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Ten classic stories from authors who have masterfully captured the American experience.
Irving's incredible and amusing tale of the archetypal "Rip Van Winkle" relates the story of a man who slept through history.
Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" tells of a young soldier who must struggle with his conscience no matter what the consequences.
"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is Mark Twain's hilarious story of a contest to end all contests in the rowdy days of the Forty-Niners.
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Man of the Crowd" tells of one man's strange fascination with another.
"The Ransom of Red Chief" is O. Henry's tale of a kidnapping that goes horribly, horribly, wrong.
"Miss Tempy's Watchers" by Sarah Orne Jewett speaks of the power of friendship.
Kate Chopin's lovely "Desiree's Baby" tells the poignant story of one woman's search for her past.
Jack London's acclaimed "The Call of the Wild" is a thrilling adventure of nature and survival.
Edith Wharton pens a chilling ghost story in the atmospheric "The Eyes."
And "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is F. Scott Fitzgerald's wry and amusing tale of a young lady's struggle for social success.
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About the Author:
Edgar Allan Poe was born in January of 1809, the son of Boston actors. He was orphaned before he was three and was taken in by his godfather, John Allan, a merchant of Richmond, Virginia. After incurring gambling debts at the University of Virginia, he joined the army where, at eighteen, he published his first poems. He was dismissed from West Point, and then worked for various literary magazines. In 1836, while living in Baltimore, he married his fourteen-year-old cousin. He achieved acclaim for the Raven in 1845; two years later his wife died. In October of 1849, shortly after his engagement to a love of his youth, Poe was found semiconscious in the streets of Baltimore. He died days later.
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- PublisherThe Classic Collection
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1491527374
- ISBN 13 9781491527375
- BindingAudio CD
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