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Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway

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  • 2004 first published
  • 561 pages
  • 2 editions
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Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway is a 2004 gothic fiction and demon fiction novel by Corinne Demas, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe. It takes readers to New England and Salem Village in the 1600s. It features Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher and Ethelred. Key subjects include burial vaults, Catalepsy, dragons and hermitages.

At about 561 pages, most readers finish it in 10–11 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • American Horror tales
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy
  • Dragons
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hermitages
  • Heroic romances
  • Horror
  • Horror tales
  • Hysteria
  • Knights
  • Maces
  • Psychogenic death
  • Tarns
  • Satanism
  • Short story

Quick answers

Who wrote Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway?

Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway was written by Corinne Demas, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 2004.

What genre is Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Demons & Devils, Horror and Circus & Carnival.

How long is Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway?

The median edition has 561 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Evil Image, Great American Short Stories and The Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction -- Fourth Edition.

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