A Collection of Short Stories

Compiled as a schoolbook anthology by Lemuel Arthur Pittenger, this collection gathers ten classic short stories by some of the finest writers of the form: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Frank R. Stockton, and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Alongside the stories themselves, Pittenger provides a substantial introduction on the history and craft of the short story, plus notes, author biographies, and critical apparatus for each selection, making this both a literary collection and a study guide to the form.