far Country / Jack London
The Girl with a Pimply Face / William Carlos Williams
The Rats in the Walls / H. P. Lovecraft
Blood-Burning Moon / Jean Toomer
An Alcoholic Case / F. Scott Fitzgerald
That Evening Sun / William Faulkner
Hills Like White Elephants / Ernest Hemingway
Red-Headed Baby / Langston Hughes
The Man Who Was Almost a Man / Richard Wright
A Bottle of Milk for Mother / Nelson Algren
Where Is the Voice Coming From? / Eudora Welty
A Distant Episode / Paul Bowles
The Country Husband / John Cheever
Battle Royal / Ralph Ellison
My Son the Murderer / Bernard Malamud
The Lottery / Shirley Jackson
There Will Come Soft Rains / Ray Bradbury
Sonny's Blues / James Baldwin
A Late Encounter with the Enemy / Flannery O'Connor
The Shawl / Cynthia Ozark
The School / Donald Barthelme
The Persistence of Desire / John Updike
Defender of the Faith / Philip Roth
The Mud Below / Annie Proulx
Are These Actual Miles? / Raymond Carver
Heat / Joyce Carol Oates
The Child Screams and Looks Back at You / Russell Banks
Give It Up for Billy / Edmund White
Under the Radar / Richard Ford
Hunters in the Snow / Tobias Wolff
The Things They Carried / Tim O'Brien
The Reach / Stephen King
Filthy with Things / T. C. Boyle
Today Will Be a Quiet Day / Amy Hempel
Fleur / Louise Erdrich
The Drowned Life / Jeffrey Ford
Children as Enemies / Ha Jin
How to Become a Writer / Lorrie Moore
Good People / David Foster Wallace
Mercy / Pinckney Benedict
Hell-Heaven / Jhumpa Lahiri
Edison, New Jersey / Junot Diaz.
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