The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (Oxford Books of Prose & Verse)
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (832 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199561605 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Small but complete selection." according to Carrie Louise Hames. Interesting collection of some familiar and not so well know authors and stories. Nice for an evenings read before bed. Anibian Rodriguez said Great Condition. It came pretty early, and it is good condition, just like it said. I can not wait to read all of this!
From Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, and Thomas Hardy, through Rudyard Kipling, H.G. S. Ballard, Angela Carter, Ian McEwan, and many others, The Oxford Book of English Short Stories encompasses comedy and tragedy, farce and delicacy, elegance and the grotesque. Edited by noted novelist A. For short story lovers and anyone unable to resist the enchantments of the English imagination, The Oxford Book of English Short Stories offers a wide array of unforgettable pleasures, now reissued with a fresh, contemporary feel.. Wells, D.H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf, right up to Graham Greene, J.G. Byatt, the thirty-seven stories gathered here r
She includes necessary masters--Rudyard Kipling, Saki, D. The difference between a Charles Dickens story and one by the very contemporary Ian McEwan is no difference at all in terms of talent with the form. From Booklist Byatt, one of the most distinguished contemporary British fiction writers, lends a definite knowledge of the field to her gathering of outstanding short stories from her native land, all written at some point between the mid-nineteenth century and the present. Lawrence, and V. S. Brad Hooper. Bates, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Charlotte Mew. But, bless her good taste and reading experience, she draws into the fold the work of several extremely talented writers of which few readers on this side of the Atlantic will have heard. Pritchett, to name a few. H. Fans of the short story will be delighted by what