A review by nata_lee
The Penguin Book of American Short Stories by Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, O. Henry, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, James Cochrane, Henry James, Mark Twain, Truman Capote, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Updike, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Bernard Malamud, Katherine Anne Porter, William Faulkner, Ring Lardner, Stephen Crane

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

A little bit of a hard read at times, for me, but I did quite enjoy most of these short stories. The ones I really liked are: 

🔅The legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving

🔅The fall of the house Usher - Edgar Allan Poe

🔅Bartleby - Herman Melville 

🔅The real thing - Henry James 

🔅The bride comes to Yellow Sky - Stephen Crane

🔅Neighbor Rosicky - Willa Cather 

🔅To build a fire - Jack London 

🔅Death in the woods - Sherwood Anderson 

🔅Flowering Judas - Katherine Anne Porter 

🔅The battler - Ernest Hemingway 

🔅Children on their birthdays - Truman Capote