Students
will research two short stories, Guy De Maupassant's The
Necklace and O'Henry's The Gift of the Magi.
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Biographical
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O'Henry
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Guy De Maupassant
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Print
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Guy De Maupassant
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Nineteenth Century
Literature Criticism (Volume 83, pp. 154-235
O'Henry aka William
Sydney Porter -
Twentieth Century
Literary Criticism (Volumes 1, 19)
Short Story Criticism
(Volume 5)
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Print Resources
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The
Gift of the Magi by O' Henry
O'Henry
Museum
The
Gift of the Magi text by Project Gutenberg
If
His Life Were a Short Story, Who'd Ever
Believe
It?
O'Henry
Lesson Plans from Web English Teacher
The
O'Henry Page Literary Criticism |
The
Necklace by Guy De Maupassant
Notes
for The Necklace
Study
notes for The Necklace |
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under Type of Information. Do an Advanced
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Necklace {the title of the short story or novel}and Guy
de Maupassant {the author's name}). This will give you specific
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