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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

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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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	The Most Dangerous Game 3.95 avg rating — 60,085 ratings — published 1924 — 802 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 Most Dangerous Game And Other Stories of Adventure by Richard Connell (Contributor), Jack London (Contributor), James Thurber (Contributor) 3.95 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2011 — 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 Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, and Other Humorous Tales 3.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1977 — 32 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
	Asesinato en altamar by Richard Connell, Natalia Zarco (translator) 3.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — 5 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
	A Friend of Napoleon 4.12 avg rating — 17 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
	Delitto in mare 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1929 — 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
	A Reputation 3.83 avg rating — 12 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
	Apes and Angels (Short Story Index Reprint Series) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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
	What Ho! 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1937 — 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
	Репутация by Richard Connell, Ричард Конъл, Явор Цанев (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	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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“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

tags: boredom, perfection

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“The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.”
― Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

tags: hunters, world

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November 2017 Short Story Poll

The Raven and other poems by Edgar Allan Poe, 73 pages, 1800's

70 votes, 24.7%

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor, 24 pages, 1952

69 votes, 24.4%

An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott, 32 pages, 1862

35 votes, 12.4%

The Nose by Nikolai Gogol, 31 pages, 1836

30 votes, 10.6%

Summer by Edith Wharton, 127 pages, 1917

23 votes, 8.1%

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, 48 pages, 1944

17 votes, 6.0%

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, 96 pages, 1977

16 votes, 5.7%

For Esme - With Love And Squalor Title Story by J.D. Salinger, ? pages, 1953

10 votes, 3.5%

Sofia Petrovna by Lydia Chukovskaya, 120 pages, 1965

9 votes, 3.2%

Futility or the Wreck of the Titan by Morgan Robertson, 96 pages, 1898

4 votes, 1.4%

283 total votes

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