Agreed, according to the criteria set forth by that list-maker.  But no 
sooner did she define what iconic meant, did she break her own rules. If 
you took that list and asked people on the street at random if they had 
ever heard of them, about a third would get blank stares. Heck, if you 
restricted your polling to English majors and just named some of the 
authors without mentioning any stories you'd still get a lot of blank 
stares. Please don't conduct this poll until after the pandemic.

But most people will have heard of The Frog.

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------ Original Message ------
From: "Matthew Seybold" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 8/13/2020 10:28:11 AM
Subject: Re: Most "Iconic" MT short story??

>"Iconic" has to be "Jim Smiley & His Jumping Frog," right?
>
>Don't get me wrong, I'd rather teach "Hadleyburg" or "Cannibalism in the
>Cars" or the "Boy" stories or "A True Story" or "Eve's Diary," or any
>number of other things, but I feel like the resilient popularity of
>"Jumping Frog" is the reason Twain has to be on such a list.
>
>- MS
>
>On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 10:49 AM Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>  Sadly this author overlooked our beloved hero, but she also forgot about
>>  Hawthorne ("Young Goodman Brown"); Kurt Vonnegut ("Harrison Bergeron"); and
>>  others I'm sure/  But my question" which MT short story should be on this
>>  list? My answer is revealed in the comments at the bottom...
>>
>>
>>https://lithub.com/43-of-the-most-iconic-short-stories-in-the-english-language/
>>  [https://lithub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/the-lottery.jpg]<
>>https://lithub.com/43-of-the-most-iconic-short-stories-in-the-english-language/
>>  >
>>  43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language | Literary Hub<
>>https://lithub.com/43-of-the-most-iconic-short-stories-in-the-english-language/
>>  >
>>  Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890) I will leave it
>>  to Kurt Vonnegut, who famously wrote, “I consider anybody a twerp who
>>  hasn’t read the greatest American short story, which is “Occurrence at Owl
>>  Creek Bridge,” by Ambrose Bierce.It isn’t remotely political. It is a
>>  flawless example of American genius, like “Sophisticated Lady” by Duke
>>  Ellington or the ...
>>  lithub.com
>>
>>
>>
>>  Dr. Hal Bush
>>
>>  Professor of English &
>>
>>  Director of the Undergraduate Program
>>
>>  Saint Louis University
>>
>>[log in to unmask]
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>>  314-977-3616
>>
>>http://halbush.com
>>
>>  author website:  halbush.com
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>Matt Seybold
>Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies
>Elmira College
>Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org
>MattSeybold.com
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