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The Norton Introduction to Fiction--Fourth Edition

The Norton Introduction to Fiction--Fourth Edition

ClassicsLiterary Fiction
Pages
681
Published
1991
Language
English

Synopsis

The zebra storyteller / Spencer Holst No one's a mystery / Elizabeth Tallent The jewelry / Guy de Maupassant [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) / Edgar Allan Poe Sonny's blues / James Baldwin The whirlpool rapids / Margaret Atwood [Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) / Ambrose Bierce A [rose for Emily](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL82884W) / William Faulkner The summer my grandmother was supposed to die / Mordecai Richler My man Bovanne / Toni Cade Bambara The real thing / Henry James Our friend Judith / Doris Lessing The country husband / John Cheever A pair of tickets / Amy Tan The lady with the dog / Anton Chekhov [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W) / Nathaniel Hawthorne The termitary / Nadine Gordimer Janus / Ann Beattie How much land does a man need? / Leo Tolstoy Her first ball / Katherine Mansfield Beyond the Pale / William Trevor The secret sharer / Joseph Conrad Love medicine / Louise Erdrich Odour of Chrysanthemums The rocking-horse winner / D. H. Lawrence The lame shall enter first Everything that rises must converge / Flannery O'Connor [Araby](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20570121W) / James Joyce Boys and girls / Alice Munro The old people / William Faulkner A very old man with enormous wings / Gabriel Garcia Marquez The eye altering / Ursula K. Le Guin The garden of forking paths / Jorge Luis Borges [Most Dangerous Game](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5278311W) / Richard Connell [Barn burning](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20080279W) / William Faulkner The management of grief / Bharati Mukherjee The death of Ivan Ilyich / Leo Tolstoy [Beyond the bayou](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943640W) / Kate Chopin The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman A hunger artist / Franz Kafka The fig tree / Katherine Anne Porter A clean well-lighted place / Ernest Hemingway A conversation with my father / Grace Paley The Kugelmass episode / Woody Allen The Redtown chronicles / Luisa Valenzuela Shiloh / Bobbie Ann Mason Great Falls / Richard Ford Girl / Jamaica

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

Thought-ProvokingComplexMelancholic
Revenge

Genres

Classics Literary Fiction Crime History Mystery Short Stories

Authors

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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist.

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.[1] He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in...

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Jerome Beaty

Jerome Beaty is widely recognized for his work on The Norton Introduction to Fiction—Fourth Edition. This influential anthology has introduced generations of readers and students to the art of short stories and literary analysis.

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Spencer Holst

Spencer Holst is an author and editor. He is widely known for his work on The Norton Introduction to Fiction--Fourth Edition, a key text for students and readers exploring the genre.

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William Faulkner

William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize-winning American author. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, his reputation is based on his novels, novellas and short stories. He was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner

Characters

Peyton FarquharProtagonist
Sartoris SnopesProtagonist
Abner SnopesAntagonist
Lennie SnopesSupporting
LizzieSupporting
All characters in The Norton Introduction to Fiction--Fourth Edition

Frequently asked questions

  • Is this book intended for independent reading or academic study?

    This anthology is designed as a textbook for college-level literature courses and includes pedagogical features such as writing suggestions and critical analysis prompts to assist students in their coursework.

  • How does this edition differ from other versions of the same title?

    Each edition of this series is updated by the editor to include a different selection of short stories and revised critical apparatus, meaning the specific collection of authors and instructional material varies significantly between the fourth edition and other releases.