Fiction 100: Fifth Edition ed. James H. Pickering (Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1988, 0-02-395539-2, vi+1533pp, tp, an)
- v · Preface · James H. Pickering · pr
- 1 · At the Beach · Alice Adams · ss The New Yorker July 27 1981
- 11 · The Kugelmass Episode · Woody Allen · ss The New Yorker May 2 1977
- 20 · The Egg · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial March 1920, as “The Triumph of the Egg”
- 28 · The Oranging of America · Max Apple · ss American Review #19, 1974
- 39 · The Bicentennial Man [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Stellar #2 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, February 1976
- 66 · Sonny’s Blues · James Baldwin · nv Partisan Review Summer 1957
- 88 · Lost in the Funhouse · John Barth · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1967
- 104 · Cortés and Montezuma · Donald Barthelme · ss Great Days by Donald Barthelme, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979
- 111 · Janus · Ann Beattie · ss The New Yorker May 27 1985
- 115 · Looking for Mr. Green · Saul Bellow · nv Commentary March 1951
- 130 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890
- 137 · The Garden of Forking Paths · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Donald A. Yates · ss Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review Spring 1958
translated from the Spanish (“El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan”, El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, 1941).
- 145 · Astronomer’s Wife · Kay Boyle · ss The White Horses of Vienna and Other Stories by Kay Boyle, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1936
- 150 · August 2002: Night Meeting [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, May 1950
- 156 · The Guest · Albert Camus; translated by Justin O’Brien · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1957
- 165 · Cathedral · Raymond Carver · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1981
- 176 · The Country Husband · John Cheever · nv The New Yorker November 20 1954
- 194 · The Darling · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Darling and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov, tr. Constance Garnett, Macmillan, 1916
translated from the Russian (“Dushechka”, Semya #1, January 3, 1899).
- 203 · Athénaïse: A Story of a Temperament · Kate Chopin · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1896 (+1)
- 225 · The Kidnapped Prime Minister [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv The Sketch April 25 1923
- 239 · The Indian Well · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss Accent Spring 1943
- 251 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Samuel L. Clemens · ss The Californian December 16 1865, as by Mark Twain
revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865).
- 256 · Heart of Darkness · Joseph Conrad · na Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1899 (+2)
- 313 · The Secret Sharer · Joseph Conrad · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1910 (+1)
- 341 · Youth · Joseph Conrad · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine September 1898
- 364 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898
- 383 · The Grand Inquisitor · Fëdor Dostoevski; translated by Constance Garnett · ex from The Brothers Karamazov, Heinemann, 1912
translated from the Russian (Brat’ya Karamazovy, 1880).
- 397 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892
- 414 · King of the Bingo Game · Ralph Ellison · ss Tomorrow November 1944
- 421 · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939
- 434 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931
- 443 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930
- 450 · Winter Dreams · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv MacLean’s November 15 1922
- 466 · The Road from Colonus · E. M. Forster · ss The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories by E. M. Forster, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1911
- 474 · Aura · Carlos Fuentes; translated by Lysander Kemp · nv Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965
translated from the Spanish (Aura, Ediciones Era, 1962).
- 495 · Watch Time Fly · Laura Furman · ss Watch Time Fly by Laura Furman, Viking, September 1983
- 507 · A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings · Gabriel García Márquez; translated by Gregory Rabassá · ss New American Review #13, 1971
translated from the Spanish (“Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes”, 1955).
- 512 · The Yellow Wall-Paper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892
- 524 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917
based on material from the play “Trifles”.
- 539 · Dream Children · Gail Godwin · ss Dream Children by Gail Godwin, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976
- 549 · The Overcoat · Nikolai Gogol; translated by Constance Garnett · na Atlantis Press, 1947
translated from the Russian (“Shinel”, Sochineniia, 1842).
- 570 · The Train from Rhodesia · Nadine Gordimer · ss The Soft Voice of the Serpent and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer, Simon & Schuster, 1952
- 574 · They Can Only Hang You Once [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Collier’s November 19 1932
- 584 · The Three Strangers · Thomas Hardy · nv Longman’s Magazine March 1883
- 600 · My Kinsman, Major Molineux · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv The Token 1832, 1831, as by The Author of “Sights from a Steeple”
- 613 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 623 · Hills Like White Elephants · Ernest Hemingway · ss Transition August 1927
- 627 · The Old Man and the Sea · Ernest Hemingway · na Life September 1 1952
- 669 · The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #6, March 15 1820, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 691 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #1, June 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 702 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948
- 709 · The Beast in the Jungle · Henry James · na The Better Sort by Henry James, Scribner's, 1903
- 738 · Daisy Miller · Henry James · na The Cornhill Magazine June 1878 (+1)
- 780 · The Tree of Knowledge · Henry James · ss The Soft Side by Henry James, Methuen, 1900
- 791 · A White Heron · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton Mifflin, 1886
- 799 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · Dorothy M. Johnson · nv Cosmopolitan July 1949
- 810 · Araby · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, June 1914
- 815 · The Dead · James Joyce · na The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, June 1914
- 845 · A Little Cloud · James Joyce · ss The Smart Set May 1915
- 855 · A Hunger Artist · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Ein Hungerkünstler”, Die neue Rundschau, 1922).
