Student Bibliography
Following is a list of short stories that are written on a lower reading level as well as in their original format. All are readily available in anthologies currently being used in the New Haven School system.
Character
Setting
Point of View
Callaghan, Morley. “All the Years of Her Life”.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. “The Red-Headed League”.
Jackson, Shirley. “The Lottery”.
Kipling, Rudyard. “Rikki-tikki-tavi”.
London, Jack. “To Build a Fire”.
Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Cask of Amontillado”.
Saki. “The Open Window”.
Thurber, James. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”.
Plot
Theme
Bierce, Ambrose. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”.
Connell, Richard. “The Most Dangerous Game”.
deMaupassant, Guy. “The Necklace”.
0. Henry. “The Gift of the Magi”.
Stockton, Frank R. “The Lady, or the Tiger”.
Twain, Mark. “The Californian’s Tale”.
Bibliography for Teachers
Boynton, Robert.
Introduction to the Short Story
. Rochelle Park, N.J.: Hayden Book Co., 1978. Works analyzed according to story elements.
Brooks, Cleanth, Warren, Robert Penn.
The Scope of Fiction
. New York: Appleton Century Crofts, 1960. Works analyzed according to story elements.
Forster, E.M.
Aspects of the Novel
. New York: 1927, Harcourt Brace, 1927. Lectures given by the author at Trinity College, Cambridge. “The Plot” is a very good section.
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Hersey, John.
The Writers Craft
. New York: Knopf, 1974. Collection of essays, interviewsand lectures by writers on style, theme, the process of writing and the aim of fiction.
May, Charles E.
Short Story Theories
. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1976. Selection of essays on the principles of the short story.
Visual Aids
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Bierce, Ambrose. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”.
Jackson, Shirley. “The Lottery”.
Lawrence, D.H. “The Rocking Horse Winner”.
London, Jack. “To Build a Fire”.
Saki. “The Open Window”.
Stockton, Frank. “The Lady or the Tiger”.