Chapter One?Plot1
Story One?A Retrieved ReformationO.Henry?2
Story Two?An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeAmbrose Bierce?12
Chapter Two Point of View22
Story Three?The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan Poe?23
Story Four?The Open WindowSaki (Hector Hugh Munro)?30
Chapter Three Character36
Story Five?The Garden PartyKatherine Mansfield?37
Story Six?The Revolt of “Mother”Mary E. Wilkins Freeman?52
Chapter Four Setting69
Story Seven?ArabyJames Joyce?69
Story Eight?RainWilliam Somerset Maugham?77
Chapter Five Style117
Story Nine?Cat in the RainErnest Hemingway?117
Story Ten?The Lady, or the Tiger?Frank Stockton?124
Chapter Six Theme132
Story Eleven?Young Goodman BrownNathaniel Hawthorne?133
Story Twelve?A Rose for EmilyWilliam Faulkner?148
Chapter Seven Symbol161
Story Thirteen?The Luck of Roaring CampBret Harte?162
Story Fourteen?The FlyKatherine Mansfield?171
Chapter Eight Irony179
Story Fifteen?Told by the SchoolmasterJohn Galsworthy?180
Story Sixteen?A Cup of TeaKatherine Mansfield?188
Supplementary Reading197
I?The Story of an HourKate Chopin?197
II?My Oedipus ComplexFrank O’Connor?199
III?The LotteryShirley Jackson?209
IV?The Unicorn in the GardenJames Thurber?216
V?The EggSherwood Anderson?217
VI?A Clean, Well-Lighted PlaceErnest Hemingway?226
VII?Love of LifeJack London?230
VIII?The LuncheonWilliam Somerset Maugham?245
IX?The Open BoatStephen Crane?249
