The United Kingdom 3
Thomas Hardy(1840—1928) 3
THE WITHERED ARM 6
William Somerset Maugham(1874—1965) 45
THE BOOK-BAG 47
Virginia Woolf(1882—1941) 96
KEW GARDENS 99
D.H.Lawrence(1885—1930) 109
THE HORSE DEALER'S DAUGHTER 112
Doris Lessing(1919— ) 136
TO ROOM NINETEEN 139
The United States of America 185
Nathaniel Hawthorne(1804—1864) 185
YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN 188
Edgar Allan Poe(1809—1849) 207
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER 210
Mark Twain(1835—1910) 235
THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY 237
Sherwood Anderson(1876—1941) 247
DEATH IN THE WOODS 249
Jack London(1876—1916) 267
TO BUILD A FIRE 269
William Faulkner(1897—1962) 292
A ROSE FOR EMILY 295
Ernest Hemingway(1899—1961) 309
THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO 311
John Steinbeck(1902—1968) 345
THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS 347
John Updike(1932—2009) 363
SEPARATING 366
The Republic of Ireland 385
Frank O'Connor(1903—1966) 385
GUESTS OF THE NATION 388
Canada 405
Morley Callaghan (1903—1990) 405
NOW THAT APRIL'S HERE 408
Australia 421
Henry Lawson(1867—1922) 421
THE DROVER'S WIFE 424
New Zealand 437
Katherine Mansfield (1888—1923) 437
THE GARDEN PARTY 440
Bibliography 461