How to Study “The Best Short Stories”

About this eBook

Author

Williams, Blanche Colton, 1879-1944

Title

How to study "The best short stories" : An analysis of Edward J. O'Brien's annual volumes of the best short stories of the year prepared for the use of writers and other students of the short-story

Original Publication

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1919.

Credits

Susan E. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Short story -- Study and teaching

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74565

Release Date

October 12, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.HOW TO STUDY “THE BEST SHORT STORIES”
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.PREFACE
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.GENERAL SUGGESTIONS
8. 8.STUDIES IN DETAIL
9. 9.A SIMPLE ACT OF PIETY
10. 10.THE SACRIFICIAL ALTAR
11. 11.THE EXCURSION
12. 12.CRUELTIES
13. 13.ONNIE
14. 14.MISS WILLETT
15. 15.SUPERS
16. 16.BUSTER
17. 17.FOG
18. 18.THE WATER-HOLE
19. 19.A CUP OF TEA
20. 20.MA’S PRETTIES
21. 21.LONELY PLACES
22. 22.THE WAKE
23. 23.THE GREAT AUK
24. 24.BOYS WILL BE BOYS
25. 25.CHAUTONVILLE
26. 26.LAUGHTER
27. 27.THE OPEN WINDOW
28. 28.THE LOST PHOEBE
29. 29.LA DERNIÈRE MOBILISATION
30. 30.THE EMPEROR OF ELAM
31. 31.THE CITIZEN
32. 32.THE GAY OLD DOG
33. 33.BLIND VISION
34. 34.IMAGINATION
35. 35.THE KNIGHT’S MOVE
36. 36.IN MAULMAIN FEVER-WARD
37. 37.A JURY OF HER PEERS
38. 38.THE SILENT INFARE
39. 39.THE CAT OF THE CANE-BRAKE
40. 40.THE BUNKER MOUSE
41. 41.WHOSE DOG—?
42. 42.MAKING PORT
43. 43.RAINBOW PETE
44. 44.LIFE
45. 45.THE FATHER’S HAND
46. 46.T. B.
47. 47.“ICE WATER, PL—!”
48. 48.GET READY THE WREATHS
49. 49.MR. EBERDEEN’S HOUSE
50. 50.THE VISIT OF THE MASTER
51. 51.THE STRANGE-LOOKING MAN
52. 52.VENGEANCE IS MINE
53. 53.THE CALLER IN THE NIGHT
54. 54.IN THE OPEN CODE
55. 55.LITTLE SELVES
56. 56.THE WILLOW WALK
57. 57.THE WEAVER WHO CLAD THE SUMMER
58. 58.THE SUN CHASER
59. 59.THE STORY VINTON HEARD AT MALLORIE
60. 60.HEART OF YOUTH
61. 61.AT THE END OF THE ROAD
62. 62.AT THE END OF THE PATH
63. 63.THE WHALE AND THE GRASSHOPPER
64. 64.IN BERLIN
65. 65.THE INTERVAL
66. 66.THE TOAST TO FORTY-FIVE
67. 67.THE BIG STRANGER ON DORCHESTER HEIGHTS
68. 68.“A CERTAIN RICH MAN—”
69. 69.THE PATH OF GLORY
70. 70.EXTRA MEN
71. 71.THE WAITING YEARS
72. 72.ZELIG
73. 73.THE MENORAH
74. 74.THE SURVIVORS
75. 75.PENANCE
76. 76.FEET OF GOLD
77. 77.SOLITAIRE
78. 78.THE YELLOW CAT
79. 79.DOWN ON THEIR KNEES
80. 80.CHING, CHING, CHINAMAN
81. 81.THE DARK HOUR
82. 82.THE BIRD OF SERBIA
83. 83.THE BOUNTY JUMPER
84. 84.NONE SO BLIND
85. 85.HALF-PAST TEN
86. 86.AT ISHAM’S
87. 87.DE VILMARTE’S LUCK
88. 88.THE WHITE BATTALION — Transcriber’s Notes

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