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The English Teacher Reflects: Great Short Novels and Novellas

Our Maverick English Teacher comes up with 75 literary examples of how good things do come in small packages...
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
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George Orwell
Behold a Pale Horse (Pressburger)
Behold a Pale Horse
2
Pressburger
A Bell for Adano (John Hersey)
A Bell for Adano
3
John Hersey
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
4
Herman Melville
Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
5
A Boy and His Dog (Harlan Ellison)
A Boy and His Dog
6
Harlan Ellison
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
7
Thornton Wilder
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
8
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Case Against Satan (Ray Russell)
The Case Against Satan
9
Ray Russell
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
10
Charles Dickens
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Crónica De Una Muerte Anunciada) 1981
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Crónica De Una Muerte Anunciada) 1981
11
Company (Samuel Beckett)
Company
12
Samuel Beckett
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
13
Thomas Pynchon
Dangling Man (Saul Bellow)
Dangling Man
14
Saul Bellow
The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead
15
James Joyce
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
16
Thomas Mann
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilych
17
Leo Tolstoy
The Dream Master (Roger Zelazny)
The Dream Master
18
Roger Zelazny
The Dunwich Horror (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Dunwich Horror
19
H. P. Lovecraft
Elevation (Stephen King)
Elevation
20
Stephen King
Epitaph for a Spy (Ambler)
Epitaph for a Spy
21
Ambler
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
22
James Baldwin
The Girl Who Was Plugged in (James Tiptree Jr.)
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
23
James Tiptree Jr.
Goodbye Mr Chips (James Hilton)
Goodbye Mr Chips
24
James Hilton
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
25
Heart of Darkness (Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
26
Conrad
The Hemingway Hoax (Joe Haldeman)
The Hemingway Hoax
27
Joe Haldeman
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
28
Richard Matheson
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
29
Anna Kavan
Ill Seen Ill Said (Samuel Beckett)
Ill Seen Ill Said
30
Samuel Beckett
The Immoralist (André Gide)
The Immoralist
31
André Gide
Into the Valley: A Skirmish of the Marines (John Hersey)
Into the Valley: A Skirmish of the Marines
32
John Hersey
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
33
Italo Calvino
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
34
Ursula K. Le Guin
Lenz (Georg Buchner)
Lenz
35
Georg Buchner
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Boll)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
36
Heinrich Boll
Ludwig's Room (Hotschnig)
Ludwig's Room
37
Hotschnig
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
38
Kurt Vonnegut
Muse of Fire (Dan Simmons)
Muse of Fire
39
Dan Simmons
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
40
Edgar Allan Poe
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