Selected English Short Stories
Subtitle: XIX Century (First series)
By: with an introduction by Hugh Walker.
Contributors: Walker, Hugh, 1855-1939.
Series: The world's classics -- 193
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1930-09
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 486
Subjects: Short stories, English.; Short stories, American.
Table of contents: title: Scott, Sir Walter. The two drovers. Wandering Willie's tale.; title: Lamb, Charles. The witch aunt.; title: Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.; title: Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The snow image. The threefold destiny. Dr. Heidegger's experiment. Howe's masquerade.; title: Disraeli, Benjamin. Ixion in heaven.; title: Poe, E. A. The fall of the House of Usher. The pit and the pendulum. Eleonora.; title: Gaskell, Elizabeth C. The squire's story.; title: Brown, Dr. John. Rab and his friends.; title: Dickens, Charles. The seven poor travellers.; title: Trollope, Anthony. Malachi's cove.; title: Meredith, George. The punishment of Shahpesh, the Persian, on Khipil, the builder.; title: White, W. H. Mr. Whittaker's retirement.; title: Morris, William. The story of the unknown church.; title: Garnett, Richard. The dumb oracle.; title: Harte, F. B. Miggles. Tennessee's partner. The Iliad of Sandy Bar. Mliss.; title: Stevenson, R. L. Markheim. Thrawn Janet. Providence and the guitar.; title: Gissing, George. Christopherson.; title: Mary Coleridge, Mary. The king is dead, long live the king.; title: Crackauthorpe, Hubert. Saint-Pé.