- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 321 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 33 (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
- The bet / Anthon Chekhov -- Broken Chain / Gary Soto -- The Californian's tale / Mark Twain -- A country doctor / Franz Kafka -- The distant past / William Trevor -- Father and I / Pär Lagerkvist -- The good deed / Pearl S. Buck -- The lovers / Bessie Head -- The machine that won the war / Isaac Asimov -- The Norwegian rat / Naguib Mahfouz -- Sonta for harp and bicycle / Joan Aiken -- War / Luigi Pirandello -- A way of talking / Patricia Grace -- Yours / Mary Robison.
- OCLC
- ssj0000651744
- Title
Short stories for students. Volume 33 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden.
- Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2011.
- Series
Gale virtual reference library
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Constantakis, Sara.
Barden, Thomas E.
Gale Group.
- Other Form:
Print version: Short stories for student, Volume 33. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2011 9781414466972