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Percival Christopher Wren is best known as a novelist, publishing
twenty-eight novels from 1912 to 1941, the most famous of which
being Beau Geste (1924). Wren also published seven short story
collections: Stepsons of France (1917), The Young Stagers (1917),
Good Gestes (1929), Flawed Blades (1933), Port o' Missing Men
(1934), Rough Shooting (1938), and Odd-But Even So (1941). These
short story collections contained a total of 116 stories. There
were also two omnibus collections published, Stories of the Foreign
Legion (1947) and Dead Men's Boots (1949), containing stories taken
from Stepsons of France, Good Gestes, Flawed Blades, and Port o'
Missing Men. In addition to the 116 stories published in Wren's
short story collections there are some additional items in The
Collected Short Stories. "At Oxford: Innocent Ernest and Artful
Eintz" is a short story originally published in 1919 in an obscure
fiction magazine. "The Romantic Regiment" and "Twenty-Four Hours in
the Foreign Legion" are "factual" articles originally published in
magazines. "Wonderful Egypt" is an article (more a photographic
essay) originally published in The Strand Magazine. The article "I
Saw a Vision " originally appeared in a rare psychic magazine,
Prediction. There is also an article found in an Australian
newspaper, "Meaning of Dreams," where Wren relates a couple of
dreams he had experienced. Finally there is "Broken Glass," an
unpublished short story. Each story has introductory comments by
the editor, John L. Espley. Volume five of The Collected Short
Stories has a total of twenty seven items: nine stories from Rough
Shooting (1938), fifteen stories from Odd-But Even So (1941), one
previously unpublished story, one article from an Australian
newspaper, and another article from a psychic magazine.
Percival Christopher Wren is best known as a novelist, publishing
twenty-eight novels from 1912 to 1941, the most famous of which
being Beau Geste (1924). Wren also published seven short story
collections: Stepsons of France (1917), The Young Stagers (1917),
Good Gestes (1929), Flawed Blades (1933), Port o' Missing Men
(1934), Rough Shooting (1938), and Odd-But Even So (1941). These
short story collections contained a total of 116 stories. There
were also two omnibus collections published, Stories of the Foreign
Legion (1947) and Dead Men's Boots (1949), containing stories taken
from Stepsons of France, Good Gestes, Flawed Blades, and Port o'
Missing Men. In addition to the 116 stories published in Wren's
short story collections there are some additional items in The
Collected Short Stories. "At Oxford: Innocent Ernest and Artful
Eintz" is a short story originally published in 1919 in an obscure
fiction magazine. "The Romantic Regiment" and "Twenty-Four Hours in
the Foreign Legion" are "factual" articles originally published in
magazines. "Wonderful Egypt" is an article (more a photographic
essay) originally published in The Strand Magazine. The article "I
Saw a Vision " originally appeared in a rare psychic magazine,
Prediction. There is also an article found in an Australian
newspaper, "Meaning of Dreams," where Wren relates a couple of
dreams he had experienced. Finally there is "Broken Glass," an
unpublished short story. Each story has introductory comments by
the editor, John L. Espley. Volume three of The Collected Short
Stories contains nineteen stories by Wren and one article by the
editor. The nineteen stories include nine from Flawed Blades
(February 1933) and ten from Port o' Missing Men (March 1934). The
article is a listing of all of Wren's stories that are related to
one another, providing a list of stories featuring various
characters (such as La Cigale, McSnorrt, the Geste Brothers, etc.)
and other relationships (stories set in India, stories about the
Foreign Legion, stories about the sea, etc.).
