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Stanford's book club for short, overlooked masterpieces considers the 1941 novel "The Wife of Martin Guerre," once called "one of the most significant short novels in English." It's laden with historical links to a suspicious death on the…

A new book club will focus on short masterpieces that "have not earned the readership they deserve," according to English Professor Tobias Wolff. The first is William Maxwell's So Long, See You Tomorrow. (By Cynthia Haven)