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Informationen zum Autor Various Klappentext Collected for the first time in one volume.How does money--or the lack of it--affect our lives? What happens when the rich meet the poor, when status comes with a price tag, when personal desires do battle with financial concerns? This unique anthology offers a mosaic of answers, with stories by: * Francine Prose * F. Scott Fitzgerald * Jack London * Kate Chopin * Ethan Canin * Gloria Naylor * Sandra Cisneros * O. Henry * Theodore Dreiser * Stephen Crane * Kate Braverman * James T. Farrell * Charlotte Perkins Gilman * and many others. Zusammenfassung Collected for the first time in one volume.How does money--or the lack of it--affect our lives? What happens when the rich meet the poor! when status comes with a price tag! when personal desires do battle with financial concerns? This unique anthology offers a mosaic of answers! with stories by: * Francine Prose * F. Scott Fitzgerald * Jack London * Kate Chopin * Ethan Canin * Gloria Naylor * Sandra Cisneros * O. Henry * Theodore Dreiser * Stephen Crane * Kate Braverman * James T. Farrell * Charlotte Perkins Gilman * and many others. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction by Barbara Solomon Hope Deferred Alice Dunbar-Nelson Winter Dreams F. Scott Fitzgerald A Jazz-Age Clerk James T. Farrell Three Sketches from The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros The Untold Lie Sherwood Anderson Where We Are Now Ethan Canin The Sorrows of Gin John Cheever Peace of Mind T. Coraghessan Boyle Why I Am a Danger to the Public Barbara Kingsolver The Free Vacation House Anzia Yezierska Jack in the Pot Dorothy West Miss Esther's Guest Sarah Orne Jewett The Gift of the Magi O. Henry Elephant Raymond Carver Life in the Iron Mills Rebecca Harding Davis Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Stephen Crane The Apostate Jack London Under the Lion's Paw Hamlin Garland A Deal in Wheat Frank Norris Louisa Mary Wilkins Freedman The Second Choice THeodore Dreiser Everyone Had a Lobster Francine Prose Mrs. Beazley's Deeds Charlotte Perkins Gilman Blue Island J. F. Powers Over the Hill Kate Braverman A Pair of Silk Stockings Kate Chopin He Katherine Anne Porter I Stand Here Ironing Tillie Olsen Everyday Use Alice Walker Kiswana Browne Gloria Naylor ...
