| Description |
viii, 440 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"The sixty-eight stories in this collection were chosen from those appearing in The New Yorker during its first fifteen and a half years of publication--February, 1925, to September, 1940." |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
The girls in their summer dresses / Irwin Shaw -- Over the river and through the wood / John O'Hara -- The secret life of Walter Mitty / James Thurber -- The net / Robert M. Coates -- Home atmosphere / Sally Benson -- A toast to Captain Jerk / Russell Maloney -- Kroy Wen / Kay Boyle -- Nice girl / Sherwood Anderson -- H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, samaritan / Leonard Q. Ross -- Prelude to reunion / Oliver La Farge -- A small day / Erskine Caldwell -- Midsummer / Nancy Hale -- The door / E. B. White -- Tourist home / Benedict Thielen -- Arrangement in black and white / Dorothy Parker -- The courtship of Milton Barker / Wolcott Gibbs -- Homecoming / William Maxwell -- Only the dead know Brooklyn / Thomas Wolfe -- The works / Nathan Asch -- Do you like it here? / John O' Hara -- Conversation piece / Louise Bogan -- The fury / Robert M. Coates -- Venetian perspective / Janet Flanner -- Ping-pong / St. Clair McKelway -- The three veterans / Leane Zugsmith -- Wet Saturday / John Collier -- Soldiers of the Republic / Dorothy Parker -- Houseparty / Walter Bernstein -- All the years of her life / Morley Callaghan -- The explorers / Jerome Weidman -- The old lady / Thyra Samter Winslow -- A matter of pride / Christopher La Farge -- Love in the snow / Joel Sayre -- Profession: Housewife / Sally Benson -- The Great Manta / Edwin Corle -- My sister Frances / Emily Hahn -- Accident near Charlottesburg / William A. Krauss -- In honor of their daughter / Josh Mosher -- The test / Angelica Gibbs -- Goodbye, Shirley Temple / Joseph Mitchell -- Honors and awards / James Reid Parker -- Pastoral at Mr. Piper's / Mollie Panter-Downes -- Man and woman / Erskine Caldwell -- Main currents of American thought / Irwin Shaw -- The knife / Brendan Gill -- The pelican's shadow / Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings -- Incident on a street corner / Albert Maltz -- Such a pretty day / Dawn Powell -- Portrait of ladies / Mark Schorer -- Parochial school / Paul Hogan -- I am waiting / Christopher Isherwood -- A letter from the Bronx / Arthur Kober -- Little woman / Sally Benson -- The Apostate / George Milburn -- Sailor off the Bremen / Irwin Shaw -- Barmecide's feast / Marc Connelly -- Fish story / Donald moffat -- I've got an anchor on my chest / R. H. Newman -- The happiest days / John Cheever -- Black boy / Kay Boyle -- The nice Judge Trowbridge / Richard Lockridge -- Love in Brooklyn / Daniel Fuchs -- The great-grandmother / Nancy Hale -- Chutzbah / Jerome Weidman -- Mr. Palmer's party / Tess Slesinger -- A different world / Robert M. Coates -- Are we leaving tomorrow? / John O'Hara -- The getaway / Dorothy Thomas. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories, American. |
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Short stories, American.
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| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Added Title |
New Yorker.
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