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作者：Williams, Blanche Colton, 1879-1944
体例：题 章数：195
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章节目录
共 195 题- Transcriber’s Notes
- BY
- BLANCHE COLTON WILLIAMS
- PREFACE
- BLANCHE COLTON WILLIAMS.
- CONTENTS
- STORIES IN THE YEARBOOKS
- PAGE
- A SIMPLE ACT OF PIETY. By Captain Achmed Abdullah 1918 1
- THE SACRIFICIAL ALTAR. By Gertrude Atherton 1916 8
- ONNIE. By Thomas Beer 1917 18
- MISS WILLETT. By Barry Benefield 1916 21
- SUPERS. By Frederick Booth 1916 23
- BUSTER. By Katharine Holland Brown 1918 24
- FOG. By Dana Burnet 1916 28
- THE WAKE. By Donn Byrne 1915 42
- CHAUTONVILLE. By Will Levington Comfort 1915 51
- THE LOST PHOEBE. By Theodore Dreiser 1916 59
- LA DERNIÈRE MOBILISATION. By W. A. Dwiggins 1915 61
- THE EMPEROR OF ELAM. By H. G. Dwight 1917 62
- THE CITIZEN. By James Francis Dwyer 1915 66
- THE GAY OLD DOG. By Edna Ferber 1917 67
- BLIND VISION. By Mary Mitchell Freedley 1918 71
- IMAGINATION. By Gordon Hall Gerould 1918 73
- THE KNIGHT’S MOVE. By Katherine Fullerton Gerould 1917 75
- IN MAULMAIN FEVER-WARD. By George Gilbert 1918 77
- A JURY OF HER PEERS. By Susan Glaspell 1917 83
- THE SILENT INFARE. By Armistead C. Gordon 1916 86
- WHOSE DOG--? By Frances Gregg 1915 95
- LIFE. By Ben Hecht 1915 100
- THE FATHER’S HAND. By George Humphrey 1918 101
- THE STRANGE-LOOKING MAN. By Fannie Kemble Johnson 1917 118
- VENGEANCE IS MINE. By Virgil Jordan 1915 119
- LITTLE SELVES. By Mary Lerner 1916 126
- THE WILLOW WALK. By Sinclair Lewis 1918 129
- THE WEAVER WHO CLAD THE SUMMER. By Harris Merton Lyon 1915 136
- THE SUN CHASER. By Jeannette Marks 1916 139
- AT THE END OF THE PATH. By Newbold Noyes 1915 149
- THE WHALE AND THE GRASSHOPPER. By Seumas O’Brien 1915 151
- IN BERLIN. By Mary Boyle O’Reilly 1915 153
- THE INTERVAL. By Vincent O’Sullivan 1917 154
- THE TOAST TO FORTY-FIVE. By William Dudley Pelley 1918 156
- THE PATH OF GLORY. By Mary Brecht Pulver 1917 165
- EXTRA MEN. By Harrison Rhodes 1918 170
- THE WAITING YEARS. By Katharine Metcalf Roof 1915 172
- FEET OF GOLD. By Arthur Gordon Smith 1916 182
- SOLITAIRE. By Fleta Campbell Springer 1918 184
- THE BIRD OF SERBIA. By Julian Street 1918 202
- HALF-PAST TEN. By Alice L. Tildesley 1916 212
- AT ISHAM’S. By Edward C. Venable 1918 214
- DE VILMARTE’S LUCK. By Mary Heaton Vorse 1918 216
- THE WHITE BATTALION. By Frances Gilchrist Wood 1918 219
- GENERAL SUGGESTIONS
- STUDIES IN DETAIL
- A SIMPLE ACT OF PIETY
- The order of presentation begins with the
- 4. Fanny is impressed by Yung Long but holds to her “squareness.”
- 4. Fanny exhibits an “imitation” bracelet.
- Nag Hong Fah is played up as the chief character through
- 1. He is the figure most constantly found on the stage.
- 2. He is the protagonist in the scenes presented.
- C. Stylistic management.
- LOCAL COLOR.
- THE SACRIFICIAL ALTAR
- ANALYSIS OF PLOT.
- DETAILS.
