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Books & documents
- Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition (1989) — Charles H. Bohner, Alice Adams, Margaret Atwood, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin, Mark Twain, Roald Dahl, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gabriel García Márquez, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, Jack London, Herman Melville, Alice Munro, Vladimir Nabokov, Edgar Allan Poe, Philip Roth, John Steinbeck, Alice Walker, Edith Wharton, Richard Wright, Shirley Jackson, Arthur Conan Doyle Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition (2015) — Ann Charters, Chinua Achebe, Margaret Atwood, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Ray Bradbury, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gabriel García Márquez, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Shirley Jackson, James Joyce, Jack London, Herman Melville, Alice Munro, 村上春樹, Vladimir Nabokov, Edgar Allan Poe, Annie Proulx, Philip Roth, John Steinbeck, Alice Walker, Edith Wharton, Richard Wright, Albert Camus Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition (1991) — Ann Charters, Chinua Achebe, Margaret Atwood, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin, Shirley Jackson, James Joyce, Herman Melville, Alice Munro, Edgar Allan Poe, John Steinbeck, Alice Walker, Edith Wharton, Richard Wright, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Gabriel García Márquez, Gustave Flaubert, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Literature--Structure, Sound, and Sense--Third Edition (1978) — Laurence Perrine, Albert Camus, Антон Павлович Чехов, Richard Connell Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Little apples and other early stories (2016) — Антон Павлович Чехов Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Literature - Structure, sound, and sense - Fourth Edition (1983) — Laurence Perrine, Thomas R. Arp, Richard Connell, Alice Munro, Philip Roth, Shirley Jackson, William Faulkner, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Alice Walker, James Joyce, Margaret Atwood, Антон Павлович Чехов, William Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary--Fourth Edition (1999) — Charles H. Bohner, Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin, Антон Павлович Чехов, Jorge Luis Borges, Chinua Achebe, Margaret Atwood Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Fourth Edition (1995) — Ann Charters, Chinua Achebe, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Shirley Jackson, James Joyce, Herman Melville, Alice Munro, Edgar Allan Poe, John Steinbeck, Alice Walker, Richard Wright, Gabriel García Márquez Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Story and Its Writer--Eighth Edition (2011) — Ann Charters, Chinua Achebe, Margaret Atwood, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Ray Bradbury, Albert Camus, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction -- Shorter Seventh Edition (2006) — Richard Bausch, R. V. Cassill, Sherwood Anderson, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gabriel García Márquez, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, Herman Melville, Alice Munro, Vladimir Nabokov, Edgar Allan Poe, Philip Roth, John Steinbeck, Alice Walker, Richard Wright, Margaret Atwood Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Norton Introduction to Fiction--Fourth Edition (1991) — Jerome Beaty, Spencer Holst, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, William Faulkner, Антон Павлович Чехов, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, Alice Munro, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Connell, Kate Chopin, Margaret Atwood, William Trevor Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Treasury of Animal Stories (1946) — E. Louise Malley, E. Louise Mally, Edith Wharton, John Steinbeck, Edgar Allan Poe, Фёдор Достоевский, Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, Jack London, Антон Павлович Чехов, Herman Melville Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction (1978) — R. V. Cassill, Ernest Hemingway, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Ray Bradbury, Антон Павлович Чехов, Mark Twain, Fiódor Dostoievski, Arthur Conan Doyle, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Shirley Jackson, James Joyce, Herman Melville, Vladimir Nabokov, Edgar Allan Poe, Philip Roth, John Steinbeck, Richard Wright, Gustave Flaubert Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Norton Introduction to Fiction--Second Edition (1981) — Jerome Beaty, Richard Connell, Ambrose Bierce, Антон Павлович Чехов, Jorge Luis Borges, Kate Chopin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Fictions--Second Edition (1988) — Joseph F. Trimmer, C. Wade Jennings, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Антон Павлович Чехов, Arthur Conan Doyle, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gabriel García Márquez, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Shirley Jackson, James Joyce, Jack London, Herman Melville, Alice Munro, Edgar Allan Poe, Philip Roth, John Steinbeck, Mark Twain, Alice Walker, Edith Wharton, Richard Wright Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- 40 short stories (2004) — Beverly Lawn Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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