Comparative short stories present and past - Halpern, Nathan; Lougee, David (New York Noble and Noble Publishers Inc., 1968)
Adventure and suspense -- The most dangerous game / Richard Connell -- Love of life / Jack London -- Flight / John Steinbeck -- The pit and the pendulum / Edgar Allan Poe -- Contents of the dead man's pocket / Jack Finney -- People and their shadows -- The grind exceeding small / Ben Ames Williams -- mateo Falcone / Prosper Merimee -- Quality / john Galsworthy -- The Sculptor's funeral / Willa Cather -- Tennesse's partner / Bret Harte -- The bride comes to yellow sky / Stephen Crane -- Strange Outcomes -- The open window / H.H. Munro (Saki) -- An occurrence at owl creek bridge / Ambrose Bierce -- Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The bet / Anton Checkhov -- Miriam / Truman Capote -- The different faces of laughter -- You could look it up / James Thurber -- Arkansas / Raymond Weeks -- Pigs is pigs / Ellis Parker Butler -- More stories for enrichment -- A visit to grandpa's / Dylan Thomas -- The downward path to wisdom / Katherinbe Anne Porter -- Two soldiers / Wiliam Faulkner -- Old man at the bridge / Ernest Hemingway -- The rocking- horse winner / D. H. Lawrence -- The outstation / W. Somerset Maugham.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Short stories