The golden age of British short stories, 1890-1914 / edited by Philip Hensher.
The golden age of British short stories, 1890-1914 / edited by Philip Hensher.
The golden age of British short stories, 1890-1914 / edited by Philip Hensher.
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Publisher
[London] : Penguin Books|Penguin Random House UK, 2020.
Call Numbers
G 2020/4804
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 606 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction / by Philip Hensher -- The-- Man who would be king / Rudyard Kipling -- Withered arm / Thomas Hardy -- An-- Elixir of love / W.S. Gilbert -- Buddhist priest's wife / Olive Schreiner -- Sphinx without a secret / Oscar Wilde -- A-- Novel in a nutshell / George Moore -- Autobiograph...
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Publisher
[London] : Penguin Books|Penguin Random House UK, 2020.
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Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
The quarter century or so before 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 new magazine readership and vigorous competition to acquire new stories and develop the careers of some of our greatest writers, these years were ones where the normal rule-of-t...
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The golden age of British short stories, 1890-1914 / edited by Philip Hensher.
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©2020
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G 2020/4804
Record Identifier
74VKaJJ3w7VO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaJJ3w7VO
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ISBN
0141992204
9780141992204
MMS ID
991024369517002626
