Give students the tools they need to make books and authors a meaningful part of their lives by introducing them to one of our For Students literary references. These resources are specially crafted to meet the curricular needs of high school and undergraduate college students and their teachers as well as the interests of general readers and researchers.Each title in the series provides understandable, comprehensive explanations of the most commonly studied poems, novels, dramas, epics and short stories as identified by an advisory board of teachers and librarians. No other literature...

Each volume presents vital information on approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Short Stories for Students contains concise synopses of the story's plot, characters and themes, along with a brief author biography, a discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance and excerpted criticism.

Each volume presents vital information on approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels.

Each volume presents vital information on approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels.

Each volume presents vital information on approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels.

Each bi-annual volume presents vital information on approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Titles featured in vol. 14 of Short Stories for Students include: Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison Animal Stories by Jason Brown Exchanging Glances by Christa Wolf Last Lovely City by Alice Adams Black Boy by Kay Boyle

Each bi-annual volume presents vital information on approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Titles featured in vol. 15 of Short Stories for Students include: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison Dante and the Lobster by Samuel Beckett To Da-duh in Memorium by Paule Marshall Winter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Harvest by Tomas Rivera

Each volume presents detailed information on approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Entries contain concise synopses of each story's plot, characters and themes; a brief author biography; a discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance; excerpted criticism; and more.

Each bi-annual volume presents vital information on approximately 15 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels.Titles featured in vol. 21 of Short Stories for Students include: Greyhound People by Alice Adams Tales from the 1001 Nights by Richard Burton The Mysterious Stranger, No. 44 by Mark Twain Ball of Fat by Guy de Maupassant In the Zoo by Jean Stafford