7 best short stories - Spring

Susan Glaspell‏ · Stephen Crane‏ · Katherine Mansfield‏ · Franz Kafka‏ · O. Henry‏ · Guy de Maupassant‏ · Edith Wharton‏ · August Nemo‏

مرداد ۲۰۲۰ · 7 best short stories - specials کتاب 56 · Tacet Books

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Springtime refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. Besides inspiring outdoor parties and lovers' promises, spring has also inspired writers. Check out these seven spring short stories by great authors. This book contains: - April Showers by Edith Wharton. - In the Spring by Guy de Maupassant. - Springtime a la Carte by O. Henry. - The Judgment by Franz Kafka. - Bliss by Katherine Mansfield. - The Veteran by Stephen Crane. - At Twilight by Susan Glaspell.

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Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms. William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. O. Henry's stories frequently have surprise endings. In his day he was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. Franz Kafka was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. Kathleen Mansfield Murry was a prominent New Zealand modernist short story writer and poet who was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. Stephen Crane was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. Susan Keating Glaspell was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. With her husband George Cram Cook, she founded the Provincetown Players, the first modern American theatre company.