Great American Short Stories

Name: Great American Short Stories
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781435172166
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By Jane Smiley

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A dazzling collection of short stories, including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, The Sculptor's Funeral by Willa Cather, The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. And many more. This edition... Read More

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A dazzling collection of short stories, including: 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'and 'Rip Van Winkle'by Washington Irving 'The Sculptor's Funeral' by Willa Cather 'The Yellow Wall-Paper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 'The Gift of the Magi'by O. Henry And many more. This edition also features an introduction by Jane Smiley.

Description

A dazzling collection of short stories, including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, The Sculptor's Funeral by Willa Cather, The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry.

And many more.

This edition also features an introduction by Jane Smiley.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781435172166

Publisher: Union Square & Co.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 July 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Union Square & Co.

Contributors:

Introduction by Jane Smiley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 48.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 202.0mm

Weight: 660g

Pages: 680

Collections

Classic Fiction Classic General Fiction Fiction General Fiction Jane Smiley Literary Fiction

About the Author

Jane Smiley (1949) is the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Thousand Acres, and a number of other books. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature, among many other awards and honors.

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