ContentsPrefaceAnIntroductiontoReadingShortStoriesⅠ．Plot 5
WilliamMarch 7
Aesop sLastFableIrwinShaw 12
TheGirlsinTheirSummerDressesWilliamFaulkner 22
ARoseforEmilyO．Henry 38
AfterTwentyYearsⅡ．Character 45
BernardMalamud 47
TheMagicBarrelStephenCrane 72
TheOpenBoatErnestHemingway 97
AClean,Well—lightedPlaceJamesThurber 105
TheCatbirdSeatJackLondon 119
TheLawofLifeⅢ．PointofView 130
JamesBaldwin 133
GoingtoMeettheManFrankO Connor 158
MyOedipusComplexRingLardner 174
HaircutWilliamSomersetMaugham 192
AFriendinNeedⅣ．Theme 201
OscarWilde 202
TheHappyPrinceSallyBenson 215
TheOvercoatLiamO Flaherty 223
RedBarbaraShirleyJackson 236
TheLotterySherwoodAnderson 250