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Various. Short Stories for English Courses
Short Stories for English Courses
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
I. REQUIREMENTS OF THE SHORT STORY
HOW THIS BOOK MAY BE USED
INTRODUCTION
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE
A STORY OF THE FOREST. BY HENRY VAN DYKE
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE
I. THE CALL OF THE WOODSMAN
II
THE TRAIL THROUGH THE FOREST
III
THE SHADOW OF THE THUNDER-OAK
IV
THE FELLING OF THE TREE
A FRENCH TAR-BABY
BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
A FRENCH TAR-BABY
SONNY'S CHRISTENING
BY
SONNY'S CHRISTENIN'
CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SATAN
BY JOHN FOX, JR
CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SATAN
A NEST-EGG
BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
A NEST-EGG
WEE WILLIE WINKIE
BY RUDYARD KIPLING
WEE WILLIE WINKIE
"AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN."
THE GOLD BUG
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
THE GOLD BUG
"WILLIAM LEGRAND."
IF " 2
THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF
BY. O. HENRY
THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF
"TWO DESPERATE MEN"
THE FRESHMAN FULL-BACK
BY. RALPH D. PAINE
THE FRESHMAN FULL-BACK
"MY DEAR MR. SEELEY:
GALLEGHER
A NEWSPAPER STORY. BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
GALLEGHER
"MICHAEL E. DWYER."
Part of his way lay parallel with the railroad tracks, and he drove for some time beside long lines of freight and coal cars as they stood resting for the night. The fantastic Queen Anne suburban stations were dark and deserted, but in one or two of the block-towers he could see the operators writing at their desks, and the sight in some way comforted him
THE JUMPING FROG
BY. MARK TWAIN
THE LADY OR THE TIGER
BY. FRANK R. STOCKTON
THE LADY OR THE TIGER
THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT
BY. FRANCIS BRET HARTE
THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT
BENEATH THIS TREE LIES THE BODY OF JOHN OAKHURST, WHO STRUCK A STREAK OF BAD LUCK ON THE 2ND OF NOVEMBER, 1850, AND HANDED IN HIS CHECKS ON THE 7TH DECEMBER, 1850
THE REVOLT OF "MOTHER"
BY. MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
THE REVOLT OF "MOTHER"
MARSE CHAN
A TALE OF OLD VIRGINIA. BY. THOMAS NELSON PAGE
MARSE CHAN
"POSSON JONE"
BY GEORGE W. CABLE
"POSSON JONE'"
OUR AROMATIC UNCLE
BY. HENRY CUYLER BUNNER
OUR AROMATIC UNCLE
QUALITY
BY. JOHN GALSWORTHY
QUALITY
THE TRIUMPH OF NIGHT
BY EDITH WHARTON
THE TRIUMPH OF NIGHT
I
II
III
IV
V
A MESSENGER
BY. MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN ANDREWS
A MESSENGER
MARKHEIM
BY. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
MARKHEIM
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Published by Good Press, 2019
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The travellers paused for a moment at the edge of the thicket, and took counsel together.
"It is the assembly of the tribe," said one of the foresters, "the great night of the council. I heard of it three days ago, as we passed through one of the villages. All who swear by the old gods have been summoned. They will sacrifice a steed to the god of war, and drink blood, and eat horse-flesh to make them strong. It will be at the peril of our lives if we approach them. At least we must hide the cross, if we would escape death."
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