- THE EXCURSION
- CRUELTIES
- ONNIE
- MISS WILLETT
- SUPERS
- BUSTER
- FOG
- PLOT.
- THE WATER-HOLE
- A CUP OF TEA
- MA’S PRETTIES
- LONELY PLACES
- THE WAKE
- THE GREAT AUK
- PLOT.
- BOYS WILL BE BOYS
- PLOT.
- What forecast lies in O’Day’s admission of kinship to Dwyer? (Page 91.)
- CHAUTONVILLE
- LAUGHTER
- THE OPEN WINDOW
- PLOT.
- THE LOST PHOEBE
- PLOT.
- LA DERNIÈRE MOBILISATION
- THE EMPEROR OF ELAM
- STUDY
- II
- III
- IV
- VI
- VII
- THE CITIZEN
- THE GAY OLD DOG
- BLIND VISION
- PLOT.
- IMAGINATION
- THE KNIGHT’S MOVE
- IN MAULMAIN FEVER-WARD
- AUTHOR’S CONCEPT OF THE TERM SHORT-STORY
- A JURY OF HER PEERS
- THE SILENT INFARE
- THE CAT OF THE CANE-BRAKE
- THE BUNKER MOUSE
- PLOT.
- WHOSE DOG--?
- MAKING PORT
- PLOT.
- RAINBOW PETE
- PLOT.
- LIFE
- THE FATHER’S HAND
- PLOT.
- T. B.
- PLOT.
- GET READY THE WREATHS
- MR. EBERDEEN’S HOUSE
- THE VISIT OF THE MASTER
- PLOT.
- THE STRANGE-LOOKING MAN
- VENGEANCE IS MINE
- THE CALLER IN THE NIGHT
- THE PLOT.
- IN THE OPEN CODE
- PLOT.
- LITTLE SELVES
- THE WILLOW WALK
- 1. Jasper Holt prepares the hiding place.
- 2. Jasper establishes his identity as “John Holt.”
- 4. Jasper prepares for the robbery and his sure escape.
- 5. He completes his preparations outside.
- 6. He robs the bank. (Minor climax.) He escapes.
- 1. Jasper “acts” John.
- 2. Jasper changes, subtly, to John.
- 3. He endures a period of final struggle.
- THE WEAVER WHO CLAD THE SUMMER
- THE SUN CHASER
- THE STORY VINTON HEARD AT MALLORIE
- PLOT.
- HEART OF YOUTH
- AT THE END OF THE ROAD
- AT THE END OF THE PATH
- THE WHALE AND THE GRASSHOPPER
- IN BERLIN
- THE INTERVAL
- THE TOAST TO FORTY-FIVE
- PLOT.
- THE BIG STRANGER ON DORCHESTER HEIGHTS
- THE PATH OF GLORY
- EXTRA MEN
- THE WAITING YEARS
- ZELIG
- THE MENORAH
- THE SURVIVORS
- PLOT.
- PENANCE
- Fill in the steps that follow immediately, culminating in
- Fill in the steps that precede
- FEET OF GOLD
- PLOT.
- SOLITAIRE
- THE YELLOW CAT
- M. As the men talk, McCord relating his experiences, the cat re-appears.
- O. They look aloft. (See page 255, top.)
- P. (Suggested: McCord sees something in the shroud.)
- Q. (Suggested: He shakes down the Chinaman.)
- 3. The large employment of suggestion.
- DOWN ON THEIR KNEES
- CHING, CHING, CHINAMAN
- PLOT.
- THE DARK HOUR
- THE BIRD OF SERBIA
- PLOT.
- THE BOUNTY JUMPER
- PLOT OF INNER STORY.
- NONE SO BLIND
- HALF-PAST TEN
- SKILL IN PRESENTATION.
- 2. In the new rise of interest after Al’s announcement, “All over.”
- 3. In depicting the characters almost wholly through acts and speeches.
- AT ISHAM’S
- DE VILMARTE’S LUCK
- PLOT.
- THE WHITE BATTALION
- PLOT.
- 3. The establishing of truth through the mouths of two witnesses;
- Transcriber’s Notes
- 6. Page 196: Changed “he hears her says” to “he hears her say”
- 7. Page 200: Changed “this wild empre” to “this wild empire”