The Best Short Stories of the Modern Age

English language

Published 1993 by Paw Prints.

ISBN:: 978-1-4395-1067-4

Tell-tale Heart/ Edgar Allan Poe The jewels / Guy de Maupassant Gooseberries / Anton Chekhov The tree of knowledge / Henry James A clean, well-lighted place / Ernest Hemingway Youth / Joseph Conrad The rocking-horse winner / D.H. Lawrence Bliss / Katherine Mansfield The dead / James Joyce Little Herr Friedemann / Thomas Mann Sophistication / Sherwood Anderson The story of my dovecot / Isaac Babel The devil and Daniel Webster / Stephen Vincent Benét A rose for Emily / William Faulkner The metamorphosis (part I) / Franz Kafka The wall / Jean-Paul Sartre Judas / Frank O'Connor Of this time, of that place / Lionel Trilling The lottery / Shirley Jackson The ledge / Lawrence Sargent Hall

6 editions

TaxideaDaisy2 reviewed The Best Short Stories of the Modern Age by Anton Chekhov

Review of 'The Best Short Stories of the Modern Age' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

As I think I commented before, this is mostly a dreary compendium of tedious characters! A few pieces may be suitable for classroom analysis, such as "Of this Time, Of that Place," "The Ledge," & "The Rocking-Horse Winner," however overall these do not reflect well either upon Western culture -- or the collective mind of writers and editors, if these are considered among our "best."

TaxideaDaisy2 reviewed The Best Short Stories of the Modern Age by Douglas Angus

Review of 'The Best Short Stories of the Modern Age' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

As I think I commented before, this is mostly a dreary compendium of tedious characters! A few pieces may be suitable for classroom analysis, such as "Of this Time, Of that Place," "The Ledge," & "The Rocking-Horse Winner," however overall these do not reflect well either upon Western culture -- or the collective mind of writers and editors, if these are considered among our "best."