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AmericanShort Stories
Eighth Edition
Bert HitchcockAUBURN UNIVERSITY
Virginia M. Kouidis, AUBURN UNIVERSITY
CONTENTS
Preface Vll
Section One *The First Century, 1820-1910Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 25
Nathaniel HawthorneThe Birth-mark 46
Edgar Allan PoeThe Black Cat 59
Thomas Bangs ThorpeA Piano in "Arkansaw" 67
Herman MelvilleBartleby, the Scrivener 73
Bret Harte
Tennessee's Partner 100
Ambrose BierceThe Coup de Grace 108
Henry JamesThe Real Thing 114
Sarah Orne JewettA White Heron 133
Kate ChopinThe Storm 142
Mary E. Wilkins FreemanThe Revolt of "Mother" 148
Charles W. ChesnuttThe Passing of Grandison 161
Hamlin GarlandUnder the Lion's Paw 174
iv CONTENTS
Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Yellow Wall-Paper 186
William Sydney Porter (O. Henry)The Ransom of Red Chief 200
Stephen CraneThe Blue Hotel 209
Suggestions for Discussion ̂ and Writing 230
Section TwoThe Earlier Twentieth Century, 1910-1950 233Edith Wharton
The Other Two 249
Willa CatherPaul's Case 265
Sherwood AndersonThe Egg 280
William Carlos WilliamsThe Use of Force 289
Katherine Anne PorterThe Grave 294
Zora Neale HurstonThe Gilded Six-Bits 300
F. Scott FitzgeraldBabylon Revisited 310
William FaulknerBarn Burning 327
Ernest HemingwayA Clean, Well-Lighted Place 342
Langston HughesThank You, Ma'm 347
John SteinbeckThe Chrysanthemums 351
Richard WrightBig Boy Leaves Home 361
Eudora WeltyPetrified Man "394
John CheeverThe Swimmer 406
Barnard Malam udThe Magic Barrel 415
Suggestions for Discussioq. and Writing 428
Section ThreeThe Later Twentieth Century, 1950-1990 43 iGrace Paley
Samuel 445
James BaldwinSonny's Blues 448
Flannery O'ConnorRevelation 472
Ursula K. LeGuinThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 489
Donald BarthelmeThe School 495
John UpdikeA & P 499
Raymond Carver
Boxes 505
Joyce Carol OatesWhere Are You Going, Where Have You Been? 516
Toni Cade BambaraA Girl's Story 530
Bobbie Ann MasonShiloh 539
Alice WalkerNineteen Fifty-five 551
Tobias WolffHunters in the Snow 564
vi CONTENTS
Tim O'BrienThe Things They Carried 578
Charles BaxterGryphon 592
Ann BeattieJanus 605
Jayne Anne PhillipsCheers 611
Suggestions for Discussion and Writing 612
Section FourInto a New Millennium, 1990- 615Deborah Eisenberg
Twilight of the Superheroes 626
William GibsonThe Gernsback Continuum 650
Ralph LombregliaInn Essence 659
Walter MosleyPet Fly 677
Louise ErdrichFleur 689
Helena Maria ViramontesThe Cariboo Cafe 700
Gish Jen'Birthmates 711
Michael ParkerHidden Meanings 724
Sherman AlexieThis Is What It Means^to Say Phoenix, Arizona 731
Jhumpa Lahiri
This Blessed House 742
Suggestions for Discussion and Writing 755
Credits 757 ^
Index 759