by James Thurber · Pearson Education Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582528123
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«British and American Short Stories» is the anthology of short stories in simplified English by G. C. Thornley (Longman, 1960; paperback, 112 pages).
The anthology brings together stories by British and American authors such as H. E. Bates, D. H. Lawrence, W. Somerset Maugham and James Thurber. The stories portray scenes of life in the United Kingdom and the United States; there are humorous pieces, some unsettling ones and singular characters.
This anthology is part of the Longman Simplified English Series, of graded readers in English; the edition appears in the catalogue of Pearson Education Limited.
This work is intended for students of English as a foreign language who want to practise reading with a simplified anthology.
James Grover Thurber was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University (OSU), leaving in 1918 without graduating. He spent over a year in Paris, working for the US State Department as a code clerk, and on his return to Columbus in 1920 was hired as a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch. He married his first wife, Althea Adams, in 1922. Thurber was hired by The New Yorker in early 1927, and soon became a prolific and popular contributor.
