This was an enjoyable read and I would recommend it. thanks for letting me have an advance copy. I'm new to this author.

New York, always larger than life, is seen here through the eyes of an interesting selection of writers. An entertaining and useful read as it served as an introduction to many fine writers whose work I might otherwise have overlooked.

I read this book some time ago but still find myself thinking about it. Some of the stories are just perfect.

New York Stories is a sophisticated, stunning book published last October by Dover Publications about New York City picking up 14 prestigious writers for telling to the readers "their" New York City. The book is edited by Bob Blaisdell.
We will meet Herman Melville in a short-tale Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street able to let us show again and another time where possible all his writing abilities; a sophisticated Edith Warthon, while I found absolutely wonderful P.G. Wodehouse in a wonderful, so smiling, funny, hilarious adventure of Bertie, his friend Rocky and Jeeves, Bertie's precious butler.
This time the problem is this one: Rocky's aunt (in most cases it's an aunt's problem in P.G.Wodehouse's adventures) wants to leave all her money to her affectionate nephew Rocky, but Rocky is desperate when one day in the late morning visits Bertie, still to bed. Bertie had still to drink his first cup of tea, eating his bread with butter and jam, you know and he was in a bad mood because of the unexpected arrival of his friend.
Rocky appears desperate: the dear relative asks him to go to NYC, all expenses paid by the lady plus the extras, enjoying the wonderful cosmopolitan life of the city, asking him just to reporting her all the latest novelties from the Big Apple via letter.

Now: Rocky writes a poem every several months published somewhere, what he loves to do the most is spending his time to bed in pajamas since at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, in his beloved British rural countryside. Affording to NYC, from UK appears like a sacrilege. He wouldn't have proper dresses, he doesn't want to have anything to do after all with the mundane life of NYC.

Someone must do this sacrifice for him: Jeeves and Bertie accept all happy and cheerful to afford to New York City for this unusual and unexpected vacation reporting to Rocky what they are seeing and what they are enjoying. Rocky writes beautiful letters in the while to the aunt. So beauty that at a certain point Rocky's aunt will appear to NYC destroying in part their plans.
I just can tell you I laughed from the beginning to the end.
Mythical Wodehouse!

In the book also a short tale of Francis Scott Fitzgerald, O. Henry, Stephen Crane, and many more!

I surely thank NetGalley and Dover for this ebook!

As a big New York fan, I assumed that these stories would interest me. Sad to say, I could not get into them.

I've never been to New York, but after reading these wonderful short stories I feel as if I have been. Such a treat to read!

Fun exploration of a great city. With so many contributors, it is easy to find something for everyone, and you can skip that which you don't enjoy. Great for New Yorkers, former and current, and travelers or hopeful future New Yorkers.

When I was in college I discovered a wonderful literary innovation: The Dover Thrift Edition. This was a joyful discovery at the time because I was able to buy volumes of classic literature for just a dollar or two. The print was tiny, but I was young. Cram as many words onto that page as you can for $1 and I would devour it! All of the classics that I ever wanted to read seemed to be available and affordable. It was heaven to a young reader.

Now, fast forward over a decade later. Most of those Dover editions I read in college have been donated or passed on along with my old dvds, as I moved to a digital lifestyle and a lifetime of student loan repayment. Imagine my delight when I discovered Dover Thrift Kindle editions! Once again, I have classic literature at my fingertips in a well-organized, no-nonsense volume. New York Stories has the classic short stories arranged chronologically, beginning with Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener from 1853. The stories span over a century with one theme - they could only happen as they did, in New York.

This edition is a “who’s who” of literary fiction: Herman Melville, Stephen Crane, Edith Wharton, O. Henry, P.G. Wodehouse, Willa Cather, Anzia Yezierska, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, Langston Hughes, Edwidge Danticat, Junot Diaz, Lara Vapnyar, and Simon Rich. Some of the newer stories were new to me, and some I enjoyed revisiting. Thanks to my public-school education!

Thank you to Netgalley and Dover publications for providing me with a copy of this book and re-introducing me to the thrift edition of today. The great thing about reading classic literary works on a kindle is the built-in dictionary! Being able to highlight some of the outdated language is incredibly useful. For example: Bartleby’s narrator went about town and “…through the suburbs in my rockaway;” (that’s a carriage!), Stephane Crane and Edith Wharton both mention “Tenderloin” (not the cut of meat, it was actually the name of the red-light district in Manhattan at the time). I could go on, but I won’t, at the risk of embarrassing myself by admitting the number of times I had to highlight a word and access a dictionary or Wikipedia. It is as helpful as it is humbling to admit to how often I use it.

It’s always tricky to give a score to a volume of short stories. The stories individually range anywhere from 3 to 5 stars, but the theme of New York-based short stories in chronological order with a brief introduction before each entry is worth at least another star. Add to that the fact that you can buy a copy for only $4.50 list price, and I have to give this compilation five stars.