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本书编著人员是程向莉、邓长慧。

Section One Introduction to Fiction / 1

1. Plot / 2

2. Character / 3

3. Point of View / 4

4. Setting / 5

5. Theme / 7

6. Style, Tone, and Symbol / 8

Section Two In-Class Reading / 9

1. The Black Cat / 9

2. The Last Leaf / 21

3. The Mark on the Wall / 31

4. Araby / 42

5. A Rose for Emily / 52

6. Hills Like White Elephant / 66

7. My Oedipus Complex / 75

8. Lamb to the Slaughter / 89

9. A Good Man Is Hard to Find / 102

10. The Discus Thrower / 123

11. The Balloon/ 130

12. The Ray / 139

Section Three After-Class Reading/144

1. Dusk / Saki / 144

2. Love of Life / Jack London / 149

3. A Jury of Her Peers / Susan Glaspell / 168

4. Hands / Sherwood Anderson / 188

5. Who Dealt? / Ring Lardner / 194

6. Tape-Measure Murder / Agatha Christie / 203

7. The Raid / John Steinbeck / 215

8, To Room Nineteen / Doris Lessing / 226

Appendix Samples of Students' Writing / 256

1. The Mystic Dream / 256

2. Last Bus / 261

3. Exchange / 266

4. A "Love" Story / 268

References / 271