Short Story Masterpieces

Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the look of choice by teacher, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories by British and American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, editors Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine selected stories that broke new ground and challenged the imagination with their style, subject matters, or tone: the unforgettable, enduring works that shaped the literature of our time.