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100 1 _aMikels, Rosa Mary Redding,
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245 1 0 _aShort Stories for High Schools
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2015-11-23
505 0 _aPreface -- Introduction -- The first Christmas tree / by Henry Van Dyke -- A French tar-baby / by Joel Chandler Harris -- Sonny's christenin' / by Ruth McEnery Stuart -- Christmas night with Satan / by John Fox, Jr. -- A nest-egg / by James Whitcomb Riley -- Wee Willie Winkle / by Rudyard Kipling -- The gold bug / by Edgar Allan Poe -- The ransom of Red Chief / by O. Henry -- The freshman full-back / by Ralph D. Paine -- Gallegher / by Richard Harding Davis -- The jumping frog / by Mark Twain -- The lady or the tiger? / by Frank R. Stockton -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / by Francis Bret Harte -- The revolt of mother / by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Marse Chan / by Thomas Nelson Page -- "Posson Jone'" / by George W. Cable -- Our aromatic uncle / by Henry Cuyler Bunner -- Quality / by John Galsworthy -- The triumph of night / by Edith Wharton -- A messenger / by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews -- Markheim / by Robert Louis Stevenson.
508 _aProduced by Giovanni Fini, Andrew Sly, Al Haines and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Short Stories for High Schools" by Rosa Mary Redding Mikels is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. This anthology aims to provide high school students with engaging and diverse reading materials that reflect both contemporary and classic literature. The selected stories, ranging in themes and complexity, are curated to cater to the developmental needs of adolescents, promoting an appreciation for the art of storytelling. The opening of the collection introduces the book's purpose and the editorial decisions behind its curation. It articulates a desire to break free from solely relying on classic literary works by including more modern narratives that resonate with學生's experiences. The introduction emphasizes the importance of the short story format in education, outlining how these stories can aid comprehension and narrative creativity amongst high school students. The narrative selections include a variety of voices and styles, with the first story presenting a "hunter of demons" from a historical context, suggesting a blend of moral lessons and adventure that characterizes many of the stories to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShort stories, American
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50543
999 _c91381
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