Each title, covering four to six short stories, features: a user's guide; a biography of the short story writer; a list of characters in each short story covered; detailed thematic analysis of each short story; extracts from major critical essays that discuss important aspects of each work; a complete biography of the writer's works; a list of critical works about the short stories covered in the book; an index of themes and ideas in the author's work; and, an editor's note and introduction by Harold Bloom.

 

This book is part of a book series called Blooms Major Short Stories Writers .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

This book was published 2005 by Chelsea House Publishers .

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University.