C. Alphonso Smith (1864–1924)
Auteur de Short Stories Old and New
A propos de l'auteur
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Œuvres de C. Alphonso Smith
An Old English grammar and exercise book with inflections, syntax, selections for reading, and glossary (1896) 33 exemplaires
Library of Southern Literature, Vol. XIV: Miscellanea (1909) — Directeur de publication — 4 exemplaires
Library of Southern Literature, Vol. XVII: Supplement No. 1 Astor-Wilkinson — Editor in Chief — 2 exemplaires
The Order of Words in Anglo-Saxon prose. Dissertation ... Reprinted from the Publications of the Modern Language… 1 exemplaire
Our Language (Second Book) 1 exemplaire
Keynote studies in keynote books of the Bible 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Library of Southern Literature, Vol. XI: Schele De Vere-Stuart (1909) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
The Reviewer, Volume III, Numbers 1-12 (April 1922-July 1923) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1864-05-28
- Date de décès
- 1924-06-13
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 23
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 155
- Popularité
- #135,097
- Évaluation
- 4.4
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 34
In his introduction, Smith states that "Every short story has three parts, which may be called Setting or Background, Plot or Plan, and Characters or Characters". He then defines each part -- and, then, before each short story is introduced, he describes what these three parts are (which occasionally causes spoilers). This feature sets this short story collection a bit apart from most others.
Some stories were re-reads for me (i.e. The Gift of the Magi); some were ones in which the basic plot I was familiar with (i.e. Rip Van Winkle), and some were completely new to me (The Necklace, though I had heard of the author before). Most would probably not be new to someone highly educated in literature, and such a person might not need Smith's discussion before each story, but I enjoyed this over all. I admit though, that I skimmed over Kipling and didn't really read it at all. My favorites were O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" and de Maupassant's "The Necklace" -- I like the surprising twist endings that those provided.
The short stories in this volume are as follows:
"Esther" -- Old Testament
"Ali Baba and the Forty Robbers" -- The Arabian Nights
"Rip Van Winkle" -- Washington Irving
"The Gold Bug" -- Edgar Allan Poe
"A Christmas Carol" -- Charles Dickens
"The Great Stone Face" -- Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Rab and His Friends" -- Dr. John Brown
"The Outcast of Poker Flats" -- Bret Harte
"Markheim" -- Robert Louis Stevenson
"The Necklace" -- Guy de Maupassant
"The Man Who Would be King" -- Rudyard Kipling
"The Gift of the Magi" -- O. Henry… (plus d'informations)