STORIES FROM DIFFERENT GENRES

This stimulating collection of short stories enables students to explore diverse styles of writing and identify how writers of different genres achieve their effects. Featuring ghost, crime, love, science fiction and horror genres, each selection: -Is representative of the language, structure and features of the genre. -Opens with a pre-twentieth century story. -Includes both a general and story-specific introduction. -Provides wide reading and original writing assignments. These seventeen enjoyable stories by major authors such as Thomas Hardy, Adele Geras, Shirley Jackson and Ray Bradbury contain mystery, warmth, revelation and fear...