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Classic American Short Stories

  1. Young Goodman Brown
    1. Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography
    2. Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights
    3. Young Goodman Brown
  2. Bartleby, the Scrivener
    1. Herman Melville Biography
    2. Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights
    3. Bartleby, the Scrivener
  3. The Cask of Amontillado
    1. Edgar Allan Poe Biography
    2. Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights
    3. The Cask of Amontillado
  4. To Build a Fire
    1. Jack London Biography
    2. Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights
    3. To Build a Fire
  5. The Open Boat
    1. Stephen Crane Biography
    2. Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights
    3. The Open Boat
  6. The Outcasts of Poker Flat
    1. Bret Harte Biography
    2. Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights
    3. The Outcasts of Poker Flat
  7. The Gift of the Magi
    1. O. Henry Biography
    2. Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights
    3. The Gift of the Magi
  8. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
    1. Mark Twain Biography
    2. Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights
    3. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
  9. Désirée's Baby
    1. Kate Chopin Biography
    2. Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights
    3. Désirée's Baby
  10. Hands
    1. Sherwood Anderson Biography
    2. Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights
    3. Hands