Fifty Great Short Stories (Bantam Classics)
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50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world’s finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O’Connor. The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common—the enduring quality of the writing, which places them among the masterpieces of the world’s fiction. Review: Buy it - Great book, it has all the classic short stories. Great to read while on the road van camping. Review: Good deal - It’s a solid overall collection. Some of the stories weren’t my thing, but for the price and quantity it’s a good deal.
| Best Sellers Rank | #22,325 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #167 in Short Stories Anthologies #492 in Short Stories (Books) #2,148 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 740 Reviews |
C**E
Buy it
Great book, it has all the classic short stories. Great to read while on the road van camping.
M**E
Good deal
It’s a solid overall collection. Some of the stories weren’t my thing, but for the price and quantity it’s a good deal.
A**.
Brief and Diverse and some rare enjoyable short stories
A nice array of little-known short stories, many written by well known authors… all in one ample volume. Great “tween time” reading ! AJG, MD
A**R
Hard to hold onto.
It's a little smaller than I thought. Would have prefered a bigger book, that is easier to hold. I have arthritis. Therefore the print is also quite small. I would not buy it again. Not due to the content, but do to the size.
G**E
Short stories 50 in one book convenient
Great stories all in one book
A**R
Great Choice
When all you do is work like I do someone has little idea how much this type of book is appreciated. It gives normalcy of conversation and joyful rememorances each time I read the few pages I squeeze into my nights. Sometimes I double read a page to make the memories of the occurrences stick. When I go to sleep the treacherous days activities that I had experienced are now gone. Thank you for being a writer, you make happy readers.
G**.
Small print
The print is too small for a comfortable read, even with my reader glasses.
R**Z
Mix of gems and duds in a great price and form factor
Like most collections only the editor himself will like all of these stories, and everyone else will find some of them tedious though mercifully short. The collection is from 1952, and time has not been kind to some of the stories. However many of the authors are well known and even the pickiest of readers will find some gems that make this volume worthwhile. My favorites were Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums", Wilbur Daniel Steele's "How Beautiful with Shoes", and Faulkner's "That Evening Sun". The price is great and the size is perfect for your night table or for bringing on the beach.
D**R
As described.
I bought this for my wife, she loves all the short stories.
K**R
Kitap
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E**M
Fifty Great short stories
En bra bok tog lite lång tid innan man fick den.
I**A
Wonderful!
Maravilhoso, escolha de autores e contos muito legal. Eu costumo ler e ir marcando as palavras que desconheço. Normalmente leio 2 ou 3 páginas, e só então procuro no Google.
J**S
50 great short stories
Great book
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