Download or read book Short Stories of the New America Classic Reprint written by Mary A. Laselle and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Short Stories of the New America The purpose of this book of short stories of modern American life is twofold. First, these narratives give an interpretation of certain great forces and movements in the life of this age. All the authors represented are especially quali fied to describe with force and feeling some phase of contemporary life. Thinking people everywhere real ize that it is not enough to place before young folks the bare facts in regard to community and national life. The heart must be warmed, the feelings must be stirred, before the Will can be aroused to noble action in any great movement. The first aim of this book, then, is to help to place clearly before young people the ideals of America through the medium of literature that will grip the attention and quicken the Will to action. Second, librarians have stated that there are very few compilations of modern short stories of interest and significance with which to meet the needs of young people Who turn to the libraries for help in reading. It is hoped that this book may supply the need of libraries and homes for a book of live and valuable short stories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book 50 Best American Short Stories 1915 1939 Classic Reprint written by Edward Joseph Harrington O'brien and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from 50 Best American Short Stories, 1915-1939 And there was another thing about the story which struck me as rather queer. Perhaps it is a relic of my seafaring days, but I have always been a conscientious reader of the weather reports; and I could remember no weather in the past week sufficient to shake a man out of a top, especially a man by the name of B j Orn sen a thoroughgoing seafaring name. I was destined to hear more of this in the evening from the ancient boatman who rowed me out on the upper river. He had been to sea in his day. He knew enough to wonder about this thing, even to indulge in a little superstitious awe about it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Stories New and Old written by Hamilton Wright Mabie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stories New and Old: Typical American and English Tales Two facts about the short-story are very signifi cant: it is probably the oldest literary form, and it was the latest in point of time to receive exact definition of its purpose and scope and full unfold ing of its artistic and dramatic resources. The first act means that the short-story is a vital and not an artificial form of literature, and fits itself easily and almost instinctively to certain impulses and interests of men; the second fact the fact that the short story had to wait for the insight and skill of men of the genius of Poe, Hawthorne, Stevenson, Kipling, and Maupassant means that as a literary form the short-story ranks with the highest and most exact ing forms of art. The epic had immense popularity, and for centuries took the place of the history, the story of adventure, the novel, the magazine, and the newspaper; but the epic, by reason of the breadth and volume of human action which it records, has been less exacting in the matter of structure and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Classic American Short Stories written by Clarence C. Strowbridge and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2002-05-13 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen short masterpieces, chosen for their timeless relevance and enduring popularity, include Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter," Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," Herman Melville's "Bartleby," as well as works by O. Henry, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Henry James, Willa Cather, Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin and more.
Download or read book American Stories Classic Reprint written by Edward Everett Hale and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Classic Reprint written by Edward Joseph O'Brien and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story NO American can hope to run a journal, win public Office, successfully advertise a soap or write a popular novel who does not insist upon the idealistic basis Of his country. A peculiar sort Of ethical rapture has earned the term American. And the reason is probably at least in part the fact that no land has ever sprung so nakedly as ours from a direct and consciously material impulse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Short Story Classics American Vol 5 Classic Reprint written by William Patten and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Short Story Classics (American), Vol. 5 Thereupon he outlined the plans for Christmas Eve, minimizing the fact that Miss Wheatley would be a party to the exercises, and enlarging upon the glory that would come to the groom. He told how the organ would thunder, how the church would be jammed, how the infant class would strew flowers in the pathway of the hero, and Baz, listening, was lost. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Short Story Classics Vol 4 written by William Patten and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Short Story Classics, Vol. 4: American He bent down and with his pocket-knife cut away a patch of the faded blue cloth from the wounded man's leg. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Short Story Classics Vol 2 written by William Patten and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Short Story Classics, Vol. 2: American Then he saw, an indefinite distance beyond him, burning like red-hot iron through the darkness, a little scarlet or crimson gleam, as of a lighted cigar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book New America Classic Reprint written by William Hepworth Dixon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from New America Some studies of past times, which have long occupied my pen, led me last summer to the James River and to Plymouth Rock. I'went out in search of an old world, and found a new one. East, west, north, and south, I met with new ideas, new purposes, new methods: in short, with a New America. The men who planted these Free States - doing the noblest work that England has achieved in history - were spurred into their course by two great passions; a large love ofl Liberty; a deep sense of Religion; and, in our Great Plantation, liberty and religion exercise a power over the forms of social' and do mestic life unknown at home. In the heart of solid societies and conservative churches we find the most singular doctrines, the most audacious experiments; and it is only after seeing what kind of forces are at work within them, that we can adequately admire the strength of these societies and churches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Short Stories from American History Classic Reprint written by Albert F. Blaisdell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Short Stories From American History The events herein told describe with some detail the