Fiction 100

by Pickering, James H.

• ISBN13: 9780131731349
• ISBN10: 0131731343
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

A collection of carefully chosen, interesting stories, the best-sellingFiction 100ignites readers'curiosity, imagination, and intelligence. This outstanding selection of 131 stories is presented in an attractive format, and is available for an excellent price.These selections represent a wide variety of subject matter, theme, literary technique, and style. International in scope, it contains fiction from the early 19th century to the present day, and features 131 traditional and contemporary works.This collection is suitable for any reader who enjoys short works of fiction with literary merit.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
A
ALICE ADAMS
Roses, Rhododendron	1	(10)
SHERMAN ALEXIE
This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona	11	(9)
SHERWOOD ANDERSON
I Want to Know Why	20	(7)
MARY HUNTER AUSTIN
The Land	27	(5)
The Return of Mr. Wills	32	(5)
B
JAMES BALDWIN
Sonny's Blues	37	(23)
TONI CADE BAMBARA
The Lesson	60	(6)
JULIAN BARNES
Trespass	66	(8)
ANDREA BARRETT
The Littoral Zone	74	(7)
JOHN BARTH
Lost in the Funhouse	81	(17)
DONALD BARTHELME
The Balloon	98	(4)
RICK BASS
The Hermit's Story	102	(10)
ANN BEATTIE
Janus	112	(5)
SAUL BELLOW
Looking for Mr. Green	117	(15)
AMBROSE BIERCE
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge	132	(7)
AMY BLOOM
The Story	139	(8)
JORGE LUIS BORGES
The Garden of Forking Paths	147	(8)
ELIZABETH BOWEN
The Demon Lover	155	(5)
KAY BOYLE
Astronomer's Wife	160	(5)
T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE
The Love of My Life	165	(13)
RAY BRADBURY
August 2002: Night Meeting	178	(6)
C
ALBERT CAMUS
The Guest	184	(10)
RAYMOND CARVER
Call If You Need Me	194	(8)
Cathedral	202	(11)
WILLA CATHER
Paul's Case	213	(15)
JOHN CHEEVER
The Country Husband	228	(19)
ANTON CHEKHOV
The Darling	247	(9)
The Lady with the Dog	256	(12)
KATE CHOPIN
The Storm	268	(5)
The Story of an Hour	273	(3)
SANDRA CISNEROS
The House on Mango Street	276	(2)
SAMUEL L. CLEMENS
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County	278	(5)
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg	283	(32)
GRACE STONE COATES
Wild Plums	315	(4)
JOSEPH CONRAD
Heart of Darkness	319	(59)
The Secret Sharer	378	(29)
STEPHEN CRANE
The Blue Hotel	407	(20)
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky	427	(8)
D
STEPHEN DOBYNS
Kansas	435	(5)
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
A Scandal in Bohemia	440	(18)
FËDOR DOSTOEVSKI
The Grand Inquisitor	458	(14)
TOM DRURY
Chemistry	472	(6)
E
RALPH ELLISON
King of the Bingo Game	478	(7)
LOUISE ERDRICH
The Red Convertible	485	(7)
F
WILLIAM FAULKNER
Barn Burning	492	(13)
A Rose for Emily	505	(7)
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
Winter Dreams	512	(16)
RICHARD FORD
Reunion	528	(6)
E.M. FORSTER
The Road from Colonus	534	(9)
MARY WILKINS FREEMAN
A New England Nun	543	(9)
G
GABRIEL GARCIA MÁRQUEZ
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings	552	(6)
TIM GAUTREAUX
Same Places, Same Things	558	(11)
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN
If I Were a Man	569	(5)
The Yellow Wall-Paper	574	(12)
SUSAN GLASPELL
A Jury of Her Peers	586	(15)
NICKOLAI GOGOL
The Overcoat	601	(21)
H
