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Page 1: American Short Stories - gbv.de · American Short Stories Eighth Edition Bert Hitchcock ... Ralph Lombreglia Inn Essence 659 Walter Mosley Pet Fly 677 Louise Erdrich Fleur 689 Helena

AmericanShort Stories

Eighth Edition

Bert HitchcockAUBURN UNIVERSITY

Virginia M. Kouidis, AUBURN UNIVERSITY

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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

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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

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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

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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