The Collected Short Stories
Susan Glaspell (1876–1948)
The contents of this book were first published 1898 ~ 1940. Text is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is “Life+70” or less.
Presented here, fifty-one stories by Susan Glaspell. Her stories often relate deep concerns about political and ethical issues prevalent then and now, but also describe, often with wry and witty humor, the experiences of daily life. Her characters, dealing with aspirations and disappointments, conflicts and resolutions (or lack of them), still resonate today.
A number of titles have been omitted due to unavailability of source material. The play
Trifles can be found in the Appendix.
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Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, and journalist. She is known to have composed nine novels, fifteen plays, over fifty short stories, and one biography. Often set in her native Midwest, these semi-autobiographical tales typically explore contemporary social issues, such as gender, ethics, and dissent, while featuring deep, sympathetic characters who make principled stands, and characters in search of life’s meaning.
She is today recognized as a pioneering feminist writer and America’s first important modern female playwright. Her one-act play
Trifles (1916) is frequently cited as one of the great works of American theater, as well as an important piece of feminist literature. Trifles, and its short-story adaptation, “A Jury of Her Peers” have become staples of theater and Women’s Studies curricula across the United States and the world. The play
Alison’s House earned Glaspell the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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This is my own compilation. Texts were obtained from multiple files at the Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg, HathiTrust, and links provided by the website of the International Susan Glaspell Society. OCR and printer’s errors were silently corrected; punctuation, diacritics, and italics formatted. Some punctuation and spelling were standardized to provide consistency. Index of Titles and cross-linked Table of Contents provide access to stories. Publication sources are cited at the end of each story.
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