The American Short Story: A Collection of the Best Known and Most Memorable Short Stories by the Great American AuthorsThomas K. Parkes Galahad Books, 1994 - 1003 pages An entertaining collection features short stories from the past two hundred years, and includes the world of Washington Irving, Truman Capote, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, William Faulkner, and more. |
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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 18041864 | 37 |
EDGAR ALLEN POE 18091849 | 61 |
The Murders in the Rue Morgue | 76 |
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