Laughter and Chills: Seven Great Stories (Townsend Library Edition) - Softcover

Saki; O.Henry; Edgar Allan Poe; Washington Irving; Charles Dickens

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591940400 ISBN 13: 9781591940401

Publisher: Townsend Press, 2005

Synopsis

This concise Townsend Library anthology features short stories which have been carefully edited to be more accessible to today's students. Each includes an enticing preview and a lively afterword. Acclaimed by educators nationwide, the Townsend Library is helping millions of young adults discover the pleasure and power of reading.

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Review:

Get ready to chuckle and to shiver--sometimes both at once! Within these pages you'll encounter situations that are scary or amusing, but always unforgettable. Here are just three of them:

When blundering kidnappers snatch a little boy, the hilarious events that follow will leave you wondering who the victim really is.

Two old friends enter the gloomy wine cellar, its cold walls dripping with dampness. Only one of the friends will ever leave.

Riding home from a late-night party, a timid schoolmaster is pursued by a terrifying man on horseback--a man with no head. --From the Publisher

About this edition

• Publisher: Townsend Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1591940400
• ISBN 13: 9781591940401
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 167