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    The Haves and Have Nots

    Author Various
    Edited by Barbara H. Solomon
    Mass Market Paperback
    $10.95 US
    Berkley / NAL | Signet
    4.17"W x 6.79"H x 1.18"D  
    On sale Oct 01, 1999 | 528 Pages | 9780451527448
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
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    Collected for the first time in one volume.How does money--or the lack of it--affect our lives? What happens when the rich meet the poor, when status comes with a price tag, when personal desires do battle with financial concerns? This unique anthology offers a mosaic of answers, with stories by: * Francine Prose * F. Scott Fitzgerald * Jack London * Kate Chopin * Ethan Canin * Gloria Naylor * Sandra Cisneros * O. Henry * Theodore Dreiser * Stephen Crane * Kate Braverman * James T. Farrell * Charlotte Perkins Gilman * and many others.
    Daniel Hahn is an award-winning translator, writer and editor. His 2026 books include If This Be Magic: the unlikely art of Shakespeare in translation, and translated novels from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Guatemala.

    Padma Viswanathan is author of three novels and a memoir, published in eight countries and shortlisted for the Pen Center USA Fiction Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and others, and has translated four books from Brazilian Portuguese. View titles by Various
    Introduction by Barbara Solomon
    Hope Deferred
    Alice Dunbar-NelsonWinter Dreams
    F. Scott FitzgeraldA Jazz-Age Clerk
    James T. FarrellThree Sketches from The House on Mango Street
    Sandra CisnerosThe Untold Lie
    Sherwood AndersonWhere We Are Now
    Ethan CaninThe Sorrows of Gin
    John CheeverPeace of Mind
    T. Coraghessan BoyleWhy I Am a Danger to the Public
    Barbara KingsolverThe Free Vacation House
    Anzia YezierskaJack in the Pot
    Dorothy WestMiss Esther's Guest
    Sarah Orne JewettThe Gift of the Magi
    O. HenryElephant
    Raymond CarverLife in the Iron Mills
    Rebecca Harding DavisMaggie: A Girl of the Streets
    Stephen CraneThe Apostate
    Jack LondonUnder the Lion's Paw
    Hamlin GarlandA Deal in Wheat
    Frank NorrisLouisa
    Mary Wilkins FreedmanThe Second Choice
    THeodore DreiserEveryone Had a Lobster
    Francine ProseMrs. Beazley's Deeds
    Charlotte Perkins GilmanBlue Island
    J. F. PowersOver the Hill
    Kate BravermanA Pair of Silk Stockings
    Kate ChopinHe
    Katherine Anne PorterI Stand Here Ironing
    Tillie OlsenEveryday Use
    Alice WalkerKiswana Browne
    Gloria Naylor

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    Collected for the first time in one volume.How does money--or the lack of it--affect our lives? What happens when the rich meet the poor, when status comes with a price tag, when personal desires do battle with financial concerns? This unique anthology offers a mosaic of answers, with stories by: * Francine Prose * F. Scott Fitzgerald * Jack London * Kate Chopin * Ethan Canin * Gloria Naylor * Sandra Cisneros * O. Henry * Theodore Dreiser * Stephen Crane * Kate Braverman * James T. Farrell * Charlotte Perkins Gilman * and many others.

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    Daniel Hahn is an award-winning translator, writer and editor. His 2026 books include If This Be Magic: the unlikely art of Shakespeare in translation, and translated novels from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Guatemala.

    Padma Viswanathan is author of three novels and a memoir, published in eight countries and shortlisted for the Pen Center USA Fiction Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and others, and has translated four books from Brazilian Portuguese. View titles by Various

    Table of Contents

    Introduction by Barbara Solomon
    Hope Deferred
    Alice Dunbar-NelsonWinter Dreams
    F. Scott FitzgeraldA Jazz-Age Clerk
    James T. FarrellThree Sketches from The House on Mango Street
    Sandra CisnerosThe Untold Lie
    Sherwood AndersonWhere We Are Now
    Ethan CaninThe Sorrows of Gin
    John CheeverPeace of Mind
    T. Coraghessan BoyleWhy I Am a Danger to the Public
    Barbara KingsolverThe Free Vacation House
    Anzia YezierskaJack in the Pot
    Dorothy WestMiss Esther's Guest
    Sarah Orne JewettThe Gift of the Magi
    O. HenryElephant
    Raymond CarverLife in the Iron Mills
    Rebecca Harding DavisMaggie: A Girl of the Streets
    Stephen CraneThe Apostate
    Jack LondonUnder the Lion's Paw
    Hamlin GarlandA Deal in Wheat
    Frank NorrisLouisa
    Mary Wilkins FreedmanThe Second Choice
    THeodore DreiserEveryone Had a Lobster
    Francine ProseMrs. Beazley's Deeds
    Charlotte Perkins GilmanBlue Island
    J. F. PowersOver the Hill
    Kate BravermanA Pair of Silk Stockings
    Kate ChopinHe
    Katherine Anne PorterI Stand Here Ironing
    Tillie OlsenEveryday Use
    Alice WalkerKiswana Browne
    Gloria Naylor

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