Yellow Woman
By: Leslie Marmon Silko
3.69
Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition
In the past twenty-five years many Native American writers have retold the traditional stories of …
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1. A Rose for Emily
By: William Faulkner
3.83
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Emily is a member of a family in the antebellum Southern aristocracy; after the Civil War, the fami… read more
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"So the next day we all said, “She will kill herself"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"She died in one of the downstairs rooms, in a heavy walnut bed with a curtain, her gray head propped on a pillow yellow and moldy with age and lack of sunlight."-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"When the Negro opened the blinds of one window, they could see that the leather was cracked; and when they sat down, a faint dust rose sluggishly about their thighs, spinning with slow motes in the s…"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that whic…"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
2. The Yellow Wall-Paper
By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges
4.08
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendenc… read more
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"Its time we woke up,"-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper
"This was not life, this was a nightmare."-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper
"John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage."-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper
"It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so."-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper
3. Wide Sargasso Sea
By: Jean Rhys
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Wide Sargasso Sea, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys’s return to the literary center s… read more
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- literature
- fiction
- classics
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"When trouble comes, close ranks"-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
"I thought I'd try to write her a life"-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
"Have all beautiful things sad destinies?"-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
"I thought if I told no one it might not be true."-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
4. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.37
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happin… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
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"Would you walk away from Omelas?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"Of course I didn’t read James and sit down and say, Now I’ll write a story about that “lost soul."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
5. The Story of an Hour
By: Kate Chopin
4.07
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
In these four stories, Kate Chopin subtly captures the intricate interior lives of a generation of … read more
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- classics
- school
- literature
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"Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
"there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature…And yet she had loved him- so…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
6. Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
By: Sandra Cisneros
4.06
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A collection of stories by Sandra Cisneros, the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievemen… read more
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- literature
- poetry
- short stories
- fiction
7. Rip Van Winkle
By: Washington Irving
3.81
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
What would you do if you met the Strange Men in the mountains? Would you dare to pass the haunted t… read more
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8. Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
By: Mary Rowlandson
3.84
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In February 1676, during King Philip's War, the frontier village of Lancaster, Massachusetts, was a… read more
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9. The Lottery
By: Shirley Jackson
4.05
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more
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"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
10. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.69
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
The sixties and seventies witnessed the emergence of Joyce Carol Oates as one of America's foremost… read more
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- literature
- short stories
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- school
11. Everyday Use
By: Alice Walker , Barbara T. Christian
3.74
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Alice Walker's early story, "Everyday Use," has remained a cornerstone of her work. Her use of quil… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- classics
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12. The Woman Warrior
By: Maxine Hong Kingston
3.52
Format: 257 pages,
A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California ch… read more
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13. The Canterbury Tales
By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Nevill Coghill
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval… read more
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14. I Stand Here Ironing
By: Tillie Olsen
3.75
Format: 40 pages,
Published in Tillie Olsen's short story collection "Tell Me a Riddle" in 1961. read more
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15. Girl
By: Jamaica Kincaid
3.97
Format: 480 pages,
Girlwas originally published in the June 26, 1978 issue of The New Yorkerand subsequently included … read more
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16. A Good Man Is Hard To Find
By: Flannery O'Connor , Frederick Asals
3.96
Format: 433 pages, Paperback
A Good Man Is Hard to Findis Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor her… read more
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17. Two Kinds
By: Amy Tan
3.20
Format: None pages,
"Two kinds" is a short story from the book The Joy Luck Clubby Amy Tan. It was first published in 1… read more
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18. The Cask of Amontillado
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.08
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more
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- school
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"For the love of God, Montresor!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
19. Recitatif
By: Toni Morrison
4.31
Format: 19 pages, Audiobook
A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison—the only one she ever wrote—about race and the … read more
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- classics
- adult
- short stories
"Difficult to “move on"-Toni Morrison, Recitatif
20. Woman Hollering Creek
By: Sandra Cisneros
4.02
Format: 9 pages, None
"...already did he divine the morning his daughter would raise her hand over her eyes, look south, … read more
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21. Yellow Woman
By: Leslie Marmon Silko
3.69
Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition
In the past twenty-five years many Native American writers have retold the traditional stories of … read more
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