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Stories : Introduction by Margaret Drabble by Doris Lessing (2008, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307269884
ISBN-139780307269881
eBay Product ID (ePID)65974494
Product Key Features
Book TitleStories : Introduction by Margaret Drabble
Number of Pages696 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicContemporary Women, Short Stories (Single Author), Romance / General
GenreFiction
AuthorDoris Lessing
Book SeriesEveryman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight25.5 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-276046
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Doris Lessing's artistry is demonstrated over and over in this generous collection." Time "Lessing is the great realist writer of our time." Diane Johnson,The New York Times Book Review "[Lessing's] stock of reliable, solid information about life is enormous; her social range…impressively wide; her interests, human, varied, oddly reassuring." Margaret Drabble,Saturday Review From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Decimal823/.9/14
Table Of ContentIntroduction by Margaret Drabble Select Bibliography Chronology The Habit of Loving The Woman Through the Tunnel Pleasure The Witness The Day Stalin Died Wine He The Eye of God in Paradise The Other Woman One off the Short List A Woman on a Roof How I Finally Lost My Heart A Man and Two Women A Room England versus England Two Potters Between Men Our Friend Judith Each Other Homage for Isaac Babel Outside the Ministry Dialogue Notes for a Case History An Old Woman and Her Cat Side Benefits of an Honourable Profession A Year in Regent's Park Report on the Threatened City Mrs Fortescue An Unposted Love Letter Lions, Leaves, Roses Not a Very Nice Story The Other Garden The Temptation of Jack Orkney
SynopsisThis wide-ranging collection of the stories by the renowned Nobel Laureate--spanning more than two decades of her astonishing career--highlights her singular gifts for portraying the complex lives of men and women in a modern, often alienating world. Included are seminal stories like "To Room Nineteen," in which a woman reacts against the oppression of her banal marriage with dreadful results; "One off the Short List," which traces the surprising conclusion to a seduction gone awry; "The Habit of Loving," in which a lonely older man who takes a vivacious, young wife witnesses an unexpected reversal of intimacy. Here are two classic novellas as well: The Temptation of Jack Orkney and The Other Woman, which exemplify Lessing's grasp of the most essential human psychology. Rich and various in mood and background--the settings range across England and France--these stories powerfully convey the uncompromising insight, intelligence, and vision of one of the most ardently admired writers of our time.
LC Classification NumberPR6023.E833A6 2008
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