Short Story Classics (Foreign) ...

Book excerpt: In this collection, editor William Patten has assembled some of the finest examples of Italian and Scandinavian short fiction from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Featuring stories from luminaries such as Luigi Pirandello and Selma Lagerlöf, ​Short Story Classics: Foreign: Italian and Scandinavian​ is a must-read for fans of the short story form. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.