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Description:There are thirty stories, spanning nearly a century (from 1896–1984). Twelve are taken from the twelve volumes of stories we have published over the last few years; nine were previously published in our quarterly (later biannually) magazine during the last decade; and nine have been selected especially for this collection. They are presented in the order they were written. A quarter are by North American women writers.In dull brown / Evelyn Sharp (1896) -- The bedquilt / Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1906) -- Her first ball / Katherine Mansfield (1921) -- The other wife / Colette (1924) -- The casualty list / Winifred Holtby (1932) -- Thunder shower / Malachi Whitaker (1933) -- The exile / Joanna Cannan (1939) -- Safety zone / Dorothy van Doren (1939) -- After tea / Dorothy Whipple (1941) -- Monsieur Rose / Irène Nèmirovsky (1941) -- Going home / Sally Benson (1942) -- Frowning Caryatid / Lettice Cooper (1942) -- Miss Anstruther's letters / Rose Macaulay (1942) -- The house at hove / Diana Gardner (1944) -- Year of decision / Mollie Panter-Downes (1944) -- We have to sit opposite / Ethel Wilson (1945) -- The little willow / Frances Towers (1947) -- Monkey-barges / Emma Smith (1947) -- The blessing that must be earned / Freda Aykroyd (1947) -- The professor's daughter / Margaret Bonham (1948) -- The prisoner / Elizabeth Berridge (1948) -- Beside the still waters / Mollie-Panter Downes (1948) -- To open a door / Kathleen Warren (1951) -- The proof / Mary Rickwood (1954) -- The green heart / Jane McClure (1955) -- No laughing matter / Diana Athill (1961) -- Sunday morning / Dorothy Whipple (1961) -- For good / Alice Adams (1977) -- Accidents / Carol Shields (1983) -- Gilbert / Rosamunde Pilcher (1984).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories. To get started finding The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 401

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Persephone Books

Release: 2019

ISBN: 1910263222

Description: There are thirty stories, spanning nearly a century (from 1896–1984). Twelve are taken from the twelve volumes of stories we have published over the last few years; nine were previously published in our quarterly (later biannually) magazine during the last decade; and nine have been selected especially for this collection. They are presented in the order they were written. A quarter are by North American women writers.In dull brown / Evelyn Sharp (1896) -- The bedquilt / Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1906) -- Her first ball / Katherine Mansfield (1921) -- The other wife / Colette (1924) -- The casualty list / Winifred Holtby (1932) -- Thunder shower / Malachi Whitaker (1933) -- The exile / Joanna Cannan (1939) -- Safety zone / Dorothy van Doren (1939) -- After tea / Dorothy Whipple (1941) -- Monsieur Rose / Irène Nèmirovsky (1941) -- Going home / Sally Benson (1942) -- Frowning Caryatid / Lettice Cooper (1942) -- Miss Anstruther's letters / Rose Macaulay (1942) -- The house at hove / Diana Gardner (1944) -- Year of decision / Mollie Panter-Downes (1944) -- We have to sit opposite / Ethel Wilson (1945) -- The little willow / Frances Towers (1947) -- Monkey-barges / Emma Smith (1947) -- The blessing that must be earned / Freda Aykroyd (1947) -- The professor's daughter / Margaret Bonham (1948) -- The prisoner / Elizabeth Berridge (1948) -- Beside the still waters / Mollie-Panter Downes (1948) -- To open a door / Kathleen Warren (1951) -- The proof / Mary Rickwood (1954) -- The green heart / Jane McClure (1955) -- No laughing matter / Diana Athill (1961) -- Sunday morning / Dorothy Whipple (1961) -- For good / Alice Adams (1977) -- Accidents / Carol Shields (1983) -- Gilbert / Rosamunde Pilcher (1984).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories. To get started finding The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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