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A Book of Short Stories

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  • 1914 first published
  • 353 pages
  • 10 editions
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Stuart Pratt Sherman, Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne's A Book of Short Stories (1914) is a gothic fiction and horror story collection. It features Mr. Hooper, Elizabeth and Roderick Usher. It deals with sextons, Clergy, burial vaults and Catalepsy.

It has been published in 10 editions.

At about 353 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Characters

Subjects

  • American Short stories
  • English Short stories
  • Short story
  • Sextons
  • Clergy
  • American Horror tales
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy
  • Dragons
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hermitages
  • Heroic romances
  • Horror
  • Horror tales
  • Hysteria
  • Knights

Quick answers

Who wrote A Book of Short Stories?

A Book of Short Stories was written by Stuart Pratt Sherman, Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne and first published in 1914.

What genre is A Book of Short Stories?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror and Dragon Fiction.

How long is A Book of Short Stories?

The median edition has 353 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to A Book of Short Stories?

Readers who like it often enjoy Short Stories, Short stories , Enlarged Edition and Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century).

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