The Penguin Book of English Short Stories

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 they provide some perfect examples of much shorter work. Each of these concise, evocative, subtle and satisfying stories is a little jewel, providing a small window into another world. This collection gathers together 16 short stories: The Signalman, by Charles Dickens The Withered Arm, by Thomas Hardy An Outpost of Progress, by Joseph Conrad At the End of the Passage, by Rudyard Kipling The Country of the Blind, by H.G. Wells The Force of Circumstance, by W. Somerset Maugham The Dead, by James Joyce Kew Gardens, by Virginia Woolf Fanny and Annie, by D.H. Lawrence The Voyage, by Catherine Mansfield The Breakout, by Joyce Cary The Gioconda Smile, by Aldous Huxley The Fly in the Ointment, by V.S. Pritchett Mr Loveday's Little Outing, by Evelyn Waugh Across the Bridge, by Graham Greene Raspberry Jam, by Angus Wilson