Greatest Short Stories, Vol. II, is comprised of stories from classic American authors such as Stephen Crane, Bret Harte, Edna Ferber and others.
High Point: Thomas Bailey Adrich’s “Marjorie Daw”
Low Point: “My Terminal Moraine” by Frank R. Stockton
Author: Various (edited by P.F. Collier & Son)
Publication Date: 1940
Genre: Anthology
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The second volume of the P.F. Collier & Son’s edition of Greatest Short Stories continues to showcase the works of American authors from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The anthology features classics from authors such as Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Edna Ferber and others.
This volume’s highlights include adventure in “The Denver Express” by A.A. Hayes; irony in “The Ambitious Guest” by Nathaniel Hawthorne; surprise in “Marjorie Daw” by Thomas Bailey Aldrich; and sad cynicism in Dorothy Parker’s “Big Blonde.”
Like its predecessor, this volume of Greatest Short Stories is another of those pleasing palate cleansers between cover-to-cover reads.
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