Overview
Classic American Short Stories celebrates the perfection of the short story as a popular storytelling form in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century America. This volume features the work of twenty-seven authors regarded as some of the most distinguished names in American belles lettres, among them Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edith Wharton, Henry James, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, and H.P. Lovecraft. The fifty classic tales it collects include:
- The Fall of the House of Usher--Edgar Allan Poe
- Bartleby the Scrivener--Herman Melville
- The Yellow Wall-Paper--Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- The Gift of the Magi--O. Henry
- A White Heron--Sarah Orne Jewett
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow--Washington Irving
- Paul's Case--Willa Cather
- Bernice Bobs Her Hair--F. Scott Fitzgerald
- and many more
Classic American Short Stories is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and an attractive silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensible cornerstone for every home library.
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