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- Herausgeber: Oldiees Publishing
- Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018
Timeless collection of the greatest American short stories. Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many people with hectic and busy schedules. Committing oneself to a novel often involves a major investment of time and daily distractions, and tasks interfere with the ability to complete a novel in a timely fashion. Short stories are designed to be read in one sitting. As such, short stories can be easily read on the morning commute, on a lunch break or in the evening. Reading short stories helps to establish a reading schedule or routine. Short stories provide ample opportunities to increase your knowledge about different cultures and different lifestyles. 1. THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO by Edgar Allan Poe 2. THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY by Mark Twain 3. THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER by Washington Irving 4. THE DIAMOND LENS by Fitz-James O'Brien 5. THE EXACT SCIENCE OF MATRIMONY by O. Henry 6. THE GIFT OF THE MAGI by O. Henry 7. THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS by Jack London 8. THE LADY OR THE TIGER by Frank R. Stockton 9. THE LAST LEAF by O. Henry 10. THE LAW OF LIFE by Jack London 11. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by Washington Irving 12. THE LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE by Edith Wharton 13. THE OPEN BOAT by Stephen Crane 14. THE PURLOINED LETTER by Edgar Allan Poe 15. THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF by O. Henry 16. THE RETURN OF A PRIVATE by Hamlin Garland 17. THE STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS by Jack London 18. THE TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allan Poe 19. THE WHIRLIGIG OF LIFE by O. Henry 20. TO BUILD A FIRE by Jack London
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The Best American Short Stories 2
Timeless Collection of American Short Stories
Preface
Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many people with hectic and busy schedules. Committing oneself to a novel often involves a major investment of time and daily distractions, and tasks interfere with the ability to complete a novel in a timely fashion. Short stories are designed to be read in one sitting. As such, short stories can be easily read on the morning commute, on a lunch break or in the evening. Reading short stories helps to establish a reading schedule or routine. Short stories provide ample opportunities to increase your knowledge about different cultures and different lifestyles.
AMERICAN SHORT STORY
The rise of the short story goes back to early 19th century American literature. The term "short story" was not used before 1885 when Brander Matthews used it in his Philosophy of the Short Story. Since then, Matthews' definition of the short story has been retrospectively applied to all short prose tales in American fiction since the early 19th century.
First examples bearing the typical features of the genre were called "tales". Mostly they were "stories of incident" focusing on the course and outcome of events. Most tales were written with the aim of being published in periodicals and were later often collected in book form.
The leading proponents in the development of the American short story were Washington Irving (1783-1859), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64), and Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49). Brander Matthews’s definition of the short story is based on Poe´s (who is often said to be the originator) literary theory on the short prose tale. In the second half of the 19th century, stories of realism was brought forth by Mark Twain (1835-1910), Jack London (1876-1916), Stephen Crane (1871-1900) and Amborse Bierce (1842-1914).
Learn English as you read and listen to the short stories by famous American authors. Adaptations are written at the intermediate and upper-beginner level and are read one-third slower than regular English.
1. THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO by Edgar Allan Poe
PLAY AUDIO ▶
Narrated by Larry West
Fortunato and I both were members of very old and important Italian families. We used to play together when we were children.
Fortunato was bigger, richer and more handsome than I was. And he enjoyed making me look like a fool. He hurt my feelings a thousand times during the years of my childhood. I never showed my anger, however. So, he thought we were good friends. But I promised myself that one day I would punish Fortunato for his insults to me.
Many years passed. Fortunato married a rich and beautiful woman who gave him sons. Deep in my heart I hated him, but I never said or did anything that showed him how I really felt. When I smiled at him, he thought it was because we were friends.
He did not know it was the thought of his death that made me smile.
Everyone in our town respected Fortunato. Some men were afraid of him because he was so rich and powerful. He had a weak spot, however. He thought he was an excellent judge of wine. I also was an expert on wine. I spent a lot of money buying rare and costly wines. I stored the wines in the dark rooms under my family's palace.
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