Good short stories to rewrite?

Why would you do such a thing? There's a tradition in rewriting folks tales and legends (like Greek myths, the Faust story etc) but original works are kept as they are.

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>I've been rewriting short stories of other authors.

>>9434826
it's been done thousands of times already.
and as if any of those original works weren't already based on other stories...
i think it's actually good practice.

>>9434826
To learn. It's a common practice. See Updike's "A&P"

>>9434844
>>9434826
not op, but imitation and variation is part of every learning process. Bach did it with other composers whenever he wasnt in the mood for OC.

>>9434800
How do you do this? Do you sit down and try to retell in your own words a story that you had read at some point? Do you keep the original at hand or do you force yourself to recall it from memory? Do you try to follow the original author's style or do you follow your own or perhaps a third author's? Do you try to write original stories in the style of a certain other author?

>>9434859
What does A&P have to do with this practice?

Did he steal that story?

>>9435222
It's joyce's araby re-written.

>>9435227
Ohhhhh I see that now. They are in fact similar