"A collection of 15 short stories by authors such as Thomas Hardy, Kingsley Amis, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Joyce Cary, James Joyce, Muriel Spark and others."
"'The short story is enjoying a revival all the more encouraging when viewed against the gloom surrounding the future of the literary novel ...'. In this title, fifteen further short stories from the golden age of the short story offer more gems from some of the masters of the genre. Whether it is the lyrical prose of Thomas Hardy or the irreverent wit of Kingsley Amis, the monologues of Virgina Woolf or Muriel Spark, the authors here de ..."
"The Golden Age of the English short story lies from its first wide acceptance in the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth, a period when there were a great many outlets in Britain for shorter fictions. The Penguin Book of English Short Stories celebrates this period through some of the most widely known writers of the time. Though many of the chosen authors are more generally known for their novels, here ..."
"This volume contains sixteen examples of the English short story at its best: immediately captivating and hugely entertaining. Some stories are classics, such as James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’; others – like ‘Mr Loveday’s Little Outing’ by Evelyn Waugh – are relatively unknown and a joy to discover. The collection also includes Charles Dickens’ premonitory tale, ‘The Signalman’ which was inspired by his own horrific experiences in a train c ..."
Resonance by ChristopherDolley Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2007 by Baen ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-2134-1, ISBN: 1-4165-2134-8
"Graham Smith is a 33 year-old office messenger. To the outside world he's an obsessive-compulsive mute ? weird but harmless. But to Graham Smith, it's the world that's weird. And far from harmless. He sees things others can't . . . or won't. He knows that roads can change course, people disappear, office blocks migrate across town. All at night when no one's looking. The world's an unstable place, still growing, sloughing off layers of ..."
"Whether it is the lyrical prose of Thomas Hardy or the irreverent wit of Kingsley Amis, the monologues of Virgina Woolf or Muriel Spark, the authors here demonstrate that the vitality of the form remains as compelling today as when these ..."