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The collected short stories
- Title
- The collected short stories / Jean Rhys ; with an introduction by Diana Athill.
- Author
- Rhys, Jean
- Publication
- [London], UK : Penguin Books, 2017.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 17-4675 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Athill, Diana
- Description
- viii, 387 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- Contains 36 stories including: Illusion--A spiritualist--From a French prison--In a cafe--Tout Montparnasse and a lady--Mannequin--(etc.).
- Series Statement
- Penguin modern classics
- Uniform Title
- Short stories
- Penguin modern classics.
- Alternative Title
- Short stories
- Subject
- Note
- First published 1987.
- Contents
- Illusion -- A spiritualist -- From a French prison -- In a café -- Tout Montparnasse and a lady -- Mannequin -- In the Luxemburg Gardens -- Tea with an artist -- Trio -- Mixing cocktails -- Again the Antilles -- Hunger -- Discourse of a lady standing a dinner to a down-and-out friend -- A night -- In the Rue de l'Arriveé -- Learning to be a mother -- The blue bird -- The grey day -- The Sidi -- At the Villa d'Or -- La grosse Fifi -- Vienne -- Till September Petronella -- The day they burned the books -- Let them call it jazz -- Tigers are better-looking -- Outside the machine -- The lotus -- A solid house -- The sound of the river -- I spy a stranger -- Temps perdi -- Pioneers, oh, pioneers -- Good-bye Marcus, good-bye Rose -- The bishop's feast -- Heat -- Fishy waters -- Overture and beginners please -- Before the deluge -- On not shooting sitting birds -- Kikimora -- Night out 1925 -- The chevalier of the Place Blanche -- The insect world -- Rapunzel, Rapunzel -- Who knows what's up in the attic? -- Sleep it off lady -- I used to live here once -- Kismet -- The whistling bird -- Invitation to the dance.
- Call Number
- JFD 17-4675
- ISBN
- 9780141984858
- 0141984856
- OCLC
- 958098258
- Author
- Rhys, Jean, author.
- Title
- The collected short stories / Jean Rhys ; with an introduction by Diana Athill.
- Publisher
- [London], UK : Penguin Books, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Penguin modern classicsPenguin modern classics.
- Added Author
- Athill, Diana, writer of introduction.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-4675