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Old 04-29-2008, 04:48 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by wendybeth View Post
I love short stories. Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, Fitzgerald ( 'Babylon Revisited' is one of my all-time favorites), Poe, London, Twain, Dickens....the list goes on and on. Nearly every great writer has written short fiction- magazines and anthologies were a way into the public eye and paid the bills while they worked on their longer masterpieces. I think the Norton Anthologies have done a great job compiling these works and they usually have top-notch translations for the foreign language stories.
Shirley Jackson is also a favorite. I LOVE her novels, as well.

I didn't know about Dickens short fiction. I have a feeling I'd much prefer that to his "chock full" novels. Very cool.
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