The short story is one of our most popular literary forms. Some of the greatest writers in the English language have used this form to tell their most compelling tales. These stories have withstood the test of time. This collection of over thirty famous and familiar writings include stories from Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Edith Wharton, Charles Dickens, Stephen Leacock, Alice Munro and many more famous and familiar storytellers. Here you ll find Washington Irving s "Rip Van Winkle," O Henry s "The Gift of the Magi," Bret Harte s "The Outcast of Poker Flat," Edgar Alan Poe s "The Fall of the House of Usher," F. Scott Fitzgerald s "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," John Cheever s "The Country Husband," and other stories you ll want to read and enjoy again and again. Also Available: Poems to Read Again and Again, 978-0-88486-567-4, Hard Cover, front padded edition, with ribbon marker, 19.95"