Short Novels of the Masters - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815411782 ISBN 13: 9780815411789

Publisher: Cooper Square Press, 2001

Synopsis

Ten classic short novels appear in this collection by noted editor Neider. The contents include: Benito Cereno by Herman Melville, Notes from Underground by F. M. Dostoyevsky, A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert, The Death of Ivan Ilych by L. N. Tolstoy, The Aspern Papers by Henry James, Ward No. 6 by A. P. Chekhov, Death in Venice by Thomas Mann, The Dead by James Joyce (recently made into a musical), The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, and The Fox by D. H. Lawrence. In the introduction, Neider discusses the themes that arise in several of the novels, grouping them by more than just their greatness.

About this title

From Library Journal:

This remarkable collection assembles ten works by 19th- and 20th-century literary gods of America, Europe, and the UK: Herman Melville's Benito Cereno, Feodor Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground, Gustave Flaubert's A Simple Heart, Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Iv n Il"ch, Henry James's The Aspern Papers, Anton Chekov's Ward No. 6, Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, James Joyce's The Dead, Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, and D.H. Lawrence's The Fox. This also includes a lengthy introduction by editor and literary scholar Neider.
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Review:

A splendid anthology of short masterpieces of fiction. (The New Yorker)

[Neider] is always interesting, and the reader will find his ideas are stimulating. (Saturday Review Of Literature)

An absorbing collection for both students and general readers. (The New York Times)

About this edition

• Publisher: Cooper Square Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0815411782
• ISBN 13: 9780815411789
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 648
• Editor: Neider Charles