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The golden age of British s...
The quarter century between 1890and the outbreak of the First World War saw an extraordinary boom in the popularity and quality of short stories in Britain, fuelled by a large, eager new magazine readership. The great writers of the age produced somo of their finest work, and literary genres - the ghost story, science fiction - took shape. This richly varied, endlessly entertaining anthology brings todether authors from Katherine Mansfield to Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce to Saki, H.G. Wells to Rebecca West. It celebrates a teeming, innovative world of literary achievement.-
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monografia Rebiun35486054 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun35486054 230424s2021 xxk 00| j eng d 0241434319 paperback) 9780241434314 paperback) S9M spa rda S9M S9M OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCL OCLCQ 821.111-32"1890/1914"(082.2) mrf12 The golden age of British short stories 1890-1914 edited by Philip Hensher London Penguin Books [2021] London London Penguin Books XX, 607 páginas 20 cm XX, 607 páginas Texto txt rdacontent/spa sin mediación n rdamedia/spa volumen nc rdacarrier/spa Penguin classics The man who would be king Rudyard Kipling. -- The withered arm Thomas Hardy. -- An elixir of love W. S. Gilbert. -- The buddhist priest's wife Olive Schreiner. -- The Sphynx without a secret Oscar Wilde. -- A novel in a nutshell George Moore. -- The autobiography of an idea Barry Pain. -- Irremediable Ella D'Arcy. -- The argonauts of the air H. G. Wells. -- The figure in the carpet Henry James. -- A nocturne George Egerton. -- Old Cater's money Arthur Morrison. -- The peace bringer George Gissing. -- The brazilian cat Arthur Conan Doyle. -- Gentlemen and players E. W. Hornungt. -- Trinket's colt Somerville and Ross. -- Mark Stafford's wife Charlotte Mew. -- The treasure of Abbot Thomas M. R. James. -- The awful reason of the vicar's visit G. K. Chesterton. -- Wilkinson's wife May Sinclair. -- The tug of love Israel Zangwill. -- The death of Simon Fuge Arnold Bennett. -- Women o'Dulditch Mary Mann. -- Gabriel-Ernest Saki. -- Cheap Lodgings J. E. Malloch. -- The secret sharer Joseph Conrad. -- A. V. Laider Max Beerbohm. -- The celestial Omnibus E. M. Forster. -- Brocotnaz Wyndham Lewis. -- The bus-conductor E. F. Benson. -- The woman at the store Katherine Mansfield. -- Indissoluble Matrimony Rebecca West. -- An enconter James Joyce. -- The prussian officer D. H. Lawrence The quarter century between 1890and the outbreak of the First World War saw an extraordinary boom in the popularity and quality of short stories in Britain, fuelled by a large, eager new magazine readership. The great writers of the age produced somo of their finest work, and literary genres - the ghost story, science fiction - took shape. This richly varied, endlessly entertaining anthology brings todether authors from Katherine Mansfield to Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce to Saki, H.G. Wells to Rebecca West. It celebrates a teeming, innovative world of literary achievement.- Contracubierta Short stories, English English fiction- 19th century English fiction- 20th century Nouvelles anglaises Roman anglais- 19e siècle Roman anglais- 20e siècle Cuentos ingleses- s.19- Antologías Cuentos ingleses- s.20- Antologías English fiction Short stories, English