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Designs for reading

Short Stories

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What is required to survive hardship and danger?
Early marriage / Conrad Richter
Most dangerous game / Richard Connell
Is it possible to seize happiness from life?
Summer of he beautiful white horse / William Saroyan
Antaeus / borden Deal
How does war distort human relationships?
Sniper / Liam O'Flaherty
Enemy / Pearl Buck
Old man at the bridge / Earnest Hemingway
Can man defy the laws of nature?
Build a fire / Jack London
Interlopers / Saki
Can a man be master of his own conducts?
Quality / John Galsworthy
Heyday of the blood / Dorothy Canfield Fisther
Secret life of Walter Mitty / James Thurber
How does fear affect personality?
Fever dream / Ray Bradbury
Telltale heart / Edgar Allan Poe
What price is paid for pretense?
Necklace / Guy de Maupassant
Cress Delahanty / Jessamyn West
Unlucky winner / Max Shulman
Is it necessary to suffer in order to grow?
Water never hurt a man / Walter D. Edmonds
Visit to grandmother / Willaim Melvin kelley
Gift / John Steinbeck

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English
Pages
250

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Cover of: Designs for reading
Designs for reading: Short stories
1969, Houghton Mifflin Company
Paperback in English
Cover of: Designs for reading
Designs for reading: Short Stories
1969, Houghton Mifflin Company
Paperback in English
Cover of: Designs for Reading
Designs for Reading: Short Stories
1969, Houghton Mifflin Company
paperback in English
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Designs for reading: Short Stories
1969, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Table of Contents

What is required to survive hardship and danger?
Early marriage / Conrad Richter
Most dangerous game / Richard Connell
Is it possible to seize happiness from life?
Summer of he beautiful white horse / William Saroyan
Antaeus / borden Deal
How does war distort human relationships?
Sniper / Liam O'Flaherty
Enemy / Pearl Buck
Old man at the bridge / Earnest Hemingway
Can man defy the laws of nature?
Build a fire / Jack lOndon
Interlopers / Saki
Can a man be master of his own conducts?
Quality / John Galsworthy
Heyday of the blood / Dorothy Canfield Fisther
Secret life of Walter Mitty / James Thurber
How does fear affect personality?
Fever dream / Ray Bradbury
Telltale heart / Edgar Allan Poe
What price is paid for pretense?
Necklace / Guy de Maupassant
Cress Delahanty / Jessamyn West
Unlucky winner / Max Shulman
Is it necessary to suffer in order to grow?
Water never hurt a man / Walter D. Edmonds
Visit to grandmother / Willaim Melvin kelley
Gift / John Steinbe
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Edition Notes

Published in
Boston
Series
Houghton books in literature
Other Titles
Short stories
Copyright Date
1969

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
809.3/1
Library of Congress
PN3373 .D45

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
250 p. ;
Number of pages
250

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24205045M
Internet Archive
designsforreadin00ball
OCLC/WorldCat
25432479
Goodreads
62132163

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL15137609W

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