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037			_cGifted _nN.K Kannan Menon Foundation
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF
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245			_a75 SHORT MASTERPIECES _b: Stories From World's Literature
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260			_aNew York _bBantam Books _c1961
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500			_aThe seventy-five short masterpieces of fiction in this volume represent the finest accomplishments in a difficult and special art form. Each creates a microcosm in which the very compactness of the story gives it power and emotional impact much more dramatic than could have been achieved in a longer or more explicit work. Proof Positive by Graham Greene in spine-chilling, Leo Tolstoy’s The Three Hermits has a beauty which is moving and spiritual, John Collier’s The Chaser is shocking and hilarious. Selected from the literature of the world, and including writers from Boccaccio through Sylvia Townsend Warner, this volume is a classic anthology of great stories.
650			_aFiction
700			_aRoger B Goodman (ed.)
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