Great American Short Stories: Hawthorne, Poe, Cather, Melville, London, James, Crane, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Bierce, Twain & more (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)

As expected

I like these short story compilations from a variety of classic authors.

Generally, the stories are transcribed correctly from reliable editions, but the date of publication is wrong on at least four of them. This is not something I paid attention to do when I was making up my teaching schedule. I have alerted Dover about this, and maybe they will correct the errors in a later edition. The stories themselves are sound choices for anyone interested in reading good writing that represents Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism. As well, the collection serves as a sound introduction to the writings of accomplished American writers from Hawthorne to Hemingway. Of course, the collection has only about 18 stories, so a lot of great writers are ignored. Other collections address this, but the price of this book strongly recommends it. Many students can hardly afford to attend college, so keeping down the cost of books is a great help to many of them. A few of my students indicated their interest in reading had been rekindled by a close look at these stories. I hope it's true!

This book is part of my son's curriculum. I'm glad school requires classics not modern propaganda

I returned this book when I realized several of the stories were contained in another, somewhat larger, slightly more expensive Dover collection. Book, otherwise, appeared to include a good variety of authors/stories.

Aww dang I miss Reading Rainbow’s little tv productions when I was a little chap, so many wholesome memories with Mr. Fixit and the bookworm that would come out of the apple as if it weren’t a parasite but your buddy.

Great American Short Stories is the kind of book I have form a sentimental bond with; a Dover Thrift Book, it reminds me of the days of old, when Dover Books, in their flimsy paper or plastic covers, were located near the register of a bookstore, like an impulse buy of candy or gum at a Supermarket.This volume contains great American classics: "The Tell-Tale Heart," Melville's "Bartleby," Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp," "To Build a Fire," by Jack London, "The Real Thing" by Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," plus stories by Mark Twain, Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles Chesnutt, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Willa Cather, Ambrose Bierce, Theodore Dreiser, Ernest Hemingway.There are some stories here that readers will be very familiar yet. Still more that they once were from high school English class, and now can revisit in this volume.Regardless, not a bad value for three dollars (in an age when a latte costs far more).

Had not read books by some of the authors. A good way to check out their writing style.

Fonts are too small! And word spacing is too tighw!

J'ai bien reçu le livre Great American short stories. je vous remercie.

Da compra. Do atendimento da Amazon

Infelizmente eu não posso avaliar todas porque a maioria não foi para mim!!