The Best Short Stories of 1917
Edward J. O'Brien
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The Best Short Stories of 1917
by Edward J. O'Brien, Edwina Stanton Babcock, Maxwell Struthers Burt
Published
Jan 04, 2018
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Pages
632
ISBN-13
9781330803868
ISBN-10
1330803868
Description
The Stories Chosen for This Year's Anthology: ---------------------------------------- ---------- <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Title<br></th> <th>Author<br></th> <th>(Originally<br>Published In)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>The Excursion</td> <td>Edwina Stanton Babcock</td> <td>(Pictorial Review Oct 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Onnie</td> <td>Thomas Beer</td> <td>(The Century Magazine May 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>A Cup of Tea</td> <td>Maxwell Struthers Burt</td> <td>(Scribner’s Jul 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lonely Places</td> <td>Francis Buzzell</td> <td>(Pictorial Review Dec 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Boys Will Be Boys [Judge William Pitman Priest “Old Judge Priest”]</td> <td>Irvin S. Cobb</td> <td>(The Saturday Evening Post Oct 20 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Laughter</td> <td>Charles Caldwell Dobie</td> <td>(Harper’s Apr 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Emperor of Elam</td> <td>H. G. Dwight</td> <td>(The Century Magazine Jul 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Gay Old Dog</td> <td>Edna Ferber</td> <td>(Metropolitan Magazine Oct 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Knight’s Move</td> <td>Katharine Fullerton Gerould</td> <td>(Atlantic Monthly Feb 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>A Jury of Her Peers</td> <td>Susan Glaspell</td> <td>(Every Week Mar 5 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Bunker Mouse</td> <td>Frederick Stuart Greene</td> <td>(The Century Magazine Mar 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Rainbow Pete</td> <td>Richard Matthews Hallet</td> <td>(Pictorial Review Oct 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Get Ready the Wreaths</td> <td>Fannie Hurst</td> <td>(Cosmopolitan Sep 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Strange-Looking Man</td> <td>Fanny Kemble Johnson</td> <td>(The Pagan Dec 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Caller in the Night</td> <td>Burton Kline</td> <td>(Stratford Journal Dec 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Interval</td> <td>Vincent O’Sullivan</td> <td>(Boston Evening Transcript Sep 8 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>“A Certain Rich Man—”</td> <td>Lawrence Perry</td> <td>(Scribner’s Nov 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Path of Glory</td> <td>Mary Brecht Pulver</td> <td>(The Saturday Evening Post Mar 10 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ching, Ching, Chinaman</td> <td>Wilbur Daniel Steele</td> <td>(Pictorial Review Jun 1917)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>None So Blind</td> <td>Mary Synon</td> <td>(Harper’s Oct 1917)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
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This edition of The Best Short Stories of 1917 has approximately 632 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, The Best Short Stories of 1917 typically takes between 13h 10m and 8h 47m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 158,000 words and common reading speeds.
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Who is the author of The Best Short Stories of 1917?
The Best Short Stories of 1917 was written by Edward J. O'Brien, Edwina Stanton Babcock, Maxwell Struthers Burt.
When was The Best Short Stories of 1917 published?
The publication date for this specific edition is Jan 04, 2018. The original work may have been published on a different date.