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The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories

The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories

Penned By Christopher Dolley
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The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories

The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories

Penned By Christopher Dolley
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Editor's Note:
alternate cover for ISBN 0140032525/9780140032529A collection of 15 short stories by authors such as Thomas Hardy, Kingsley Amis, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Joyce Cary, James Joyce, Muriel Spark and others.Contents:- Editorial Foreword by Christopher Dolley- The Distracted Preacher by Thomas Hardy- William the Conqueror by Rudyard Kipling- The Bucket and the Rope by T.F. Powys- The Road from Colonus by E.M. Forster- Ivy Day in the Committee Room by James Joyce- The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf- The Horse Dealer's Daughter by D.H. Lawrence- Feuille d'Album by Katherine Mansfield- Government Baby by Joyce Cary- The Lost Chinese by Robert Graves- Handsome Is As Handsome Does by V.S. Pritchett- The Destructors by Graham Greene- After the Show by Angus Wilson- You Should have Seen the Mess by Muriel Spark- Interesting Things by Kingsley Amis

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Length 318 Pages
Language Eng
Released 1972
Identifier (ISBN) 3616039
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