{"product_id":"23-great-stories-paperback","title":"23 Great Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Leavitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAaron Thier\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Fall of the House of Usher\" by Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003e\"To Build a Fire\" by Jack London\u003cbr\u003e\"The Necklace\" by Guy de Maupassant\u003cbr\u003e\"The Man Who Would Be King\" by Rudyard Kipling\u003cbr\u003e\"The Gift of the Magi\" by O. Henry\u003cbr\u003e\"The South\" by Jorge Luis Borges\u003cbr\u003e\"Good Country People\" by Flannery O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\"The Blind Dog\" by R. K. Narayan\u003cbr\u003eand Fifteen Other Classic Tales in One Volume\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasterpieces by some of the finest writers ever to make words come alive on paper, the stories in this volume have been selected to represent the full spectrum of the storyteller's art. Here are works of suspense, mystery, allegory, and human drama. Given sharpened focus through insightful editorial commentary, each of these tales is distinctive in style and vision--and each is uniquely memorable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Leavitt\u003c\/b\u003e's novels and story collections include \u003ci\u003eFamily Dancing \u003c\/i\u003e(finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Prize and the National Book Critics' Circle Award), \u003ci\u003eArkansas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Language of Cranes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhile England Sleeps \u003c\/i\u003e(finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eFiction Prize), and \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Clerk\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Prize and shortlisted for the IMPAC\/Dublin Award). His \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 2003. A new novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Two Hotel Francforts\u003c\/i\u003e, is due out next year. He is codirector of MFA@FLA, the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Florida, where he edits the literary journal \u003ci\u003eSubtropics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Thier \u003c\/b\u003ereceived his BA from Yale and his MFA from the University of Florida. His essays and reviews appear frequently in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is a contributor to the popular narrative iPhone app called \"The Silent History.\"\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 6.7 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227767455993,"sku":"9780451532336","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NQqqeaneO89780451532336.webp?v=1768285474","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/23-great-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}