Project Gutenberg 2007-03-22 Public domain in the USA. 876 O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph) 1890 1941 Harrington, Joseph F. O'Brien, E. J. (Edward Joseph) The Best Short Stories of 1917, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Excursion / Edwina Stanton Babcock -- Onnie / Thomas Beer -- Cup of tea / Maxwell Struthers Burt -- Lonely places / Francis Buzzell -- Boys will be boys / Irvin S. Cobb -- Laughter / Charles Caldwell Dobie -- Emperor of Elam / H.G. Dwight -- Gay old dog / Edna Ferber -- Knight's move / Katharine Fullerton Gerould -- Jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell -- Bunker mouse / Frederick Stuart Greene -- Rainbow Pete / Richard Matthews Hallet -- Get ready the wreaths / Fannie Hurst -- Strange looking man / Fanny Kemble Johnson --Caller in the night / Burton Kline -- Interval / Vincent O'Sullivan -- Certain rich man / Lawrence Perry -- Path of glory / Mary Brecht Pulver -- Ching, ching, chinaman / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- None so blind / Mary Synon. Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Best Short Stories of 1917 and The Yearbook of the American Short Story," edited by Edward J. O'Brien, is a collection of short stories compiled during the early 20th century. This anthology presents a selection of the most notable American short fiction published that year, showcasing a variety of voices and styles. The book likely covers themes reflecting the social dynamics and cultural issues of the time, featuring characters that portray different facets of American life, lending insight into the era's narrative trends. The opening of the anthology includes a diverse array of characters and settings. The first story, "The Excursion" by Edwina Stanton Babcock, introduces a whimsical excursion on a steamboat, where Mrs. Tuttle brings along a parrot, sparking gossip and intrigue among the other passengers. The narrative captures the social interactions, vanity, and humorous undercurrents of the gathering. By starting with this tale, the collection sets the tone for exploring the complexities of human relationships and societal norms, suggesting that themes of human folly and social observations will permeate the subsequent stories as well. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories, American American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1373027 1373031 2024-10-09T07:55:33.267069 2023-09-09T09:56:56.791171 text/html text/html 1400946 2021-01-01T22:07:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 484172 2021-01-01T22:07:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 605459 2024-10-09T07:56:13.856377 application/epub+zip 621558 2024-10-09T07:55:46.587995 application/epub+zip 576205 2024-10-09T07:55:40.382037 application/epub+zip 1171099 2024-10-09T07:56:27.314302 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1037207 2024-10-09T07:56:04.376405 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 986131 2022-09-10T04:38:28.537303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1150191 1150089 2024-10-09T07:55:27.677092 2023-09-09T09:56:52.013154 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1149781 2021-01-01T22:07:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 446082 2021-01-01T22:07:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1149795 2021-01-01T22:07:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 445900 2021-01-01T22:07:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22453 2024-10-09T07:56:27.487272 application/rdf+xml 23793 2024-10-09T07:55:41.066038 image/jpeg 4507 2024-10-09T07:55:40.726011 image/jpeg 576036 2024-10-09T07:55:33.377059 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia