TY - BOOK AU - Constantakis,Sara AU - Barden,Thomas E. ED - Gale Group. TI - Short stories for students: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories T2 - Gale eBooks SN - 9781414474595 AV - PN3373 PY - 2011///.] CY - Detroit, Mich. PB - Gale KW - Short story KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - United States KW - Study and teaching (Secondary) N1 - "ISSN 1092-7735."; 2; The bet / Anthon Chekhov --; Broken Chain / Gary Soto --; The Californian's tale / Mark Twain --; A country doctor / Franz Kafka --; The distant past / William Trevor --; Father and I / P�ar Lagerkvist --; The good deed / Pearl S. Buck --; The lovers / Bessie Head --; The machine that won the war / Isaac Asimov --; The Norwegian rat / Naguib Mahfouz --; Sonta for harp and bicycle / Joan Aiken --; War / Luigi Pirandello --; A way of talking / Patricia Grace --; Yours / Mary Robison; 2; b N2 - Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance UR - https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/3AGP/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=columbiaiu ER -