Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Fiction (12th Edition)
 BACK COVER COPY FOR EXAM COPYPickering/ Fiction 100James H. Pickering, a professor of literature for over four decades, and currently the Martha Gano Houstoun Professor of Literary Criticism at the University of Houston, has compiled an eclectic and impressive collection of stories for his twelfth edition of Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Fiction.  The collection features master storytellers who illustrate the craft of short fiction through a wide scope of subject matter, theme, literary technique, and style.  Classic and contemporary literature highlight the progression of short fiction from its historical origins to the future of the genre.  Authors new to this collection include: Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Atwood, E. L. Doctorow, Mary Hallock Foote, Nadine Gordimer, Tessa Hadley, W. W. Jacobs, Gish Jen, Thomas McGuane, Tim Parks, George Saunders, R. T. Smith, Robert Louis Stevenson, Donna Tartt, and Paul Theroux.Pearson Education is delighted to offer select Penguin titles at a substantial discount to your students when you request a special package of one or more Penguin titles with any Pearson Education text.  For a list of the discounted Penguin titles, go to www.pearsonhighered.com/penguin or contact your Pearson Education Softside sales representative for special ordering instructions.  If you don’t know yourPearson Education sales representative, go to www.pearsonhighered.com/replocater. Visit us at www.pearsonhighered.com/EnglishTo order a copy of Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Fiction packaged at no additional cost with A Reader’s Guide to Accompany Fiction 100 please use package ISBN 0205676995