- 862 · The Metamorphosis [Gregor Samsa] · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · na The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Die Verwandlung”, Weisse Blätter Oct ’15).
- 893 · They · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904
- 909 · The Horse Dealer’s Daughter · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review April 1922
- 921 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926
- 932 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy November 1969
- 950 · Wine · Doris Lessing · ss The Habit of Loving by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1957
- 954 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902
- 965 · The Magic Barrel · Bernard Malamud · ss Partisan Review November/December 1954
- 977 · Mario and the Magician · Thomas Mann; translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter · na Martin Secker, 1930
translated from the German (Mario und der Zauberer, S. Fischer Verlag, 1930).
- 1007 · The Fly · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Nation and Athenaeum March 18 1922
- 1011 · Shiloh · Bobbie Ann Mason · ss The New Yorker October 20 1980
- 1021 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884).
- 1028 · Bartleby the Scrivener · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), uncredited.
- 1054 · Benito Cereno · Herman Melville · na Putnam’s Monthly October 1855 (+2)
- 1110 · Patriotism · Yukio Mishima; translated by Geoffrey W. Sargent · ss Death in Midsummer and Other Stories by Yukio Mishima, tr. Geoffrey W. Sargent, New Directions, 1966
translated from the Japanese (“Yūkoku”, Shōsetsu Chūōkōron, December 1960).
- 1127 · How I Met My Husband · Alice Munro · ss Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You by Alice Munro, McGraw-Hill, 1974
- 1139 · Thanks for the Ride · Alice Munro · ss Tamarack Review Winter 1957
- 1148 · The Schartz-Metterklume Method · H. H. Munro · ss The Westminster Gazette October 14 1911, as by Saki
- 1152 · Something Special · Iris Murdoch · nv Winter’s Tales 3, Macmillan UK, October 1957
- 1165 · Four Summers · Joyce Carol Oates · ss The Yale Review Spring 1967
- 1178 · Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch Fall 1966
- 1190 · The Artificial Nigger · Flannery O’Connor · ss A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor, Harcourt, 1955
- 1204 · Everything That Rises Must Converge · Flannery O’Connor · ss New World Writing #19 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, September 1961
- 1215 · A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953
- 1227 · Guests of the Nation · Frank O’Connor · ss The Atlantic Monthly January 1931
- 1236 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman February 1929
- 1251 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846
- 1257 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839
- 1271 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844
- 1284 · The Grave · Katherine Anne Porter · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review April 1935
- 1289 · Coach · Mary Robison · ss The New Yorker September 14 1981
- 1300 · Yellow Woman · Leslie Silko · ss The Man to Send Rain Clouds ed. Kenneth Mark Rosen, Viking Press, 1974
- 1307 · Gimpel the Fool · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Saul Bellow · ss Partisan Review May/June 1953
- 1317 · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937
- 1325 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.
- 1334 · The Watch · Graham Swift · nv Firebird 1 ed. T. J. Binding, Allen Lane, March 1982
- 1353 · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 14 1942
- 1360 · The Death of Ivan Ilych · Leo Tolstoy; translated by Louise Maude & Aylmer Maude · na Ivan Ilych and Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude, Oxford University Press, 1934
translated from the Russian (“Smert Ivana Ilyicha”, Russkaya Mysl, 1886).
- 1399 · The Country Doctor · Ivan Turgenev; translated by Charles Hepburn & Natasha Hepburn · ss A Sportsman’s Notebook by Ivan Turgenev, tr. Charles & Natasha Hepburn, The Cresset Press, 1950
translated from the Russian (“Uyezdnyy lekar”, Sovremennik, 1849).
- 1406 · A & P · John Updike · ss The New Yorker July 22 1961
- 1411 · Separating · John Updike · ss The New Yorker June 23 1975
- 1419 · Report on the Barnhouse Effect · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Collier’s February 11 1950
- 1428 · To Hell with Dying · Alice Walker · ss The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers ed. Langston Hughes, Little, Brown, 1967
- 1433 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898
- 1446 · Petrified Man · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Spring 1939
- 1456 · Why I Live at the P.O. · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1941
- 1465 · Taking Care · Joy Williams · ss Taking Care by Joy Williams, Random House, 1982
- 1473 · Only the Dead Know Brooklyn · Thomas Wolfe · ss The New Yorker June 15 1935
- 1477 · Maiden Voyage · Tobias Wolff · ss In the Garden of the North American Martyrs by Tobias Wolff, Ecco Press, 1981
- 1485 · The Man Who Was Almost a Man · Richard Wright · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2732, January 1940, as “Almos’ a Man”
- 1495 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg
- 1529 · A Glossary of Literary Terms · [uncredited] · ms
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