Project Gutenberg 2007-11-11 Public domain in the USA. 331 O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph) 1890 1941 Harrington, Joseph F. O'Brien, E. J. (Edward Joseph) The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The kitchen gods / G.F. Alsop -- An awakening / Sherwood Anderson -- Willum's vanilla / Edwina Stanton Babcock -- A night among the horses / Djuna Barnes -- Long, long ago / Frederick Orin Bartlett -- Dishes / Agnes Mary Brownell -- The blood-red one / Maxwell Struthers Burt -- The wedding-jest / James Branch Cabell -- The wrists on the door / Horace Fish -- "Government goat" / Susan Glaspell -- The stone / Henry Goodman -- To the bitter end / Richard Matthews Hallet -- The Meeker ritual / Joseph Hergesheimer -- The centenarian / Will E. Ingersoll -- Messengers / Calvin Johnston -- Mrs. Drainger's veil / Howard Mumford Jones -- Under a wine-glass / Ellen N. La Motte -- A thing of beauty / Elias Lieberman -- The other room / Mary Heaton Vorse -- "The fat of the land" / Anzia Yezierska. Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story," edited by Edward J. O'Brien, is a collection of short stories published during the year, encapsulating the literary trends and themes of early 20th-century American fiction. This anthology comprises various notable authors of the time, showcasing a diverse range of characters and narratives that highlight the human experience from multiple viewpoints. The collection reflects the evolving American narrative style and offers insight into the social fabric of the decade. The opening of the anthology introduces the reader to the editor’s insightful preface, where O’Brien reflects on the state of American literature and critiques its tendencies towards optimism in the face of harsh realities. This is followed by the first story, "The Kitchen Gods" by Gulielma Fell Alsop, which transports us to a Chinese household where the small wife, Dong-Yung, navigates the complexities of her place between tradition and a yearning for personal autonomy, while her husband, Foh-Kyung, explores new spiritual beliefs. This poignant exploration of cultural contrasts and personal conflict sets the stage for the themes of identity and societal roles that are likely to be recurrent throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories, American American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1096799 1096808 2024-09-10T07:45:36.121988 2023-09-10T10:56:46.712112 text/html text/html 1115516 2007-11-16T11:37:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 361153 2007-11-16T11:39:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 446125 2024-09-10T07:46:05.514798 application/epub+zip 459375 2024-09-10T07:45:44.111931 application/epub+zip 459374 2024-09-10T07:45:39.916941 application/epub+zip 927427 2024-09-10T07:46:16.527798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 811325 2024-09-10T07:45:59.262860 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 811583 2022-09-11T05:32:23.253093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 898637 898536 2024-09-10T07:45:32.320986 2023-09-10T10:56:43.013100 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 898282 2007-11-16T11:38:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 341095 2007-11-16T11:39:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 898282 2007-11-16T11:39:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 340947 2007-11-16T11:39:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21244 2024-09-10T07:46:16.702758 application/rdf+xml 23468 2024-09-10T07:45:40.384929 image/jpeg 4461 2024-09-10T07:45:40.149939 image/jpeg 426299 2024-09-10T07:45:36.204023 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