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100 1 _aO'Brien, Edward J.
_q(Edward Joseph),
_d1890-1941
245 1 4 _aThe best short stories of 1921, and the yearbook of the American short story
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2006-06-28
505 0 _aBrothers / Sherwood Anderson -- Fanutza / Konrad Bercovici -- Experiment / Maxwell Struthers Burt -- Darkness / Irvin S. Cobb -- An instrument of the gods / Lincoln Colcord -- The lizard god / Charles J. Finger -- Under the dome / Waldo Frank -- French Eva / Katherine Fullerton Gerould -- The past / Ellen Glasgow -- His smile / Susan Glaspell -- The harbor master / Richard Matthews Hallet -- Green gardens / Frances Noyes Hart -- She walks in beauty / Fannie Hurst -- The little master of the sky / Manuel Komroff -- The man with the good face / Frank Luther Mott -- Master of fallen years / Vincent O'Sullivan -- The shame dance / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- Kindred / Harriet Maxon Thayer -- Shelby / Charles Hanson Towne -- The wallow of the sea / Mary Heaton Vorse.
508 _aE-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _a"The Best Short Stories of 1921" edited by Edward J. O'Brien is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. This anthology features a range of narratives that highlight notable themes and characters from American literature during that time period. The collection aims to capture the essence of contemporary life through varied storytelling styles and distinctive voices of that era. At the start of this anthology, the opening story, "Brothers" by Sherwood Anderson, sets the tone with a somber narrative about an old man in the countryside who believes he has connections to a murderer in the city. The man, seen as somewhat delusional by the locals, is preoccupied with kinship and relationships, intertwining his narrative with that of a troubled factory foreman who commits a shocking act of violence. The juxtaposition of the old man's yearning for connection and the stark reality of the murder highlights themes of loneliness, identity, and the complexity of human relationships, forming a poignant introduction to the collection's exploration of life in America during this transformative period. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBoston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1922
653 _aShort stories, American
653 _aAmerican fiction -- 20th century
653 _aShort stories -- 20th century -- Bibliography
653 _aShort stories -- 20th century -- Indexes
700 1 _aAnderson, Sherwood,
_d1876-1941
700 1 _aBercovici, Konrad,
_d1882-1961
700 1 _aBurt, Maxwell Struthers,
_d1882-1954
700 1 _aCobb, Irvin S.
_q(Irvin Shrewsbury),
_d1876-1944
700 1 _aColcord, Lincoln,
_d1883-1947
700 1 _aFinger, Charles Joseph,
_d1869-1941
700 1 _aFrank, Waldo David,
_d1889-1967
700 1 _aGerould, Katharine Fullerton,
_d1879-1944
700 1 _aGlasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson,
_d1873-1945
700 1 _aGlaspell, Susan,
_d1882?-1948
700 1 _aHallet, Richard Matthews,
_d1887-1967
700 1 _aHart, Frances Noyes,
_d1890-1943
700 1 _aHurst, Fannie,
_d1889-1968
700 1 _aKomroff, Manuel,
_d1890-1974
700 1 _aMott, Frank Luther,
_d1886-1964
700 1 _aO'Sullivan, Vincent,
_d1868-1940
700 1 _aSteele, Wilbur Daniel,
_d1886-1970
700 1 _aThayer, Harriet Maxon,
_d1889-1984
700 1 _aTowne, Charles Hanson,
_d1877-1949
700 1 _aVorse, Mary Heaton,
_d1874-1966
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18709
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