The Penguin Book of American Short Stories

This collection offers twenty-one short stories from the literature of America, a nation which has always been particularly at home in this form, and which has produced many of its masters. Some of the stories included—those by Poe, James, and Hemingway for example—are already widely known. Some of the others will be less familiar to the English reader. The collection as a whole should serve as an introduction to the rich diversity of pleasures that the American short story at its best can offer.

Published 1973

Condition: Well Read