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This anthology gathers essential American short stories spanning nearly two centuries, beginning with Washington Irving’s 1824 masterpiece “The Devil and Tom Walker” and extending through mid‑20th‑century prose by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, and more. The collection explores themes of impulse, responsibility, and societal customs, offering insights into the evolving American social life and moral landscape.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Washington Irving
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