The Most Dangerous Game illustrated

By: Connell, Richard

"The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a short story by Richard Connell, 1] first published in Collier's on January 19, 1924. 2] The story features a big-game hunter from New York City who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. 3] The story is inspired by the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were particularly fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s. 4]The story has been adapted numerous times, most notably as the 1932 RKO Pictures film The Most Dangerous Game, starring Joel McCrea and Leslie Banks, 5] and for a 1943 episode of the CBS Radio series Suspense, starring Orson Welles. 6] It has been called the "most popular short story ever written in English." Upon its publication, it won the O. Henry Award. 3]"The Most Dangerous Game" is one of many works that entered the public domain in the United States in 20

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0863QDCDH
• ISBN13: 9798628753088
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 34 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"