Derek Hudson (ed.)

Classic English Short Stories 1930-1955

Selected and Introduced by Derek Hudosn

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of 19 stories from the years 1930-1955, this book presents some of the best modern English short fiction . Authors include Somerset Maugham, Virginia Woolf, Evelyn Waugh, Elizabeth Bowen, Rosamond Lehmann, V.S. Pritchett, and Graham Greene.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 1971
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9780192811219
• ISBN-10: 0192811215
• Artikelnr.: 15103436

Autorenporträt

Derek Hudson was a critic, reviewer and publisher

Inhaltsangabe

Editor's Note
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: W. Somerset Maugham: The Kite
2: Virginia Woolf: The Duchess and the Jeweller
3: Frances Towers: The Little Willow
4: C. S. Forester: The Hostage
5: Eric Linklater: Sealskin Trousers
6: V. S. Pritchett: The Voice
7: William Plomer: Ever Such a Nice Boy
8: Evelyn Waugh: On Guard
9: Graham Greene: The Basement Room
10: H. E. Bates: The Woman Who Had Imagination
11: John Moore: Local Boy Makes Good
12: Christopher Sykes: The Sacred and the Profane
13: William Sansom: The Vertical Ladder
14: Fred Urquhart: Man About the House
15: A. L. Barker: Mr. Minnenick
16: Nigel Kneale: The Putting Away of Uncle Quaggin
17: Elizabeth Bowen: Maria
18: Clemence Dane: The Dearly Beloved of Benjamin Cobb
19: Rosamond Lehmann: A Dream of Winter