{"product_id":"9781486418695","title":"The Short Story - The Original Classic Edition","description":"The Short Story by W. Patterson Atkinson A.M. - The Original Classic Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available to you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile lacking some of the technical excellence of Poe by often not knowing how to begin or how to end a story, by sacrificing economy or compression, yet he presented something new in making a story of situation, that is, by putting a character in certain circumstances and working out the results, as The Birthmark (1843). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...Using yet another principle of classification-material-we obtain: stories of dramatic interest, that is, of some striking happening that would hold the audience of a play in a highly excited state, as Stevensons Sire de Malétroits Door; of love, as Bunners Love in Old Cloathes; of roman[Pg xvii]tic adventure, as Kiplings Man Who Would Be King; of terror, as Poes Pit and the Pendulum; of the supernatural, as Crawfords The Upper Berth; of humor, as humor, as Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews A Good Samaritan; of animals, as Kiplings Rikki-tikki-tavi; of psychological analysis, as James Madonna of the Future; and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...But however his memory may be appreciated by critics, it is still held dear by many folks, whose good opinion is well worth having; particularly by certain biscuit-bakers, who have gone so far as to imprint his likeness on their new-year cakes; and have thus given him a chance for immortality, almost equal to the being stamped on a Waterloo Medal, or a Queen Annes Farthing.][\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...Certain it is, that he was a great favorite among all the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles; and never[Pg 3] failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...His fences were con[Pg 4]tinually falling to pieces; his cow would either go astray or get among the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than anywhere else; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some out-door work to do, so that though his patrimonial estate had dwindled away under his management, acre by acre, until there was little more left than a mere patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst conditioned farm in the neighborhood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emereo Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126598582512,"sku":"9781486418695","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781486418695_p0.jpg?v=1763634802","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781486418695","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}