The bottle imp / Robert Louis Stevenson -- An end to dreams / Stephen Vincent Benét -- Parson's pleasure / Roald Dahl -- The bride comes to yellow sky / Stephen Crane -- The monkey's paw / W.W. Jacobs -- The foster portfolio / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. -- The poor relation's story / Charles Dickens -- The real thing / Henry James -- The hostage / C.S. Forester -- Rip van Winkle / Washington Irving -- The girls in their summer dresses / Irwin Shaw -- The street that got mislaid / Patrick Waddington -- A piece of steak / Jack London -- The secret ingredient / Paul Gallico -- The hawk / Liam…
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Editions
1 edition
Hardcover · English · 1978
The Readers Digest Association · 639 pages · 9780895770998
American Short storiesEnglish Short storiesshort storiesfictionAmerican fictionAmerican Horror talesAmerican literatureChildren's fiction
