A pocket book of short stories

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Short stories about books, reading or libraries online. I really enjoyed pretty much all of the stories, and this book is perfect if you want to get a peak of someones writing style before jumping headfirst into a full length story. A collection of 22 short stories by 22 masters of the short story. Short stories english collection love story wattpad. Books, reading, or libraries play an important part in these stories, or they are important to a main character.

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The pocketbook game by alice childress an interesting social study by kristin hunter in the short story the pocketbook game was about this black woman named mildred,who was carrying a conversation with her friend marge about a situation involving mrs. A distinguished anthology of short story masterpieces by the greatest continental, english and american writers. A pocket book of modern american short stories stern, philip van doren on. Its the book that can easily fit into the pocket of your favorite pair of jeans, and it demands to be revisited and worn out just as much. Publication date 1993 topics short stories, short stories publisher. Pocket book of short stories 1989, paperback for sale. In the late 1970s early 1980s there were at least two publishers putting out the best of single author short story collections. Here in one volume are twentytwo stories by the worlds greatest storytellers. The pocket book of modern american short stories by philip. Please select ok if you would like to proceed with. A collection of short stories by steinbeck, hemingway, faulkner and many other nowclassic american writers.

Amy hempel, housewife this is the shortest story on this lista few words shorter than lydia daviss, evenbut packs a lot of drama into that single sentence. An essential pleasure of vintage paperback collecting is. The pocket book of short stories by speare, morris edmund, 1941, washington square press edition. Wattpad books, wattpad stories, free novels, wattpad romance, pocket books. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name.

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