OverviewVolume 3 extends our global range of prose with even more contemporary and diverse works. Literature students will explore a wide variety of language, form and style, covering engaging themes. They will feel inspired to reflect on the world around them and know it, and themselves, more richly through literary works. Stories of Ourselves, ordered chronologically, places new voices alongside well-known texts. Authors include Heinrich Boll, Bessie Head, Margaret Atwood, Earl Lovelace, Assia Djebar, Kazuo Ishiguro, Okwiri Oduor, Mimoza Ahmeti, Meron Hadero, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Shih-Li Kow and Ken Liu. Access your digital resource via Cambridge GO.FeaturesWe have introduced more modern, relevant texts and more diversity in our chosen authors, showcasing a global range of prose that reaches across time and cultures.New stories from authors representing Botswana, Malaysia, Ethiopia and the US.New voices alongside well-known texts.Authors include Heinrich Boll, Bessie Head, Margaret Atwood, Earl Lovelace, Assia Djebar, Kazuo Ishiguro, Okwiri Oduor, Mimoza Ahmeti, Meron Hadero, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Shih-Li Kow and Ken Liu.Chronological ordering, grouping texts from the same period.Covers engaging and uplifting themes, including the search for personal identity, the celebration of cross-cultural connection and the absurd comedy of modern life.Parts of Stories of Ourselves are set for study in Cambridge IGCSE™, IGCSE (9-1) and O Level Literature in English (0475/0992/2010), Cambridge IGCSE World Literature (0408) and Cambridge International AS & A Level Literature in English (9695) and Cambridge International AS Level Language and Literature in English (8695) syllabuses.Available in print and digital to allow for more flexible use inside and outside the classroom.Accessibility Information: The accessibility information of this publication is unknown.ContentsIntroduction1. The Invisible Girl – Mary Shelley2. The Black Veil – Charles Dickens3. The Nightingale – Hans Christian Andersen4. The Tell-Tale Heart – Edgar Allan Poe5. The Necklace – Guy De Maupassant6. The Model Millionaire – Oscar Wilde7. Tony Kytes: The Arch-Deceiver – Thomas Hardy8. The Sea Raiders – H. G. Wells9. A Pair of Silk Stockings – Kate Chopin10. A Wagner Matinee – Willa Cather11. The Mission of Mr. Scatters – Paul Laurence Dunbar12. Sultana’s Dream – Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain13. The Preliminaries – Cornelia A. P. Comer14. Araby – James Joyce15. The Mark On The Wall – Virginia Woolf16. The Interlopers – Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)17. The Nightmare Room – Arthur Conan Doyle18. The Return – Elizabeth Bowen19. The Woman at The Store – Katherine Mansfield20. Never – H. E. Bates21. Atrophy – Edith Wharton22. A Lady’s Beaded Bag – Tennessee Williams23. Excursion – Herman Bosman24. Like Mother Used To Make – Shirley Jackson25. The Lagoon – Janet Frame26. The Flying Machine – Ray Bradbury27. The Cricket Match – Sam Selvon28. The Blush – Elizabeth Taylor29. The Sacrificial Egg – Chinua Achebe30. Action Will Be Taken (An Action-Packed Story) – Heinrich Boll31. Woman from America – Bessie Head32. The Man Who Wouldn’t Get Up – David Lodge33. A Very Desirable Residence – P. D. James34. Sale – Anita Desai35. Land Deal – Gerald Murnane36. The Teddy-Bears’ Picnic – William Trevor37. My Father Writes to My Mother – Assia Djebar38. Smoke – Ila Mehta39. Fishing – Patricia Grace40. The Fire Eater’s Return – Earl Lovelace41. The Secret of My Youth – Mimoza Ahmeti42. The Light On The Sea – John Wickham43. New York Day Women – Edwidge Danticat44. A Village After Dark – Kazuo Ishiguro45. The Clean Slate – Hilary Mantel46. The American Embassy – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie47. Nietverloren – J. M. Coetzee48. The Universal Story – Ali Smith49. Golden Boys – Shih-Li Kow50. Staying Behind – Ken Liu51. My Father’s Head – Okwiri Oduor52. The Nominee – Curtis Sittenfeld53. Hard to Say – Sharon Morse54. Reflection – Silmy Abdullah55. Kind Stranger – Meron Hadero56. Widows – Margaret AtwoodAcknowledgements.
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