This collection of six stories explores the development of the American short story over the past century - from a fierce critique of modern suburban family life to isolation and lost love in the deep mid-west.CONTENTS:IntroductionUsing a dictionaryThe Genre of American Stories The Gift of the Magi by O HenryThe Lost Phoebe by Theodore DreiserThe Baby Party by F Scott FitzgeraldYou Were Perfectly Fine by Dorothy ParkerThe Romantic by Patricia HighsmithFull Circle by Edith WhartonEssa
