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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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Average rating: 3.95 · 66,021 ratings · 3,555 reviews · 116 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Most Dangerous Game 3.95 avg rating — 62,472 ratings — published 1924 — 276 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) 3.91 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2011 — 12 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
	Middleman for Murder: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine by Richard Connell, Eric Conger (Narrator), Johnny Heller (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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 — 34 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 4.20 avg rating — 20 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
	The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, and Other Humorous Tales 3.42 avg rating — 24 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
	A Reputation really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 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 3.75 avg rating — 16 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
	Top Notch Tales: A Selection of the World's Greatest Short Stories by Richard Connell, Mark Twain, Arthur Doyle it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 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
	The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure: Richard Connell, Jack London, O. Henry, Clark Ashton Smith, John Kruse & Rudyard Kipling by Richard Connell, Jack London, O. Henry 3.43 avg rating — 14 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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April 2018 Short Story Poll

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 82 pages, 1848

53 votes, 15.0%

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor, 24 pages, 1955

44 votes, 12.5%

The Grey Woman by Elizabeth Gaskell, 52 pages, 1861

36 votes, 10.2%

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, 109 pages, 1953

35 votes, 9.9%

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, 126 pages, 1966

33 votes, 9.3%

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 104 pages, 1941

31 votes, 8.8%

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 112 pages, 1918

29 votes, 8.2%

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, 48 pages, 1729

25 votes, 7.1%

Fences by August Wilson, 101 pages, 1986

19 votes, 5.4%

A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert, 72 pages, 1877

16 votes, 4.5%

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, 48 pages, 1924

15 votes, 4.2%

The Dialogue of the Dogs by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 112 pages, 1613

12 votes, 3.4%

Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth, 87 pages, 1800

5 votes, 1.4%

353 total votes

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