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Essential stories / V.S. Pritchett ; selected and with an introduction by Jeremy Treglown.
- Title
- Essential stories / V.S. Pritchett ; selected and with an introduction by Jeremy Treglown.
- Author
- Pritchett, V. S. (Victor Sawdon), 1900-1997
- Publication
- New York : Modern Library, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PR6031.R7 A6 2005 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Treglown, Jeremy.
- Description
- xviii, 225 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Introduction by JEREMY TREGLOWN "In his daily walks through London," notes Jeremy Treglown in his Introduction to this collection, "Pritchett watched and listened to people as a naturalist observes wild creatures and birds. He knew that oddity is the norm, not the exception." This finely attuned sense, coupled with an understanding that nothing in life is mundane, is what makes these stories so immensely enjoyable. Drawing on a vast treasure chest of writings, Treglown has selected sixteen of Pritchett's gems, including "A Serious Question," which makes its debut in book form here. Featuring some of the best work from a long career, this new compilation of Pritchett's brilliantly compact stories illuminates his legendary skills.
- Series Statement
- The Modern Library classics
- Uniform Title
- Modern Library classics.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- short stories.
- Short stories
- Nouvelles.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The sack of lights -- A serious question -- Sense of humour -- The evils of Spain -- The two brothers -- The upright man -- You make your own life -- The sailor -- The lion's den -- The saint -- The wheelbarrow -- The fall -- When my girl comes home -- Just a little more -- Our oldest friend -- On the edge of the cliff.
- ISBN
- 0812972945 (trade pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2004054682^^
- OCLC
- 55681319
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library