Thursday, April 4, 2024

Lots to think about from famous authors

Best-Loved Short Stories: Flaubert, Chekhov, Kipling, Joyce, Fitzgerald, Poe and Others (Large Print) ~ by Evan Bates, 2004, short stories, 336 pages

Here's a selection of great tales by American and European authors.  Eleven stories include F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace," Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," Chekhov's "The Lady with the Toy Dog," and O. Henry's "The Furnished Room," in addition to works by Gustave Flaubert, Leo Tolstoy, Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and Willa Cather.

I Shall Not Be Moved
~ by Maya Angelou, 1991, biography/poetry, 64 pages

This memorable collection of poems exhibits Maya Angelou's unique gift for capturing the triumph and pain of being black and everybody's struggle to be free.  Filled with bitter-sweet intimacies and ferocious courage, these poems are gems — many-faceted, bright with wisdom, and radiant with life.

1 comment:

Claire (The Captive Reader) said...

Very interesting picks! Happy reading.