Sep 09
The Collection
I was browsing books at the book store, which is always a good place to go if you want to browse books, and I came upon a treasury of American Short Stories on the bargain table. I should have bought it but I didn’t. Some of them I already have still boxed away in other similar books.
But I flipped through some pages and scanned a few familiar tales. There was Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery, a story that manages to be slightly more chilling every time I read it…for a variety of reasons.
Then there was O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi. I read the last few paragraphs of Ambrose Bierce’s An Occurrance at Owl Creek Bridge. And then I came to William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily.
I don’t know that I have a favorite short story because I don’t know that I can narrow it down to a single one. But if I had to, at this moment, A Rose for Emily might do nicely.
You have read it, right?
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September 9th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
I like that one (…Emily) as well. Actually, I totally *heart* short stories, so this would be hard for me to pick ONE.
Great, now you’ve made me want to go dig out my Eng.Lit. books…..thanks SO much!