When they entered the mess he appeared quite sober, only blinking a little in the lighted room, in his raked cap and his awry-buttoned pea-jacket and a soiled silk muffler, embroidered with a club insignia which Bogard recognized to ...
This is a collection of the very best of William Faulkner’s short stories.
In this extraordinary collection, Faulkner captures the bitter tensions of America's Deep South.
Nineteen stories deal with the hunger for beauty, the transformation of immigrants into Americans, and the need to assert the individual's independence
“Jesus, I can't hardly wait,” I said. “You which?” Rosie hollered. “Jesus?” she hollered. “Jesus? You let your mamma hear you cussing and I bound you'll wait. You talk to me about a nickel! For a nickel ...
Gogol’s most famous works include the novel "Dead Souls", the horror novella "The Viy", as well as the short story collections "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka" and "Mirgorod".
The stories, which range from tiny fragments to substantial narratives, have been arranged both to illuminate one another and to illustrate Kafka's evolution as a writer - which, as Professor Josipovici shows, is more complex and radical ...
said Mrs Walker, turning awayand addressing herself to Winterbourne. 'Elle s'affiche. It's her revenge for myhaving ventured to remonstrate with her. When she comes I shall not speakto her.' Daisy came after eleven o'clock, ...
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This collection contains some of the gems by Rabindranath Tagore, who undoubtedly put India on the literary map of the world.
. She reminds us again why literature matters.” — New York Times Book Review With an Introduction by Margaret Atwood With the profound maturity and exquisite eye for detail that never failed to capture readers of her critically ...
Topol was very good in the film , but that Hayes Gordon , who did play Tevya on the stage in Melbourne , he was terrific . He is not a Jew , yet he was one hundred per cent a Jew on the stage . Your Mum and I , we loved him .
This collection of John Barth's short fiction is a landmark event, bringing together all of his previous collections, together with a few new stories.
A definitive anthology of short fiction by the critically acclaimed author of The Lost Language of Cranes offers a complete collection of his stories, including works from Family Dancing, The Marble Quilt, and A Place I've Never Been.
Charlotte Riddell aka, Mrs J.H. Riddell (30 September 1832 - 24 September 1906) was a one of the most popular and influential writers of the Victorian period.
This is the definitive collection of short stories by Saul Bellow. Abundant, precise, various, rich and exuberant, the stories display the stylistic and emotional brilliance which characterizes this master of prose.
Four-time winner of the O. Henry Prize, three-time winner of the Whitbread Award, and five-time nominee for the Booker Prize, William Trevor is one of the most acclaimed authors of our era.
There is a colored man in it who acquires a duke's daughter by disbursing to her a mixture of the talk turned out by Rider Haggard , Lew Dockstader , and Dr. Parkhurst . But that style of courting don't work well off the stage .
Isaac Bashevis Singer's work explores humanity in all of its guises. This collection of forty-seven short stories, selected by Singer himself from across the whole of his career, brings together the best of his writing.
Lawrence is known mainly as a novelist and poet but he was also the author of many superb short stories and novellas. By bringing together all his shorter fiction, this volume makes it possible to survey his entire writing career.