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Name: Discovering Fiction 2
Author: Judith Kay

Discovering Fiction 2 collections feature a range of classic and contemporary North American short stories, offering students a comprehensive overview of the literature. Each chapter is designed to sharpen contextual inference—an essential skill for reading unadapted texts—while encouraging critical thinking, discussion, and written response. The anthology includes works by authors such as Kate Chopin, Sandra Cisneros, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, Shirley Jackson, and Anna Lee Walters.

First publish date: 2012

Genre: Education & Language/Language Learning

Authors: Judith Kay

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