Types of the Short Story

Heydrick, Benjamin Alexander

The tale: Rip Van Winkle, by W. Irving. Story of dramatic incident: The ambitious guest, by N. Hawthorne. Story of local color: Namgay Doola, by R. Kipling. Love story: Two of them, by J. Barrie. Story of romantic adventures: The Sir De Maletroit's door, by R. L. Stevenson. Story of terror: Pit and the Pendulum, by E. A. Poe. Story of the supernatural: The haunted and the haunters; or, The house and the brain,...

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