Each volume of Short Stories for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 13-15 works from various cultures and time periods. Each story covered in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians -- experts who have helped us define the information needs of students and ensure the age-appropriateness of this references content.

Here are some of the stories you will find in this volume: The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cat in the Rain by Ernest Hemingway, The Homecoming Stranger by Bei Dao, Mista Courifer by Adelaide Casely-Hayford, A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin, and A Sunrise on the Veld by Doris Lessing.

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