Percival Christopher Wren is best known as a novelist, publishing
twenty-eight novels from 1912 to 1941, the most famous of which
being Beau Geste (1924). Wren also published seven short story
collections: Stepsons of France (1917), The Young Stagers (1917),
Good Gestes (1929), Flawed Blades (1933), Port o' Missing Men
(1934), Rough Shooting (1938), and Odd-But Even So (1941). These
short story collections contained a total of 116 stories. There
were also two omnibus collections published, Stories of the Foreign
Legion (1947) and Dead Men's Boots (1949), containing stories taken
from Stepsons of France, Good Gestes, Flawed Blades, and Port o'
Missing Men. In addition to the 116 stories published in Wren's
short story collections there are some additional items in The
Collected Short Stories. "At Oxford: Innocent Ernest and Artful
Eintz" is a short story originally published in 1919 in an obscure
fiction magazine. "The Romantic Regiment" and "Twenty-Four Hours in
the Foreign Legion" are "factual" articles originally published in
magazines. "Wonderful Egypt" is an article (more a photographic
essay) originally published in The Strand Magazine. The article "I
Saw a Vision " originally appeared in a rare psychic magazine,
Prediction. There is also an article found in an Australian
newspaper, "Meaning of Dreams," where Wren relates a couple of
dreams he had experienced. Finally there is "Broken Glass," an
unpublished short story. Each story has introductory comments by
the editor, John L. Espley. Volume four of The Collected Short
Stories contains twenty two short stories and one article. There
are nine stories from Port o' Missing Men (1934) and thirteen from
Rough Shooting (1938) that were originally published between 1933
and 1938, with some of the stories being published first in
magazines and newspapers. The article is "Wonderful Egypt" which
was originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1936.
Percival Christopher Wren is best known as a novelist, publishing
twenty-eight novels from 1912 to 1941, the most famous of which
being Beau Geste (1924). Wren also published seven short story
collections: Stepsons of France (1917), The Young Stagers (1917),
Good Gestes (1929), Flawed Blades (1933), Port o' Missing Men
(1934), Rough Shooting (1938), and Odd-But Even So (1941). These
short story collections contained a total of 116 stories. There
were also two omnibus collections published, Stories of the Foreign
Legion (1947) and Dead Men's Boots (1949), containing stories taken
from Stepsons of France, Good Gestes, Flawed Blades, and Port o'
Missing Men. In addition to the 116 stories published in Wren's
short story collections there are some additional items in The
Collected Short Stories. "At Oxford: Innocent Ernest and Artful
Eintz" is a short story originally published in 1919 in an obscure
fiction magazine. "The Romantic Regiment" and "Twenty-Four Hours in
the Foreign Legion" are "factual" articles originally published in
magazines. "Wonderful Egypt" is an article (more a photographic
essay) originally published in The Strand Magazine. The article "I
Saw a Vision " originally appeared in a rare psychic magazine,
Prediction. There is also an article found in an Australian
newspaper, "Meaning of Dreams," where Wren relates a couple of
dreams he had experienced. Finally there is "Broken Glass," an
unpublished short story. Each volume in The Collected Short Stories
includes an introduction and commentary on each story by the
editor, John L. Espley. Volume one of The Collected Short Stories
contains all of the stories included in The Young Stagers and
Stepsons of France. Volume one also includes "Double Saddle" (from
Flawed Blades), and the first book appearance of "At Oxford:
Innocent Ernest and Artful Eintz."
Percival Christopher Wren is best known as a novelist, publishing
twenty-eight novels from 1912 to 1941, the most famous of which
being Beau Geste (1924). Wren also published seven short story
collections: Stepsons of France (1917), The Young Stagers (1917),
Good Gestes (1929), Flawed Blades (1933), Port o' Missing Men
(1934), Rough Shooting (1938), and Odd-But Even So (1941). These
short story collections contained a total of 116 stories. There
were also two omnibus collections published, Stories of the Foreign
Legion (1947) and Dead Men's Boots (1949), containing stories taken
from Stepsons of France, Good Gestes, Flawed Blades, and Port o'
Missing Men. In addition to the 116 stories published in Wren's
short story collections there are some additional items in The
Collected Short Stories. "At Oxford: Innocent Ernest and Artful
Eintz" is a short story originally published in 1919 in an obscure
fiction magazine. "The Romantic Regiment" and "Twenty-Four Hours in
the Foreign Legion" are "factual" articles originally published in
magazines. "Wonderful Egypt" is an article (more a photographic
essay) originally published in The Strand Magazine. The article "I
Saw a Vision " originally appeared in a rare psychic magazine,
Prediction. There is also an article found in an Australian
newspaper, "Meaning of Dreams," where Wren relates a couple of
dreams he had experienced. Finally there is "Broken Glass," an
unpublished short story. Each story has introductory comments by
the editor, John L. Espley. Volume two of The Collected Short
Stories contains eighteen short stories and two non-fiction
articles originally published between 1928 and 1933. Twelve of the
eighteen stories come from the collection, Good Gestes (1929), and
the remaining six from Flawed Blades (1933). One of the articles
was originally published in a fiction magazine, Soldiers of Fortune
(December 1931), and the other article first appeared as a BBC
radio broadcast.
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