The Oxford Book of English Short Stories

Ed. by Antonia S. Byatt

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A fresh contemporary design for A. S. Byatt's celebrated anthology of English short stories The Oxford Book of English Short Stories.The 37 stories featured here are selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, by authors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Books of Prose & Verse
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 347g
• ISBN-13: 9780199561605
• ISBN-10: 0199561605
• Artikelnr.: 25339364

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Sacristan of St Botolph
The Haunted House
Relics of General Chassé, A Tale of Antwerp
A Mere Interlude
Little Brother
Two Doctors
Behind the Shade
Wireless
Under the Knife
A White Night
The Toys of Peace
The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown
Some Talk of Alexander
The Reverent Wooing of Archibald
Solid Objects
The Man who Loved Islands
A Tragedy in Green
A Widow's Quilt
Nuns at Luncheon
Landlord of the Crystal Fountain
On the Edge of the Cliff
A Dream of Winter
An Englishman's Home
The Destructors
The Waterfall
The Troll
The Blush
At Hiruharama
My Flannel Knickers
Enoch's Two Letters
Dream Cargoes
Telephone
My Story
The Kiss
The Beauty of the Dawn Shift
Solid Geometry
Dead Languages