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Summary
(IBList user synopsis):
A collection of short stories designed for high school use.
Contents:
- Preface by E. F. Kingston
- The Roads We Take by O. Henry
- The Raging of the Sea by Norman Duncan
- The Cherry Tree by A. E. Coppard
- In the Matter of a Schooner by Alan Sullivan
- Don’t Sell the Farm by Fr. Marie-Victorin (translated by E. F. Kingston)
- The Tarn by Sir Hugh Walpole
- The Son by L. A. Pavey
- The Bread House by Mary Webb
- The Life of Ma Parker by Katherine Mansfield
- Peasants by Frank O’Connor
- The Lumber Room by Saki (H. H. Munro)
- The Musgrave Ritual by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Outstation by Somerset Maugham
- The Adventure of the Kind Mr. Smith by W. J. Locke
- After-Glow by Constance Holme
- Moses and Mr. Aiken by Edward Thompson
- Notes and Questions
Original title: Modern Stories for Modern Schools
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics
The following works are contained within this one:
Musgrave Ritual, the (1893) [Short Story]
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Raging of the Sea, the (1903) [Short Story]
Author: Norman Duncan
Roads We Take, the (1910) [Short Story]
Author: O. Henry
Adventure of the Kind Mr. Smith, the (1912) [Short Story]
Author: William J. Locke
Lumber Room, the (1914) [Short Story]
Author: Saki
Don’t Sell the Farm (1919) [Short Story]
Author: Fr. Marie-Victorin
Cherry Tree, the (1921) [Short Story]
Author: A. E. Coppard
Life of Ma Parker, the (1922) [Short Story]
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Tarn, the (1923) [Short Story]
Author: Hugh Walpole
Outstation, the (1924) [Novelette]
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Bread House, the (1928) [Short Story]
Author: Mary Webb
Peasants (1934) [Short Story]
Author: Frank O'Connor
Son, the (1935) [Short Story]
Author: L. A. Pavey
After-Glow (1937) [Short Story]
Author: Constance Holme
In the Matter of a Schooner (1938) [Short Story]
Author: Alan Sullivan
Moses and Mr. Aiken (1952) [Short Story]
Author: Edward Thompson
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