The Most Dangerous Game: A Classic Tale of Survival, Suspense, and the Hunter Hunted

Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game is one of the most widely taught suspense stories in American literature and a masterclass in tension, irony, and narrative structure.

When big-game hunter Sanger Rainsford falls from his yacht in the Caribbean, he swims to a remote island where he encounters the refined but dangerous General Zaroff. Zaroff has grown bored with hunting animals and has invented a new and far more dangerous sport. Soon Rainsford discovers that he has become the prey in...