Martin Hill Ortiz Phd

The Best Short Stories Volume Ii: Chosen in 1914 by the Most Prominent Authors of the Day Martin Hill Ortiz Phd

Publisher Marketing: Have you read the 50 best short stories of all time? In 1914, a critical moment in literature, The New York Times asked the most highly regarded authors of the day to name the best short story in the English language. Many of their responses have maintained consistent fame through time. Others have become hidden gems. All are essential literary experiences that will make you love to read again. These masterpieces are collected here for the first time, masterfully copyedited and with an introduction by Martin Hill Ortiz, PhD. This volume includes: Introduction * Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson * Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson * The Luck of Roaring Camp by Bret Harte * The Brushwood Boy by Rudyard Kipling * Doctor Marigold by Charles Dickens * Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving * An Unfinished Story by O. Henry * The Claws of the Tiger by Gouverneur Morris IV * The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe * Providence and the Guitar by Robert Louis Stevenson * Bread Upon the Waters by Rudyard Kipling * Marjorie Daw by Thomas Bailey Aldrich * Love in a Mist by A. Neil Lyons * His Wife by Stephen French Whitman * Rebecca and Rowena by William Makepeace Thackeray * Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy * The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant * The Piece of String by Guy de Maupassant * Cinderella by the Brothers Grimm * The Story of Ruth Anonymous * "What is the Best Short Story?" The original article as presented in The New York Times Contributor Bio:  Stevenson, Robert Louis Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson was a prolific Scottish poet and novelist in the 19th century. He was admired by many other authors, and his work includes The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He died in 1894. Contributor Bio:  Kipling, Rudyard Nobel prize-winning writer Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, but returned with his parents to England at the age of five. Influenced by experiences in both India and England, Kipling's stories celebrate British imperialism and the experience of the British soldier in India. Amongst Kipling's best-known works are The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, and the poems "Mandalay" and "Gunga Din." Kipling was the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel prize for literature (1907) and was amongst the youngest to receive the award. Kipling died in 1936 and is interred in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.