The Wife of His Youth
By: Charles W. Chesnutt
4.51
Format: 192 pages,
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1. Daisy Miller
By: Henry James
3.37
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
It was in Rome during the autumn of 1877; a friend then living there but settled now in a South les… read more
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"I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do."-Henry James, Daisy Miller
"In such hours as this what have we to do with pain? That is not the deepest thing; there is something deeper."-Henry James, Daisy Miller
"The news that Daisy Miller was surrounded by half a dozen wonderful mustaches checked Winterbourne's impulse to go straightway to see her."-Henry James, Daisy Miller
"The historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered, was no better than a villainous miasma"-Henry James, Daisy Miller
2. The Minister's Black Veil
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
3.73
Format: 37 pages, Paperback
The sexton stood in the porch of Milford meeting-house, pulling busily at the bell-rope. The old pe… read more
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"The grass of many years has sprung up and withered on that grave, the burial-stone is mossgrown, and good Mr. Hooper’s face is dust; but awful is still the thought that it mouldered beneath the black…"-Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minister's Black Veil
"Mr. Hooper spent a long life, irreproachable in outward act, yet shrouded in dismal suspicions; kind and loving, though unloved, and dimly feared; a man apart from men, shunned in their health and jo…"-Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minister's Black Veil
3. Sonny's Blues
By: James Baldwin
4.30
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Part of the Penguin 60s series, issued to celebrate 60 years of Penguin books. This collects "Sonny… read more
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"It's the only light we've got in all this darkness"-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
"All that hatred down there," he said, "all that hatred and misery and love. It's a wonder it doesn't blow the avenue apart."-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
"You don't know how much I needed to hear from you. I wanted to write you many a time but I dug how much I must have hurt you and so I didn't write. But now I feel like a man who's been trying to clim…"-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
"I had never before thought of how awful the relationship must be between the musician and his instrument. He has to fill it, this instrument, with the breath of life, his own. He has to make it do wh…"-James Baldwin, Sonny's Blues
4. The Storm
By: Kate Chopin
3.61
Format: 4 pages,
"The Storm" is a short story by the American writer Kate Chopin, written in 1898. It did not appear… read more
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5. Blue Hotel
By: Stephen Crane
3.56
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
Nous sommes au bord de la voie ferrée, dans un hôtel du Nebraska, en 1898. C'est dans cet hôtel que… read more
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"Every sin is the result of a colaboration"-Stephen Crane, Blue Hotel
"This poor gambler isn’t even a noun. He is kind of an adverb."-Stephen Crane, Blue Hotel
6. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
By: Stephen Crane
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1892 Stephen Crane (1871-1900) published Maggie, Girl of the Streetsat his own expense. Consider… read more
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7. 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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"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
8. A White Heron
By: Sarah Orne Jewett , Douglas Alvord
3.26
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
What is an individual's responsibility to nature? Does our desire to understand the world give us t… read more
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9. 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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10. Editha
By: William Dean Howells
4.08
Format: 88 pages, Library Binding
Editha is a patriotic young lady who convinces her lover, George, to join the army to fight in the … read more
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11. Mrs. Spring Fragrance
By: Sui Sin Far , Catherine E. Falvey
4.15
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.co… read more
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12. Bloodchild
By: Octavia E. Butler
5.00
Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition
Contains the short story Bloodchild only. Years ago a group known as the Terrans left Earth in sear… read more
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13. The Wife of His Youth
By: Charles W. Chesnutt
4.51
Format: 192 pages,
A famous short story read more
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14. Babylon Revisited
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.33
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
F. Scott Fitzgerald's stories defined the 1920s 'Jazz Age' generation, with their glittering dreams… read more
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15. Desiree's Baby
By: Kate Chopin , None
3.56
Format: 256 pages, Audiobook
Kate Chopin was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly with a Louisiana Creole back… read more
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16. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
By: Ambrose Bierce
3.50
Format: 262 pages, ebook
The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands bound behind his back. A noose is tied around his n… read more
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17. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
By: Mark Twain
4.75
Format: 140 pages, Hardcover
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a wild yarn involving a case of mistaken identi… read more
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18. Young Goodman Brown
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
Hawthorne's classic tale of a young Puritan's meeting with the Devil. read more
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19. Good Country People
By: Flannery O'Connor
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Originally published in Harper's Bazaar, June 1955. This story is now available in the anthologies … read more
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"True genius can get an idea across even to an inferior mind."-Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People
20. Talma Gordon
By: Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
3.66
Format: 15 pages, Kindle Edition
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930) was a prominent African-American writer and journalist at the… read more
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21. Hills Like White Elephants
By: Ernest Hemingway
3.85
Format: 6 pages, Kindle Edition
A conversation in a Spanish cafe between a man and a woman that is not as simple as it seems. Hi… read more
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