Anthologies

Ross Macdonald Selects Great Stories of Suspense

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Information

• First edition:
  • Knopf, 1974, U.S.A.
    • Edited by Ross Macdonald
• Contains:
  • "The Landlady"
  • "Wet Saturday" by John Collier
  • "The Big Clock" by Kenneth Fearing
  • "What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!" by Agatha Christie
  • "The Payoff" by Stanley Ellin
  • "The Basement Room" by Graham Greene
  • "Fly Paper" by Dashiell Hammett
  • "The Five-Forty Eight" by John Cheever
  • "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • "The Baby in the Icebox" by James M. Cain
  • "The Couple Next Door" by Margaret Millar
  • "The Amateur" by Michael Gilbert
  • "The Terrapin" by Patricia Highsmith
  • "Enquiry" by Dick Francis
  • "The Far Side of the Dollar" by Ross Macdonald
  • "The Comforts of Home" by Flannery O'Connor

Teacher Resources

• "The Landlady"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a making your own story exercise (using extracts from Dahl's story) and questions
  • Exploring Foreshadowing Through Letter Writing
    • A letter writing activity exploring foreshadowing based on the story
  • Online Crossword Puzzle
    • Online puzzle focussing on word definitions, synonyms, and antonyms
  • Foreshadowing and Dramatic Irony
    • Includes several activities, links, and handouts
  • Writing Letters-to-the-Editor
    • Includes ideas for learning to write letters based on the story

Cover Illustration

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