Short-Stories

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A PREFATORY NOTE

CONTENTS

QUALITIES OF THE SHORT-STORY

COMPOSITION OF THE SHORT-STORY

SHORT-STORY LIBRARY

THE FATHER2

THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANAAN5

THE PIECE OF STRING6

THE MAN WHO WAS12

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER 35

THE BIRTHMARK86

ETHAN BRAND97

THE SIRE DE MALETROIT'S DOOR102

MARKHEIM113

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PREFATORY NOTE

THE FATHER. 1860. Björnstjerne Björnson.

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BIOGRAPHY

Björnstjerne Björnson, Norse poet, novelist, dramatist, orator, and political leader, was born December 8, 1832, and died in Paris, April 26, 1910. From his strenuous father, a Lutheran priest who preached with tongue and fist, he inherited the physique of a Norse god. He possessed the mind of a poet and the arm of a warrior. At the age of twelve he was sent to the Molde grammar school, where he proved himself a very dull student. In 1852 he entered the university in Christiana. Here he neglected his studies to write poetry and journalistic articles.

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