Great American Short Stories

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Washington Irving -- The legend of sleepy hollow -- The spectre bridegroom -- Nathaniel Hawthorne -- [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) [Rappaccini's Daughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455378W) Edgar Allan Poe -- [The murders in the Rue Morgue](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41072W) [William Wilson](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16088822W) [The pit and the pendulum](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273550W) [The cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Captain Kidd's money -- Herman Melville -- Benito Cereno -- The lightning-rod man -- Fitz-James O'Brien -- The diamond lens -- Mark Twain -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- The stolen white elephant -- The man who corrupted Hadleyburg -- Bret Harte -- The luck of roaring camp -- Tennessee's partner -- Ambrose Bierce -- [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) A horseman in the sky -- Henry James -- The turn of the screw -- The jolly corner -- Sarah Orne Jewett -- The courting of Sister Wisby -- The Hiltons' holiday -- O. Henry -- The love-philtre of Ikey Schoenstein -- One dollar's worth -- Art and the bronco -- The furnished room -- Calloway's code -- Edith Wharton -- The Rembrandt -- The recovery -- Stephen Crane -- Maggie -- The bride comes to yellow sky -- Willa Cather -- The clemency of the court -- Lou, the prophet -- A night at Greenway Court -- Jack London -- To the man on trail -- The son of the wolf -- The wife of a king -- William Faulkner -- [That Evening Sun](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20080863W/That_Evening_Sun) Ernest Hemingway -- The killers -- John Steinbeck -- The leader of the people -- Flannery O'Connor -- A late encounter with the enemy.

subjects: Social life and customs,  Manners and customs,  Fiction,  short story,  American Short stories,  Satanism,  Devil,  open_syllabus_project,  Puritans,  catechism,  short stories,  African Americans,  husband and wife,  race relations,  History,  United States Civil War,  Classic Literature,  hanging,  Confederacy,  Union,  Juvenile audience,  civil war,  American Civil War,  Confederate States of America,  Children's fiction,  Crime,  Detective and mystery stories,  Horror stories,  Juvenile fiction,  Revenge,  aristocracy,  American Horror tales,  American literature,  fear,  pendulums,  Spanish Inquisition

People: Giacomo Rappaccini,  Giovanni Guasconti,  Beatrice Rappaccini,  Peyton Farquhar,  Goodman Brown,  Faith Brown,  Goody Cloyse,  Quentin Compson,  Nancy,  Caddy,  Jason,  Dilsey,  Jesus,  Mrs. Compson,  Mr. Stovall,  Jailer,  Mr. Lovelady,  Montresor,  Fortunato,  Luchresi,  Lady Fortunato,  William Wilson,  Father Time

Places: United States,  Alabama,  Owl Creek Bridge,  Padua,  India,  Italy,  University of Padua,  Jefferson,  New England,  Salem Village,  Massachusetts,  England,  Eton College,  Oxford,  University of Oxford,  Rome,  Toledo

Times: 19th century,  1861-1865,  1600s,  1861-65,  carnival