perils, the arduous labors, the acts Of self-denial, and the stanch patriot ism Of our forefathers. It is to be hoped that these narratives, instinct with human life, will afford pleasure and instruction to children and stimulate them to know more of their country's history. Personal anecdotes and incidents have been freely used, because experience shows that such materials serve a useful purpose in teaching elementary history. So far as historical accuracy is concerned, these stories rest upon a substantial foundation. Reprints Of old journals, original records and documents, and sundry other trustworthy sources have been diligently consulted. The actors and even the conver sation may be considered real rather than imaginary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Best Short Stories of 1916 written by Edward J. O'Brien and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Best Short Stories of 1916: And the Yearbook of the American Short Story The truth is that the American Short story cannot be reduced to a literary formula, and if we are to measure its progress at all, it must be, as Mr. Chesterton once happily phrased it, with a growing reed. In the past it has been a frequent comment on our literature and our life to find that its interpretation in the hands of our writers was less individual and more standardized than in other countries. There is still much truth in this observa tion, and were the fact which it chronicles a completely true generalization, I should have little hope for any future literature of permanent importance in this country. But during the past few years, slowly and naturally as the budding and growth of a plant, a new spirit in fiction has been making itself felt and spreading itself in many directions throughout the country. It had been felt in poetry much earlier, and the full fruition of its art in our poetry has almost come, but in fiction it is still young and requires much fostering in the hands of our native writers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Short Story Classics Vol 3 written by William Patten and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Short Story Classics, Vol. 3: American Nearly five hundred years ago the Celestially August, the Son of Heaven, yong-lo, of the Illustrious or Ming dynasty, commanded the worthy official Kouan Yu that he should have a bell made of such size that the sound thereof might be heard for one hundred Ii. And he further ordained that the voice of the bell should be strengthened with brass, and deepened with gold, and sweetened with silver; and that the face and the great lips of it should be graven with blessed say ings from the sacred books, and that it should be sus pended in the centre of the imperial capital, to sound through all the many-colored ways of the City of Pe King. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book New America Vol 1 of 2 Classic Reprint written by William Hepworth Dixon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from New America, Vol. 1 of 2 Some studies of past times, which have long Occupied my pen, led me last summer to the James River and to Plymouth Rock. I went out in search of an Old world, and found a new one. East, west, north, and south, I met with new ideas, new purposes, new methods; in short, with a New America. The men who planted these Free States - doing the noblest work that England has achieved in history - were spurred into their course by two great passions; a large love of Liberty; a deep sense of Religion; and, in our Great Plantation, liberty and religion exercise a power over the forms of social and domestic life unknown at home. In the heart of solid societies and conservative churches, we find the most singular doctrines, the most audacious experiments; and it is only after seeing what kind of forces are at work within them, that we can adequately admire the strength of these societies and churches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The New America Classic Reprint written by Frank Dilnot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New America Impressions sometimes equal facts and figures as evidence. Now and again they are even more im portant. New feelings have been sweeping America in the past two years, and they are feelings which must leave their effect on people all over the world for a long time to come. No one can doubt that one way or another they will be of towering importance to Britain and the British people. As an English man resident in America during this period I have touched various sides of life and have formed feel ings about the American people in what is probably an historic phase of their development as a nation. The sketches that follow will reveal to Americans the angle of an ordinary Englishman, and to my own people will give perhaps a measure of information. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Studies in the American Short Story Classic Reprint written by Mary Jane Wing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies in the American Short Story Because the short story is a new form and still, despite attempts to impose rules upon it, a relatively free literary form, it Offers a great attraction to the writer, be he professional or amateur. Its length and the insatiable public demand for it are additional lures to the writer. The newness, the lack Of rules, and the enormous volume Of stories produced, all combine to make any study' Of the short story as difficult and inconclusive as it is interesting. In order to keep this study Within some kind Of bounds it has been necessary to ignore certain important factors in the develop ment Of the short story in America, to pass over some good writers, to deprive ourselves Of the fascinations Of historical and social background. What follows is, therefore, the barest Of skeletons. At most, it can serve only as a starting-place. The suggestions for study and the references, too, are intended as suggestions merely. You Will find, as you read, that all kinds of questions keep forming in your mind, many Of which Will be more interesting to follow up than the suggestions given here. You will think Of writers Whose work you'd rather read. In short, if this outline provides stimulus and framework, it will have served the purpose for which it was designed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Great Modern American Stories written by William Dean Howells and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Great Modern American Stories: An Anthology With Miss Edith Wyatt's story I had the same sort of difficulty in finding anything definitely dramatic among her studies of Chicago life, as I had in finding a story among Stoddard's South Sea Idyls. She called them Every One His Own Way, perhaps because she could not think of a more distinctive name for them. But they were all exquisite things, most artistic and most realistic things, delicate por traits of life worthy of equal place with the stories and studies of those unrivalled sisters three, Miss Jewett, and Mrs. Wilkins Freeman and Miss Alice Brown whom I have put here in their rare succession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
