| Description |
2 volumes ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The library of America ; 298-299
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Library of America ; 298-299.
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| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
[v. 1]. 1938-1959 -- [v. 2]. 1960-1992. |
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[v. 1.] Introduction by Ann Beattie -- A Spinster's Tale -- Cookie -- Sky Line -- The Fancy Woman -- The School Girl -- A Walled Garden -- Attendant Evils -- Rain in the Heart -- The Scoutmaster -- Allegiance -- A Long Fourth -- Porte Cochere -- A Wife of Nashville -- Their Losses -- Uncles -- Two Ladies in Retirement -- What You Hear from 'Em? -- Bad Dreams -- The Dark Walk -- 1939 -- The Other Times -- Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time -- Promise of Rain -- Je Suis Perdu -- A Friend and Protector -- Guests -- The Little Cousins -- Heads of Houses -- Miss Leonora When Last Seen -- UNDERGRADUATE STORIES 1936-1939 -- The Party -- The Lady Is Civilized -- The Life Before. |
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[v. 2.] Introduction by Ann Beattie -- Reservations: A Love Story -- Nerves -- An Overwhelming Question -- There -- Demons -- At the Drugstore -- Two Pilgrims -- The Throughway -- At the Art Theater -- The End of Play -- A Cheerful Disposition -- The Decline and Fall of the Episcopal Church in the Year of Our Lord 1952 -- Mrs. Billingsby's Wine -- The Elect -- First Heat -- In the Waiting Room -- Dean of Men -- Daphne's Lover -- The Real Ghost -- The Instruction of a Mistress -- The Hand of Emmagene -- Three Heroines -- The Megalopolitans -- Her Need -- The Captain's Son -- In the Miro District -- The Old Forest -- The Gift of the Prodigal -- The Witch of Owl Mountain Springs: An Account of Her Remarkable Powers -- The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American -- 20th century.
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Short stories, American. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Beattie, Ann, editor.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. 2017
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Peter Taylor : complete stories |
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Complete stories, 1960-1992.
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Complete stories, 1938-1959.
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| ISBN |
9781598535433 (v. 2) |
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1598535439 (v. 2) |
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9781598535426 (v. 1) |
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1598535420 (v. 1) |
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