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American Short Stories
de Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, O. Henry, et al.
Hachette, 1974, 64 p. ; 18 cm. (Facts and Fiction in Easy English)
These five stories, all concerned in one way or another with death, range from humor to horror passing through the "emotionless" , direct style of short-story master Jack London in his classic, "To Build a Fire". Mark Twain's humor and imagination create a fictional tale about a real French artist in "Is He Living or Is He Dead ? ". O' Henry's brief "One Thousand Dollars" ends with that touch of irony and surprise which is his speciality. "The Tell-Tale Heart", another 19th century short story by the creator of genre, Edgar Allan Poe, is a classic in horror. And for futuristic horror, Bradbury's "Zero Hour" will leave you with a new appreciation of man's natural fear of the unknown.
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