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Stephen Vincent Benét

Born

in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, The United States

July 22, 1898

Died

March 13, 1943

Genre

Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction

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Stephen Vincent Benét was born July 22, 1898, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, into a military family. His father had a wide appreciation for literature, and Benét's siblings, William Rose and Laura, also became writers. Benét attended Yale University where he published two collections of poetry, Five Men and Pompey (1915), The Drug-Shop (1917). His studies were interrupted by a year of civilian military service; he worked as a cipher-clerk in the same department as James Thurber. He graduated from Yale in 1919, submitting his third volume of poems in place of a thesis. He published his first novel The Beginning of Wisdom in 1921. Benét then moved to France to continue his studies at the Sorbonne and returned to the United States in 1923 with hi ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 5,916 ratings · 821 reviews · 262 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Devil and Daniel Webster 3.87 avg rating — 911 ratings — published 1937 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By the Waters of Babylon 3.86 avg rating — 892 ratings — published 1937 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Brown's Body 4.17 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1928 — 146 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil and Daniel Webster and Other Writings by Stephen Vincent Benét, Townsend Ludington (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 1937 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sobbin' Women 3.78 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Curfew Tolls 3.61 avg rating — 54 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By the Waters of Babylon, and Other Fantasies and Prophecies 4.08 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer 4.30 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1938 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blood of the Martyrs 3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Works 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1942 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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February Short Story/Novella Poll

The 39 Steps by John Buchan, 100+- pages, 1915

42 votes, 20.3%

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, 120 pages, 1981

40 votes, 19.3%

The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét, 48 pages, 1937

29 votes, 14.0%

The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 48 pages, 1920

23 votes, 11.1%

What I Believe by Bertrand Russell, 48 pages, 1925

20 votes, 9.7%

The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges, ? pages, 1947

20 votes, 9.7%

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron, 84 pages, 1990

17 votes, 8.2%

The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham. 6+- pages, 1928

16 votes, 7.7%

207 total votes

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