by Beverly Lawn
First published 2017
From Poe's chilling "Cask of Amontillado" to Chopin's haunting "Story of an Hour," this classic anthology collects 40 of the most iconic short stories ever written. Dive into the dark hearts of Hawthorne's Puritan New England, Melville's Wall Street, and Hemingway's sun-dappled Spain. Confront the demons of racism, sexism, and the human condition itself in these genre-defining masterpieces.
Genres: short-stories, classic-literature, anthologies, american-fiction, 20th-century, 19th-century
Vibes: dark, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: demons, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Araby, Araby bazaar, Jefferson, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New England, New York, North Richmond Street, Salem Village, United States, Wall Street, Yoknapatawpha County
Period: 1600s, 19th century, Antebellum era, Carnival
538 pages · Paperback · Bedford/St. Martin's
Content warnings: racism, sexism, violence