{"product_id":"the-top-10-short-stories-america-the-1880s","title":"The Top 10 Short Stories - America - The 1880's","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Janet Maw, Christopher Ragland, Laurel Lefkow (Unabridged: 5hrs 47mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Edward Page Mitchell, Ambrose Bierce, Lucy Hamilton Hooper, Mary Weilkins E Freeman, Frank R Stockton, Sarah Orne Jewett, Robert Duncan Milne \u0026amp; many more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShort stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this volume our authors explore the America that has expanded across the continent from Coast to Coast and is steadily adding industrial and military might to its rapidly growing and diverse population. But, all the while, tensions among those huddled masses simmer and ferment\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156557885518,"sku":"AB-827252","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781836827252_The_Top_10_Short_Stories_-_America_-_The_1880_s.jpg?v=1786542129","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-top-10-short-stories-america-the-1880s","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}