Author: Jack London
Henry James/Mark Twain
Artiste/Contributor(: O'Henry / Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Jaico
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 305
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8179922189
Description
This book is a compilation of classic short stories by five great American writers - O Henry, Jack London, Henry James, Mark Twain and Edgar Allan Poe. Though not necessarily representative of the authors’ complete works, the stories have been carefully chosen to showcase their versatility and skill as storytellers.
The collection covers an extraordinary range of themes, styles and settings, allowing the reader to get a glimpse of another world gone by. Yet, these stories seem timeless, and the characters in them show the same foibles, fears and hopes as people in the brave new world of the 21st century.
Contents
O’HENRY
The Gift of the Magi
Between Rounds
The Skylight Room
A Service of Love
The Cop and the Anthem
Springtime a la Carte
An Unfinished Story
The Romance of a Busy Broker
JACK LONDON
The White Man’s Way
The Unexpected
Brown Wolf
HENRY JAMES
The Real thing
Flickerbridge
MARK TWAIN
The $ 30, 000 Bequest
Was it Heaven? Or Hell?
EDGAR ALLAN POE
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Fall of the House of Usher