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- Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 309 p.) : ill.
- Summary
- Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance.
- Series Statement
- Gale virtual reference library
- Uniform Title
- Short stories for students. Volume 30 (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record.
- Contents
- Beware of the dog / by Roald Dahl -- A day goes by / by Luigi Pirandello -- Dr. Heidegger's experiment / by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The heavenly Christmas tree / by Fyodor Dostoevsky -- The leap / by Louise Erdrich -- Love must not be forgotten / by Zhang Jie -- Marriage is a private affair / by Chinua Achebe -- No witchcraft for sale / by Doris Lessing -- One ordinary day, with peanuts / by Shirley Jackson -- The prisoner who wore glasses / by Bessie Head -- The son from America / by Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Sorry, right number / by Stephen King -- Sweet potato pie / by Eugenia Collier -- The thrill of the grass / by W. P. Kinsella.
- OCLC
- ssj0000660100
- Title
Short stories for students. Volume 30 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Sara Constantakis, project editor.
- Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2010.
- Series
Gale virtual reference library
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Constantakis, Sara.
Gale Group.
- Other Form:
Print version: Short stories for student, Volume 30. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2010 9781414466941