Selected Stories and Sketches

by Bret Harte

Book Overview

In the 1870s Bret Harte was the most widely read and well-paid author in the United States. Stories such as The Luck of Roaring Camp--the tale of a Gold Rush community that thrilled readers upon its publication in 1868--virtually invented California as a subject for literature and exerted a profound influence on the development of the short story form in America. This collection contains his best work and demonstrates Harte's remarkable control of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019282354X
• ISBN13: 9780192823540
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.6" x 7.3"