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Richard Connell


Born
in Poughkeepsie, New York, The United States
October 17, 1893

Died
November 22, 1949

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction


Richard Edward Connell, Jr. was an American author and journalist, best known for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Connell was one of the best-known American short story writers of his time and his stories appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's Weekly. Connell had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 for best original story for the film Meet John Doe. ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 63,938 ratings · 3,334 reviews · 123 distinct works • Similar authors
The Most Dangerous Game
3.95 avg rating — 60,536 ratings — published 1924 — 568 editions
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The Most Dangerous Game And...
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Middleman for Murder: And O...
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Asesinato en altamar
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The Sin of Monsieur Pettipo...
3.42 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1977 — 32 editions
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A Friend of Napoleon
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A Reputation
3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions
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Delitto in mare
3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1929 — 3 editions
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Apes and Angels (Short Stor...
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What Ho!
4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1937 — 2 editions
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“There is no greater bore than perfection.”
― Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
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“Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have.”
― Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
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“The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.”
― Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
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Polls

September 2021 Short Story/Novella Poll

The Misanthrope by Molière, 64 pages, 1666
 
  58 votes, 26.6%

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, under 48 pages, 1924
 
  32 votes, 14.7%

Wakefield by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 28 pages, 1835
 
  31 votes, 14.2%

Bliss by Katherine Mansfield, 12+- pages, 1918
 
  28 votes, 12.8%

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, 128 pages, 1955
 
  28 votes, 12.8%

 
  25 votes, 11.5%

 
  16 votes, 7.3%

218 total votes
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