| Edition |
1st Back Bay pbk. ed. |
| Description |
xxiii, 611 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
The stories. The balance ; A house of gentlefolks ; The manager of "The Kremlin" ; Love in the slump ; Too much tolerance ; Excursion in Reality ; Incident in Azania ; Bella Fleace gave a party ; Cruise ; The man who liked Dickens ; Out of depth ; By special request ; Period piece ; On guard ; Mr. Loveday's little outing ; Winner takes all ; An Englishman's home ; The sympathetic passenger ; My father's house ; Lucy Simmonds ; Charles Ryder's schooldays ; Scott-King's modern Europe ; Tactical exercise ; Compassion ; Love among the ruins ; Basil Seal rides again -- Juvenilia. The curse of the horse race ; Fidon's confetion ; Multa pecunia ; Fragment of a novel ; Essay ; The house : an anti-climax -- Oxford stories. Portrait of young man with career ; Antony, who sought things that were lost ; Edward of unique achievement ; Fragments : they dine with the past ; Conspiracy to murder ; Unacademic exercise : a nature story ; The national game. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Dr. James H. Poivan, Professor of History, Emeritus. |
| Subject |
England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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England. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Added Title |
Short stories https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99019949
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| ISBN |
0316926604 : $19.95 |
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9780316926607 |
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