The Haves and Have Nots (Signet Classics) - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451527445 ISBN 13: 9780451527448

Publisher: Signet, 1999

Synopsis

Collected for the first time in one volume.How does money--or the lack of it--affect our lives? What happens when the rich meet the poor, when status comes with a price tag, when personal desires do battle with financial concerns? This unique anthology offers a mosaic of answers, with stories by: * Francine Prose * F. Scott Fitzgerald * Jack London * Kate Chopin * Ethan Canin * Gloria Naylor * Sandra Cisneros * O. Henry * Theodore Dreiser * Stephen Crane * Kate Braverman * James T. Farrell * Charlotte Perkins Gilman * and many others.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

How does money -- or the lack of it -- affect our lives? What subtle social signals separate the elite from the middle-class? What happens when the rich meet the poor, when status comes with a price tag, when personal desires do battle with financial concerns? These moving stories from a diverse array of both classic and contemporary American writers offer a mosaic of answers, with characters who inhabit both mansions and slums, who are driven by the American dream or derailed by it. Collected for the first time in a single volume, these outstanding works of literature combine to create a bold statement on what it takes to survive -- in both body and spirit -- in a money-driven world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Signet
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0451527445
• ISBN 13: 9780451527448
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: Solomon Barbara H.