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The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories

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There are thirty stories, spanning nearly a century . Twelve are taken from the twelve volumes of stories we have published over the last few years; nine were previously published in our quarterly 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 -- The bedquilt / Dorothy Canfield Fisher -- Her first ball / Katherine Mansfield -- The other wife / Colette -- The casualty list / Winifred Holtby -- Thunder shower / Malachi Whitaker -- The exile / Joanna Cannan -- Safety zone / Dorothy van Doren -- After tea / Dorothy Whipple -- Monsieur Rose / Irène Nèmirovsky -- Going home / Sally Benson -- Frowning Caryatid / Lettice Cooper -- Miss Anstruther's letters / Rose Macaulay -- The house at hove / Diana Gardner -- Year of decision / Mollie Panter-Downes -- We have to sit opposite / Ethel Wilson -- The little willow / Frances Towers -- Monkey-barges / Emma Smith -- The blessing that must be earned / Freda Aykroyd -- The professor's daughter / Margaret Bonham -- The prisoner / Elizabeth Berridge -- Beside the still waters / Mollie-Panter Downes -- To open a door / Kathleen Warren -- The proof / Mary Rickwood -- The green heart / Jane McClure -- No laughing matter / Diana Athill -- Sunday morning / Dorothy Whipple -- For good / Alice Adams -- Accidents / Carol Shields -- Gilbert / Rosamunde Pilcher .

Language: English

Pages: 401

Format: Paperback

Release: April 25, 2019

ISBN 13: 9781910263228

The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories

0/5 ( ratings)

There are thirty stories, spanning nearly a century . Twelve are taken from the twelve volumes of stories we have published over the last few years; nine were previously published in our quarterly 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 -- The bedquilt / Dorothy Canfield Fisher -- Her first ball / Katherine Mansfield -- The other wife / Colette -- The casualty list / Winifred Holtby -- Thunder shower / Malachi Whitaker -- The exile / Joanna Cannan -- Safety zone / Dorothy van Doren -- After tea / Dorothy Whipple -- Monsieur Rose / Irène Nèmirovsky -- Going home / Sally Benson -- Frowning Caryatid / Lettice Cooper -- Miss Anstruther's letters / Rose Macaulay -- The house at hove / Diana Gardner -- Year of decision / Mollie Panter-Downes -- We have to sit opposite / Ethel Wilson -- The little willow / Frances Towers -- Monkey-barges / Emma Smith -- The blessing that must be earned / Freda Aykroyd -- The professor's daughter / Margaret Bonham -- The prisoner / Elizabeth Berridge -- Beside the still waters / Mollie-Panter Downes -- To open a door / Kathleen Warren -- The proof / Mary Rickwood -- The green heart / Jane McClure -- No laughing matter / Diana Athill -- Sunday morning / Dorothy Whipple -- For good / Alice Adams -- Accidents / Carol Shields -- Gilbert / Rosamunde Pilcher .

Language: English

Pages: 401

Format: Paperback

Release: April 25, 2019

ISBN 13: 9781910263228

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