Introduction to the Short Story (var. 1) ed. Crosby E. Redman (McCormick-Mathers Publishing Co., 1977, 0-800-91851-7, 281pp, tp, an)
Each story is followed by sections called Questions and Comments, Word Study, and Composition. This is revised from the 1965 edition.
- 1 · Introduction · Crosby E. Redman · in (r)
- 3 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 18 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924
- 45 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959
- 58 · The Milk Pitcher · Howard Brubaker · ss The Country Gentleman June 1929
- 77 · The Bet · Anton Chekhov · ss Best Russian Short Stories ed. Thomas Seltzer, Boni & Liveright, 1917
- 87 · The Ambitious Guest · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine June 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 99 · The Cop and the Anthem · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 4 1904
- 108 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882
- 118 · The Piece of String · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The String”
translated from the French (“La ficelle”, Le Gaulois, November 25, 1883).
- 128 · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 14 1942
- 141 · Thank You, M’am · Langston Hughes · ss The Langston Hughes Reader by Langston Hughes, G. Braziller, 1958
- 147 · The Father · Björnstjerne Björnson · ss The Union Jack August 24 1882
translated from the Norwegian.
- 152 · The Belated Russian Passport · Mark Twain · nv Harper’s Weekly December 6 1902
- 174 · A Piece of Steak · Jack London · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 20 1909
- 198 · Charles · Shirley Jackson · ss Mademoiselle July 1948
- 205 · Masculine Protest · Frank O’Connor · ss The New Yorker June 28 1952
- 218 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846
- 228 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892
- 259 · The Seventh Pullet · Saki · ss The Morning Post October 31 1911, as by H. H. Munro
- 268 · The Kilimanjaro Device · Ray Bradbury · ss Life January 22 1965, as “The Kilimanjaro Machine”
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