The Top 10 Short Stories - The 1900s - The Americans: The top ten Short Stories of the 1900's written by American authors

Written by Henry James, Mark Twain, Booth Tarkington and 7 more

Narrated by Christopher Ragland, Laurel Lefkow and Darrell Joe

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.

In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?

The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.

Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.

A new century dawns, one in which America would become pre-eminent as its industrial might and military power rose above all others. In literature too its authors tackled new forms and new ideas, they shied away from little, immersing themselves and their readers in the promise of a new Century.

1 - The Top 10 - The 1900's - The Americans - An Introduction

2 - The Great Good Place by Henry James

3 - Eve's Diary by Mark Twain

4 - To Build a Fire by Jack London

5 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather

6 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry

7 - The Scapegoat by Paul Laurence Dunbar

8 - A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane

9 - The Defense of Strikerville by Damon Runyon

10 - The Screaming Skull by F Marion Crawford

11 - Ariel's Triumph by Booth Tarkington

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Copyright Group
• Release date: Feb 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9781803541778

Henry James

Henry James (1843-1916) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and non-fiction. He spent most of his life in Europe, and much of his work regards the interactions and complexities between American and European characters. Among his works in this vein are The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Bostonians (1886), and The Ambassadors (1903). Through his influence, James ushered in the era of American realism in literature. In his lifetime he wrote 12 plays, 112 short stories, 20 novels, and many travel and critical works. He was nominated three times for the Noble Prize in Literature.