This is a collection of short stories for high school students, including chapters on the history and structure of the short story plus biographical and bibliographical information.
This book includes: The Father by Björnstjerne Björnson The Griffin and the Minor Canon by Frank R. Stockton The Piece of String by Guy de Maupassant The Man Who Was by Rudyard Kipling The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne Ethan Brand by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Sire de Maletroit's' Door by Robert Louis Stevenson Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson
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