Chapter II: Introduction: I. Definition and Development ix

II. Forms xvi

III. The Short-story as Narration xvii

IV. Representative Short-stories xxi

V. Bibliography xxv

WASHINGTON IRVING: Rip Van Winkle (1820) 1

EDGAR ALLAN POE: The Gold Bug (1842) 23

The Purloined Letter (1845) 69

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE: Howe's Masquerade (1838) 93

The Birthmark (1843) 112

FRANCIS BRET HARTE: The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1869) 134

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: The Sire de Malétroit's Door (1878) 148

Markheim (1885) 174

RUDYARD KIPLING: Wee Willie Winkie (1888) 196

NOTES 211

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EDGAR ALLAN POE 23

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 93

FRANCIS BRET HARTE 134

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 148

RUDYARD KIPLING 196