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Classic English Short Stories 1930-1955 (Paperback, Reissue)
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Classic English Short Stories 1930-1955 (Paperback, Reissue)
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Loot Price R392
Discovery Miles 3 920
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The years from 1930 to 1955 marked a high point in the fortunes of
the English short story. Inevitably World War II left its mark on
many of the stories Derek Hudson has collected in this suberb
volume, but, he argues in the introduction, that "the dominating
impression in these English stories...is of humour--not necessarily
in the comic sense...but in the sense...of a humorous perspective
of life."
The volume includes stories by such renowned writers as Somerset
Maugham, Virginia Woolf, and Evelyn Waugh. Stories by Elizabeth
Bowen, Frances Towers, Clemence Dane, Rosamond Lehmann, and A.L.
Barker demonstrate that women writers have found the short story
form increasingly congenial. C.S. Forester and Graham Greene bring
their power of narrative to tragic themes, while Eric Linklater
asserts his claim on poetic fantasy. The volume also contains
characteristic stories by H.E. Bates, V.S. Pritchett, William
Plomer, John Moore, Christopher Sykes, William Sansom, Fred
Urquhart, and Nigel Kneale.
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