The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition vs The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition: Which Should You Read?
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The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition
Part One: Stories -- Chinua Achebe / Civil Peace -- Sherman Alexie / The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven -- Isabelle Allende / An Act of Vengeance -- Sherwood Anderson / Hands -- Margaret Atwood / Happy…
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The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition
Dead men's path/Achebe Oasis/Adams Kugelmass episode/Allen Death in the woods ; Hands/Anderson Happy endings/Atwood My first goose/Babel Sonny's blues/Baldwin Hammer man/Bambara Lost in the…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition highest: The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition 4.0 · The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition 3.7.
- The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition is the quickest read — about 29 hours vs 32 for The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition.
- The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition has the widest readership — 6 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition | The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition | |
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| Goodreads | 4.7 (6) | — |
Reception
| The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition | The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6 | 1 |
| Editions | 2 | 3 |
| Pages | 1775 | 1607 |