Great American Short Stories

A dazzling collection of short stories, including

• The ＂Legend of Sleepy Hollow＂ and ＂Rip Van Winkle＂ by Washington Irving
• ＂The Sculptor’s Funeral＂ by Willa Cather
• ＂The Yellow Wall-Paper＂ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• ＂The Gift of the Magi＂ by O. Henry

Jane Smiley (1949) is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Thousand Acres, and a number of other books. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature, among many other awards and honors.