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Short Fiction: Classic and Contemporary

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    2.0 out of 5 stars DISGRACEFUL number of typographical errors!, January 2, 2001
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    Krista (Halifax, Nova Scotia) - See all my reviews
    Although the selection of short stories in this anthology is excellent, presenting an array of some of the best classic and contemporary pieces of the genre, the number of typographical errors are INEXCUSABLE. This is the anthology I purchased for a short fiction class this past fall, and as a class we were increasingly astounded by each additional typo we confronted. In about half of the stories we read, we encountered at least one, and in some we noticed more than one, which was really distracting. In Conan Doyle's Red Headed League, for instance, Holmes "THOUGH as much" (as opposed to thought), and on the very next page, he "only wished to ask WHO he would get to the Strand" (as opposed to how). The fact that there was a misprint in my favorite story of those that we read - James Joyce's Araby--was the last straw for me. My professor encouraged us to write or e-mail the editors and complain, and one student did, only to receive an e-mail which defended them and... Read more
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    #Review Short Fiction: Classic and Contemporary Reviewed by zulfan on Sunday, September 23, 2012 Rating: 4.5

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