THOMAS HARDY
The Three Strangers	622	(17)
BRET HARTE
Tennessee's Partner	639	(7)
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
My Kinsman, Major Molineux	646	(14)
Young Goodman Brown	660	(10)
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Hills Like White Elephants	670	(4)
PAM HOUSTON
How to Talk to a Hunter	674	(5)
I
WASHINGTON IRVING
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	679	(23)
Rip Van Winkle	702	(11)
J
SHIRLEY JACKSON
The Lottery	713	(7)
HENRY JAMES
Four Meetings	720	(21)
The Real Thing	741	(18)
SARAH ORNE JEWETT
A White Heron	759	(8)
HA JIN
Saboteur	767	(8)
JAMES JOYCE
Araby	775	(5)
The Dead	780	(32)
K
BEL KAUFMAN
Sunday in the Park	812	(3)
GARRISON KEILLOR
The Tip-Top Club	815	(9)
STEPHEN KING
The Man in the Black Suit	824	(16)
W.P. KINSELLA
Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa	840	(10)
RUDYARD KIPLING
They	850	(16)
WILLIAM KITTREDGE
We Are Not in This Together	866	(17)
L
RING LARDNER
Haircut	883	(8)
D.H. LAWRENCE
The Horse Dealer's Daughter	891	(12)
The Rocking-Horse Winner	903	(11)
URSULA K. LE GUIN
Horse Camp	914	(3)
DORIS LESSING
Wine	917	(4)
JACK LONDON
To Build a Fire	921	(12)
M
BERNARD MALAMUD
The Magic Barrel	933	(13)
KATHERINE MANSFIELD
Her First Ball	946	(5)
Miss Brill	951	(4)
BOBBIE ANN MASON
Three-Wheeler	955	(8)
GUY DE MAUPASSANT
The Necklace	963	(7)
Rust	970	(5)
MAILE MELOY
Travis, B.	975	(11)
HERMAN MELVILLE
Bartleby the Scrivener	986	(27)
LORRIE MOORE
You're Ugly, Too	1013	(15)
ALICE MUNRO
Meneseteung	1028	(15)
Wild Swans	1043	(8)
H.H. MUNRO ("SAKI"),
The Open Window	1051	(3)
Sredni Vashtar	1054	(4)
N
ANTONYA NELSON
Goodfellows	1058	(20)
O
JOYCE CAROL OATES
Four Summers	1078	(5)
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?	1083	(13)
TIM O'BRIEN
The Things They Carried	1096	(13)
FLANNERY O'CONNOR
The Artificial Nigger	1109	(15)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find	1124	(12)
FRANK O'CONNOR
Guests of the Nation	1136	(9)
P
ROBERT PHILLIPS
Surprise!	1145	(4)
EDGAR ALLAN POE
The Cask of Amontillado	1149	(6)
The Fall of the House of Usher	1155	(14)
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER
The Grave	1169	(5)
ANNIE PROULX
The Half-Skinned Steer	1174	(12)
R
ELWOOD REID
What Salmon Know	1186	(11)
S
ANNETTE SANFORD
Nobody Listens When I Talk	1197	(3)
JO SAPP
Nadine at 35: A Synopsis	1200	(2)
IRWIN SHAW
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses	1202	(7)
LESLIE MARMON SILKO
Yellow Woman	1209	(8)
ISSAC BASHEVIS SINGER
Gimpel the Fool	1217	(10)
JUNE SPENCE
Missing Women	1227	(6)
JOHN STEINBECK
The Chrysanthemums	1233	(9)
T
ELIZABETH TALLENT
No One's a Mystery	1242	(3)
JAMES THURBER
The Catbird Seat	1245	(7)
LEO TOLSTOY
The Death of Ivan Ilych	1252	(40)
JUDY TROY
Ten Miles West of Venus	1292	(4)
IVAN TURGENEV
The Country Doctor	1296	(7)
U
JOHN UPDIKE
Here Come the Maples	1303	(9)
Separating	1312	(9)
W
ALICE WALKER
To Hell with Dying	1321	(5)
EUDORA WELTY
Petrified Man	1326	(10)
DOROTHY WEST
My Baby	1336	(6)
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
The Use of Force	1342	(3)
TOBIAS WOLFF
Nightingale	1345	(6)
Powder	1351	(3)
RICHARD WRIGHT
The Man Who Was Almost a Man	1354	(9)
PATRICIA ZELVER
Love Letters	1363	(9)
Biographical Notes	1372	(45)
A Short Story Handbook	1417	(19)
Chronological Table of Contents	1436	(9)
Credits	1445