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" The Devil and Daniel Webster " (1936) is a short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét. He tells of a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and is later defended by a fictionalized Daniel Webster, a noted 19th-century American statesman, lawyer and orator.
- Stephen Vincent Benét
- 1936
The Devil and Daniel Webster. Stephen Vincent Benet. This page copyright © 2001 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com Its a story they tell in the border country, where Massachusetts joins Vermont and New Hampshire. Yes, Dan'l Webster's dead or, at least, they buried him.
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“The Devil and Daniel Webster” is narrated as a folktale told in the border country of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, regarding the famous American orator Daniel Webster.
The Devil and Daniel Webster, often-anthologized short story by Stephen Vincent Benét, published in 1937. Two years later it reappeared as a one-act folk opera by Benét and composer Douglas Moore. Jabez Stone, a New Hampshire farmer, receives a decade of material wealth in return for selling his.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Primarily a poet, Stephen Vincent Benét won the Pulitzer Prize with his narrative poem of the Civil War, John Brown 's Body. His interest in American themes is also represented in the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster ," which received unanimously the first prize in an O. Henry Memorial award competition.
The Devil and Daniel Webster. Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1937. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF.
'The Devil and Daniel Webster' is a short story about a successful lawyer who believes you can win your soul back from the devil. Stephen Vincent Benet was born on 22nd July 1898 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States.
