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Fiction

a pocket anthology

6th ed.
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The perfect alternative to longer anthologies, this brief, affordable, and diverse collection of short stories from the past three centuries provides a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the study of fiction.

In keeping with the objectives of the Penguin Academics series, Fiction: A Pocket Anthology offers a range of widely admired stories from nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century authors in a quality trade-format book at an affordable price.

Why do you need this new edition?
• Thirteen new selections include stories by authors not previously represented in this anthology, as well as different offerings for previously anthologized authors.
• Brand new to this anthology are authors Hisaye Yamamoto, Tim O'Brien, and Sherman Alexie who bring diverse subject matter and styles to the mix.
• New selections from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Kate Chopin, James Joyce, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O'Connor, Alice Munro, and Lorrie Moore show these admired writers at their best.

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Publisher
Pearson/Longman
Language
English
Pages
466

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Table of Contents

Introduction
The Telling of the Tale
The Short Story Genre
Reading and Analyzing Short Fiction
Plot
Characterization
Point of View
Theme
Setting
Style and Symbolism
Writing About Short Fiction
Fiction
Nathanel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
Young Goodman Brown
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
The Tell-Tale Heart
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909)
A White Heron
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
Mother Savage
Kate Chopin (1851-1904)
Désirée’s Baby
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
The Lady with the Pet Dog
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)
The Yellow Wallpaper
Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
Roman Fever
Willa Cather (1876-1947)
Paul’s Case
James Joyce (1882-1941)
Eveline
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Barn Burning
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
The Secret Miracle
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Hills Like White Elephants
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)
Sweat
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
The Chrysanthemums
Richard Wright (1908-1960)
The Man Who Was Almost a Man
Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
A Worn Path
John Cheever (1912-1982)
Reunion
Ralph Ellison (1914-1995)
A Party Down at the Square
Grace Paley (B. 1922)
Wants
Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
Good Country People
Richard Yates (1926-1992)
Doctor Jack-o’-Lantern
Gabriel García Márquez (B. 1928)
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Chinua Achebe (B. 1930)
Dead Men’s Path
J. G. Ballard (B. 1930)
Time of Passage
Donald Barthelme (1931-1989)
The Genius
Alice Munro (B. 1931)
How I Met My Husband
Andre Dubus (1936-1999)
The Fat Girl
Joyce Carol Oates (B. 1938)
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
Cathedral
Margaret Atwood (B. 1939)
Happy Endings
Bobbie Ann Mason (B. 1940)
Shiloh
Alice Walker (B. 1944)
Everyday Use
Tim Gautreaux (B. 1947)
Died and Gone to Vegas
Jamaica Kincaid (B. 1949)
Girl
Dagoberto Gilb (B. 1950)
Look on the Bright Side
Sandra Cisneros (B. 1954)
Woman Hollering Creek
Louise Erdrich (B. 1954)
The Red Convertible
Gish Jen (B. 1955)
In the American Society
Lorrie Moore (B. 1957)
How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes)
Daniel Orozco (b. 1960)
Orientation
Appendix: The Forms of the Short Story
Acknowledgments
Index of Critical Terms

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Series
Penguin academics
Copyright Date
2009

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808.3/1
Library of Congress
PN6120.2 .F45 2009, PN6120.2.F45 2009

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Pagination
xiv, 466p.
Number of pages
466

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16900935M
Internet Archive
fictionpocketant0000unse_q1a6
ISBN 10
0205655130
ISBN 13
9780205655137
LCCN
2008024751
Library Thing
28795
Goodreads
159233647

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