21 great stories
Edition: First Printing (10)
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 1969-02
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 352
Copyright date: 1969
Description: The masterpieces of some of the finest writers ever.to make words come alive on paper, the stories in this volume have been selected to represent the full spectrum of the storyteller's art. Here are works of chilling mystery, far-out fantasy, superb highly charged symbolism and enthralling human drama. Given sharpened focus through insightful editorial commentary, each of these tales stands distinctive in style and vision— and all are totally memorable reading experiences.
Table of contents: title: War, by L. Pirandello.; title: Eve in Darkness, by K. Hurlbut.; title: There Will Come Soft Rains, by R. Bradbury.; title: Tobermory, by Saki.; title: The Two Bottles of Relish, by Lord Dunsany.; title: Footfalls, by W. D. Steele.; title: Hook, by W. V. T. Clark.; title: Wine on the Desert, by M. Brand.; title: The Lady or the Tiger, by F. Stockton.; title: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by A. Bierce.; title: The Cask of Amontillado, by E. A. Poe.; title: The Tell-Tale heart, by E. A. Poe.; title: So Much Unfairness of Things, by C. D. B. Bryan.; title: The Necklace, by G. de Maupassant.; title: The Adventure of the Speckled Band, by A. C. Doyle.; title: To Build a Fire, by J. London.; title: Leiningen Versus the Ants, by C. Stephenson.; title: Eveline, by J. Joyce.; title: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, by J. Thurber.; title: What Stumped the Bluejays, by M. Twain.; title: The Pearl, by J. Steinbeck.