From Washington Irving (1783-1859) to F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), the authors represented in this expansive American short story anthology invite you to see the world as they saw it.Irving's culture-defining tales of American life - and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and " and and "Rip Van Winkle and " - offer a turn of events that both surprises and chills the reader. In and "Bartleby, and " Herman Melville introduces us to a lawyer whose easy way of life is upended by a mysterious new clerk who denies his authority, perplexes his visitors, and scandalizes his professional reputation. The title character of and "Athenais, and " by Kate Chopin, is a new wife who rebels against the submissive role expected of her by her parents and husband. In Willa Cather's and "The Sculptor's Funeral, and " a young man accompanies the body of his friend and mentor from New York to the renowned artist's hometown where no one ever understood him. And Fitzgerald's and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and " reveals the treachery of a wealthy man protecting his fortune. - jacketTable of ContentsThe legend of Sleepy Hollow - Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving - Young Goodman Brown - The minister's black veil - The fall of the house of Usher - The tell-tale heart - The purloined letter Nathaniel Hawthorne Edgar Allan Poe - Bartleby Herman Melville - My contraband Louisa May Alcott - The celebrated jumbing frog of Caleveras County Mark Twain - The luck of Roaring Camp - The outcasts of Poker Flat Bret Harte - An occurrance at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce - The real right thing - The best in the jungle Henry James - A white heron Sarah Orne Jewett - Athenaise Kate Chopin - The revolt of and "Mother and " Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - The wife of his youth Charles W. Chestnut - The yellow wall-paper Charlotte Perkins Gilman - The other two - Autres temps Edith Wharton - The ransom of Red Chief - The gift of the Magi O. Henry - The open boat - The bride comes to Yellow Sky Stephen Crane - Build a fire Jack London - The sculptor's funeral - Paul's case Willa Cather - Sophistication - The egg Sherwood Anderson - Bernice bobs her hair - The diamond as big as The Ritz F. Scott Fitzgerald