The American experience

Title :

The American experience / Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack London, Kate Chopin, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane & Washington Irving.

Title:

The American experience

Format:

Audio disc

Physical Description:

11 audio discs (12 hr., 35 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Edition:

Unabridged.

ISBN:

9781491527375

Production / Publication Information:

[United States] : InAudio : Classic Collection, [2014]

General Note:

Title from container.

Compact discs.

Duration: 12:35:00.

Contents:

Rip Van Winkle -- The red badge of courage -- The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County -- The nan of the crowd -- The ransom of Red Chief -- Miss. Tempy's watchers -- Desiree's baby -- The call of the wild -- The eyes -- Bernice bobs her hair.

Summary:

Ten superbly narrated stories that help explain America by America's best writers.

Participant or performer note:

Performed by George Vafiadis, Ralph Cosham & Sean Pratt.

Language:

English

Added Author:

Vafiadis, George

Cosham, Ralph

Pratt, Sean

Container of (work): Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Rip Van Winkle.

Container of (work): Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. Works. Selections (2014)

Container of (work): Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County.

Container of (work): Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Man of the crowd.

Container of (work): Henry, O., 1862-1910. Ransom of Red Chief.

Container of (work): Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Miss Tempy's watchers.

Container of (work): Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904. Désirée's baby.

Container of (work): London, Jack, 1876-1916. Call of the wild.

Container of (work): Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Eyes.

Container of (work): Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Bernice bobs her hair.

Genre:

Audiobooks.

Subject Term:

American fiction.

Holds: Copies:

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Material Type	Library	Call Number	Item Barcode	Location
Audiobook	Searching... Tyngsborough Public Library	CD/BOOK/FIC/AMERI	32137001744715	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Ten classic stories from authors who have masterfully captured the American experience.

Irving's incredible and amusing tale of the archetypal "Rip Van Winkle" relates the story of a man who slept through history.

Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" tells of a young soldier who must struggle with his conscience no matter what the consequences.

"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is Mark Twain's hilarious story of a contest to end all contests in the rowdy days of the Forty-Niners.

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Man of the Crowd" tells of one man's strange fascination with another.

"The Ransom of Red Chief" is O. Henry's tale of a kidnapping that goes horribly, horribly, wrong.

"Miss Tempy's Watchers" by Sarah Orne Jewett speaks of the power of friendship.

Kate Chopin's lovely "Desiree's Baby" tells the poignant story of one woman's search for her past.

Jack London's acclaimed "The Call of the Wild" is a thrilling adventure of nature and survival.

Edith Wharton pens a chilling ghost story in the atmospheric "The Eyes."

And "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is F. Scott Fitzgerald's wry and amusing tale of a young lady's struggle for social success.