Great American Short Stories - Paperback

by Jane Smiley (Introduction by)

A dazzling collection of short stories, including

• The "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving
• "The Sculptor's Funeral" by Willa Cather
• "The Yellow Wall-Paper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry

And many more. This edition also features an introduction by Jane Smiley.

Author Biography

Jane Smiley (1949) is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Thousand Acres, and a number of other books. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature, among many other awards and honors.