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 Part One
  Unit One Langston Hughes: Early Autumn
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: The Short Story
   Text for Reading
   Interpretation and Discussion
  Unit Two (1) I B Singer: The Washwoman
   (2) Frank Sargeson: A Piece of Yellow Soap
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: The Author, the Narrator and the Reader
   Text for Reading (1)
   Text for Reading (2)
   Interpretation and Discussion
  Unit Three Richard Selzer: The Discus Thrower
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: The Setting and the Theme
   Text for Reading
   Interpretation and Discussion
  Unit Four Somerset Maugham: Mr Know-All
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: Character and Characterization
   Text for Reading
   Interpretation and Discussion
  Unit Five Roald Dahl: The Taste
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: The Story and the Plot
   Text for Reading
   Interpretation and Discussion
  Unit Six Mary Gavell: The Swing
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: Flashback and Foreshadowing
   Text for Reading
   Interpretation and Discussion
  Unit Seven James Joyce: Araby
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: Style, Tone and Irony
   Text for Reading
   Interpretation and Discussion
  Unit Eight Frank Stockton: The Lady, or the Tiger?
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: Type of Short Story: Romantic Fiction
   Text for Reading
   Interpretation and Discussion
  Unit Nine Frank O’Connor: Guests of the Nation
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: Type of Short Story: Realistic Fiction
   Text for Reading
   Interpretation and Discussion
  Unit Ten Jack London: The Law of Life
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: Type of Short Story: Naturalistic Fiction
   Text for Reading
   Interpretation and Discussion
  Unit Eleven James Thurber: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: Type of Short Story: Modernist Fiction
   Text for Reading
   Interpretation and Discussion
  Unit Twelve Donald Barthelme: The Glass Mountain
   Key Words
   Elements of Fiction: Type of Short Story: Postmodernist Fiction
   Text for Reading
   Interpretation and Discussion
 Part Two Additional Stories for Reading and Discussion
  Additional Reading One Kate Chopin: The Story of an Hour
   Meet the Author
   Text for Reading
   Discussion Questions
  Additional Reading Two Rabia Ozkaya: The Present
   Meet the Author
   Text for Reading
   Discussion Questions
  Additional Reading Three Katherine Mansfield: Miss Brill
   Meet the Author
   Text for Reading
   Discussion Questions
  Additional Reading Four Gary Gildner: Sleepy Time Gal
   Meet the Author
   Text for Reading
   Discussion Questions
  Additional Reading Five Richard Jefferies: The Acorn-Gatherer
   Meet the Author
   Text for Reading
   Discussion Questions
  Additional Reading Six Sherwood Anderson: The Egg
   Meet the Author
   Text for Reading
   Discussion Questions
  Additional Reading Seven John Collier: The Chaser
   Meet the Author
   Text for Reading
   Discussion Questions
  Additional Reading Eight O Henry: After Twenty Years
   Meet the Author
   Text for Reading
   Discussion Questions
 Vocabulary