The vermilion box

Description:

Stories chosen by teachers of college writing-programs, such courses now taught in 800 universities. The stories range from Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, a slice of life from the Vietnam War, to Amy Tan's Two Kinds, the efforts of a Chinese-American mother to turn her daughter into a prodigy.

subjects: British Personal narratives,  Fiction,  Personal narratives, British,  Social life and customs,  World War, 1914-1918,  Récits personnels britanniques,  Moeurs et coutumes,  Guerre, 1914-1918 (Mondiale, 1re)

Places: Great Britain

Times: 19th century