The Most Dangerous Game

by Richard Connell

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781504062633
Publisher:	Open Road Media
Publication date:	04/21/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	37
Sales rank:	281,982
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Richard Connell (1893–1949) was an American author and journalist best remembered for his short story “The Most Dangerous Game” (1924). Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time, and his stories were published in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier’s magazines. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter, and his screenplay for the movie Meet John Doe was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942.
Richard Connell (1893–1949) was an American author and journalist best remembered for his short story “The Most Dangerous Game” (1924). Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time, and his stories were published in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier’s magazines. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter, and his screenplay for the movie Meet John Doe was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942.

Editorial Reviews

Ziggurat Productions employs multiple voices to tell this haunting classic short story about a hunter becoming the hunted. Accomplished big-game hunter Sanger Rainsford is washed ashore on a South American island owned by General Zaroff, a maniacal sportsman whose quarry is the two-legged kind. When Rainsford finds himself the prey of the madman, he must kill or be killed. The readings are quite good, and the story is enhanced by appropriately menacing music. The script sticks fairly close to the original tale, with only minor enhancements and additions, and a shift in the narrative voice. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

OCT/NOV 02 - AudioFile