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The Best American Humorous Short Stories (Book)
Contributor: Bunner, H. C. (Henry Cuyler), 1855-1896
Contributor: Chester, George Randolph, 1869-1924
Contributor: Cooke, Grace MacGowan, 1863-1944
Contributor: Curtis, George William, 1824-1892
Contributor: Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 1855-1938
Contributor: Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909
Contributor: Harte, Bret, 1836-1902
Contributor: Hastings, Wells, 1879-1923
Contributor: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Contributor: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Contributor: Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898
Contributor: Kirkland, Caroline M. (Caroline Matilda), 1801-1864
Contributor: Lampton, William James, 1859-1917
Contributor: Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858
Contributor: Morris, George Pope, 1802-1864
Contributor: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Contributor: Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902
Contributor: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Editor: Jessup, Alexander, 1871-
Title: The Best American Humorous Short Stories
Note: Edited and introduced by Alexander Jessup
Contents: The little Frenchman and his water lots / G.P. Morris -- The angel of the odd / E.A. Poe -- The schoolmaster's progress / Caroline M.S. Kirkland -- The Watkinson evening / Eliza Leslie -- Titbottom's spectacles / G.W. Curtis -- My double; and how he undid me / E.E. Hale -- A visit to the asylum for aged and decayed punsters / O.W. Holmes -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras county / Mark Twain -- Elder Brown's backslide / H.S. Edwards -- The hotel experience of Mr. Pink Fluker / R.M. Johnston -- The nice people / H.C. Bunner -- The Buller-Podington compact / F.R. Stockton -- Colonel Starbottle for the plaintiff / B. Harte -- The duplicity of Hargraves / O. Henry -- Bargain day at Tutt House / G.R. Chester -- A call / Grace M. Cooke -- How the widow won the deacon / W.J. Lampton -- Gideon / W. Hastings.
Language: English
LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject: Short stories, American
Release Date: Feb 1, 2004
Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.
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