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The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories
Paperback

The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories

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Beautifully re-packaged edition of this classic collection of English short stories

The short story is enjoying a revival all the more encouraging when viewed against the gloom surrounding the future of the literary novel …‘

Fifteen further short stories from the golden age of the short story offer more gems from some of the masters of the genre. Whether it is the lyrical prose of Thomas Hardy or the irreverent wit of Kingsley Amis, the monologues of Virgina Woolf or Muriel Spark, the authors here demonstrate that the vitality of the form remains as compelling today as when these stories were originally published.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
4 August 2011
Pages
320
ISBN
9780241955437

Beautifully re-packaged edition of this classic collection of English short stories

The short story is enjoying a revival all the more encouraging when viewed against the gloom surrounding the future of the literary novel …‘

Fifteen further short stories from the golden age of the short story offer more gems from some of the masters of the genre. Whether it is the lyrical prose of Thomas Hardy or the irreverent wit of Kingsley Amis, the monologues of Virgina Woolf or Muriel Spark, the authors here demonstrate that the vitality of the form remains as compelling today as when these stories were originally published.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
4 August 2011
Pages
320
ISBN
9780241955437