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Complete collected stories / V.S. Pritchett.

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Pritchett, V. S. (Victor Sawdon), 1900-1997.
Standardized Title:: Short stories
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: England--Social life and customs--Fiction.; England.
Genre:: Short stories.
Physical Description:: x, 1219, [1] p. ; 25 cm.
Edition:: 1st U.S. ed.
Place of Publication:: New York : Random House, c1990.
Summary:: Collection of eighty-two short stories V.S. Pritchett has written over the last sixty years.
Contents:: Sense of humour; A spring morning; Main road; The evils of Spain; Handsome is as handsome does; The aristocrat; The two brothers; X-ray; The scapegoat; Eleven o'clock; The upright man; Page and monarch; Miss Baker; You make your own life; The sailor; The lion's den; The saint; It may never happen; Pocock passes; The Oedipus complex; The voice; Aunt Gertrude; Many are disappointed; The chestnut tree; The ape; The clerk's tale; The fly in the ointment; The night worker; Double divan; The landlord; Passing the ball; A story of Don Juan; The ladder; The satisfactory; Things as they are; The sniff; The collection; The wheelbarrow; The fall; When my girl comes home; The necklace; Just a little more; The snag; On the scent; Citizen; The key to my heart; Noisy flushes the birds; Noisy in the doghouse; Blind love; The nest builder; A debt of honour; The cage birds; The skeleton; The speech; The liars; Our oldest friend; The honeymoon; The chain-smoker; The last throw; The Camberwell beauty; The diver; Did you invite me?; The rescue; The marvellous girl; The spree; Our wife; The lady from Guatemala; On the edge of the cliff; A family man; The Spanish bed; The wedding; The worshippers; The vice-consul; The accompanist; Tea with Mrs. Bittell; The fig tree; A careless widow; Cocky Olly; A trip to the seaside; Things; A change of policy; The image trade.
Notes:: "Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto and Windus Ltd., London in 1990"--T.p. verso.; "List of sources and dates": p. 1219-[1220].
ISBN:: 0679402152 :; 9780679402152
OCLC:: 745444394

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