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Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1890-1941) was an American author, poet, editor and anthologist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended Boston College and Harvard University. He was noted for compiling and editing an annual collection of The Best Short Stories by American authors at the beginning of the twentieth-century, and also a series of The Best Short Stories by British authors. They proved to be highly influential and popular. He was also a noted author, his works including White Fountains (1917) and The Forgotten Threshold (1918).
Henri Barbusse describes life in terms as realistic as possible in this novel of the lone individual coming to grips with the quiet tragedy of existence. Published as L'Enfer in 1908, The Inferno cemented Barbusse's reputation as successor to Zola.
The Best Short Stories of 1918, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story encapsulates a pivotal moment in literary history, celebrating a diversity of narrative forms and thematic explorations. This anthology brings together a pantheon of voices that showcase the vibrancy and complexity of early 20th-century American literature. From the intricate psychological narratives of Sinclair Lewis to the lyrical prose of Wilbur Daniel Steele, the collection traverses the realms of realism, early modernism, and the nascent phases of experimental storytelling, making it an invaluable reflection of the literary zeitgeist. Each story stands as a beacon of the creativity and transition within America...
"The Forgotten Threshold: A Journal of Arthur Middleton" by Edward J. O'Brien Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien was a U.S. writer, poet, editor, and anthologist which made him uniquely qualified to put this work on paper. Arthur Middleton was a Founding Father of the United States as a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, representing South Carolina in the Second Continental Congress. During the American Revolutionary War, Middleton served in the defense of Charleston.
The second of eight books of the correspondence of George Santayana.
As one can guess from the title, the following book is an anthology of the stories published in 1920, considered to be the best by the editor of the book, Edward J. O'Brien. Featured titles include the following: 'The Other Woman (Sherwood Anderson)', 'Gargoyle (Edwina Stanton Babock)', and 'Ghitza (Konrad Bercovici)'.
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