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The Best Short Stories of 1917

Various

I deny that the American short story is at a low ebb, and I offer the present volume as a revelation of the best that is now being done in this field. I agree with Mrs. Colum that the best stories are only to be found after a laborious dusty search, but this is the proof rather than the refutation of my position.[excerpt from Introduction] - Summary by Edward J. O'Brien, Editor

Genre(s): Short Stories

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Introduction. By Edward J. O'Brien, Editor	Dar'Keith Lofton	00:21:56
Play 02	The Excursion. By Edwina Stanton Babcock	Anne0205	00:34:27
Play 03	Onnie. By Thomas Beer	czandra	00:45:01
Play 04	A Cup of Tea. By Maxwell Struthers Burt	Christine Bowden	00:55:25
Play 05	Lonely Places. By Francis Buzzell	MelissaMarie	00:30:57
Play 06	Boys Will Be Boys. By Irvin S. Cobb	Yoganandh T	01:16:28
Play 07	Laughter. By Charles Caldwell Dobie	Christine Rottger	00:45:24
Play 08	The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part I	Rel22	00:21:22
Play 09	The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part II	Rel22	00:18:53
Play 10	The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part III	Rel22	00:26:48
Play 11	The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part IV	Rel22	00:42:44
Play 12	The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part V	Rel22	00:20:45
Play 13	The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part VI	Rel22	00:30:57
Play 14	The Emperor of Elam. By H. G. Dwight Part VII	Rel22	00:17:48
Play 15	The Gay Old Dog. By Edna Ferber	C Ptacek	00:49:09
Play 16	The Knight's Move. By Katharine Fullerton Gerould	czandra	00:40:33
Play 17	A Jury of Her Peers. By Susan Glaspell	Sarah Hill	00:43:21
Play 18	The Bunker Mouse. By Frederick Stuart Greene	Jonathan Pruett	00:47:37
Play 19	Rainbow Pete. By Richard Matthews Hallet	Rel22	00:38:49
Play 20	Get Ready the Wreaths. By Fannie Hurst Part 1	Doreen Marcotte	00:33:20
Play 21	Get Ready the Wreaths. By Fannie Hurst Part 2	Doreen Marcotte	00:37:12
Play 22	The Strange-looking Man. By Fanny Kemble Johnson	MelissaMarie	00:08:39
Play 23	The Caller in the Night. By Burton Kline	Sarah Hill	00:41:23
Play 24	The Interval. By Vincent O'Sullivan	Ben Tucker	00:15:09
Play 25	A Certain Rich Man—." By Lawrence Perry	Elsie Selwyn	00:43:05
Play 26	The Path of Glory. By Mary Brecht Pulver Part 1	Rel22	00:38:40
Play 27	The Path of Glory. By Mary Brecht Pulver Part 2	Rel22	00:27:40
Play 28	Ching, Ching, Chinaman. By Wilbur Daniel Steele	billromer	00:54:37
Play 29	None So Blind. By Mary Synon	Christine Bowden	00:30:44
Play 30	The Biographical Roll of Honor of American Short Stories for 1917	Christine Rottger	01:01:26
Play 31	The Roll of Honor of Foreign Short Stories in American Magazines for 1917	czandra	00:04:36
Play 32	The Best Books of Short Stories of 1917: A Critical Summary	BettyB	00:38:02
Play 33	The Best Sixty-three American Short Stories of 1917: A Critical Summary	BettyB	00:36:50

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