Short Stories

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by Archaea

I'm certain the short stories I loved as a little kid, namely, those of O'Henry, are not considered noteworthy, but as a young grammar schooler, they impressed me.

I liked the Birthday Gift, or something like that. It involved a couple who gave everything important to other, the husband selling his watch for a haircomb, and the wife having her cut to buy a band for the watch. It moved me every time I read it as a child.

The Gift of the Magi, no?

Yes, the ones they make you read as a child...The Tiger and the Lady, The Most Dangerous Game, etc. I rather wonder why they wasted our time with them. I don't see their literary significance other than the fact that everyone reads them as an eleven-year-old.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

The Gift of the Magi, no?

Yes, the ones they make you read as a child...The Tiger and the Lady, The Most Dangerous Game, etc. I rather wonder why they wasted our time with them. I don't see their literary significance other than the fact that everyone reads them as an eleven-year-old.

Yes, the Gift of the Magi. I loved that one, though maybe I wouldn't if I read it today.

[8ballrollin]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

The Gift of the Magi, no?

Yes, the ones they make you read as a child...The Tiger and the Lady, The Most Dangerous Game, etc. I rather wonder why they wasted our time with them. I don't see their literary significance other than the fact that everyone reads them as an eleven-year-old.

Would Wolfe’s "The Child by Tiger" (adaption of Blake’s poem) fall into this same category? I remember liking it a lot as a kid, but maybe it would be pretty lightweight now.

I just read Hemmingway's “Big Two-Hearted River” this afternoon. Has anyone here recently read it? I really liked it.