Descrizione:
Timeless collection of the greatest American short stories.
Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many people with hectic and busy schedules. Committing oneself to a novel often involves a major investment of time and daily distractions, and tasks interfere with the ability to complete a novel in a timely fashion. Short stories are designed to be read in one sitting. As such, short stories can be easily read on the morning commute, on a lunch break or in the evening. Reading short stories helps to establish a reading schedule or routine. Short stories provide ample opportunities to increase your knowledge about different cultures and different lifestyles.
1. THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO by Edgar Allan Poe
2. THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY by Mark Twain
3. THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER by Washington Irving
4. THE DIAMOND LENS by Fitz-James O'Brien
5. THE EXACT SCIENCE OF MATRIMONY by O. Henry
6. THE GIFT OF THE MAGI by O. Henry
7. THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS by Jack London
8. THE LADY OR THE TIGER by Frank R. Stockton
9. THE LAST LEAF by O. Henry
10. THE LAW OF LIFE by Jack London
11. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by Washington Irving
12. THE LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE by Edith Wharton
13. THE OPEN BOAT by Stephen Crane
14. THE PURLOINED LETTER by Edgar Allan Poe
15. THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF by O. Henry
16. THE RETURN OF A PRIVATE by Hamlin Garland
17. THE STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS by Jack London
18. THE TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allan Poe
19. THE WHIRLIGIG OF LIFE by O. Henry
20. TO BUILD A FIRE by Jack London |
