| Description |
xvi, 360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: London : Virago, 1981. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Stories -- Beside the seaside: a holiday with children -- Surrounded by children -- In the beginning of the war -- A very pleasant evening -- To school in Germany -- Getting rid of Sadie -- Sunday at home -- The story of a story -- Is there a life beyond the gravy? -- The Herriots -- Essays -- Syler's Green: a return journey -- A London suburb -- Mosaic -- Simply living -- Too tired for words -- At school -- My muse -- What poems are made of -- Private views -- Cats in colour -- History or poetic drama? -- Some impediments to Christian commitment -- Reviews -- Poems -- A portrait -- Via media via dolorosa -- Portrait -- He preferred -- The midwife -- Mort's cry -- The word -- Marriage I think -- Ruory -- Wife's lament at Hereford -- Mother love -- The octopus -- Lulu -- Henry Wilberforce -- (1) Like this -- (2) Like this -- There is an old man -- The horrible man -- Mabel -- The lesson -- Sapphic -- The royal Dane -- Our doggy -- My tortoise -- As sways -- Tom Snooks the pundit -- Miss Snooks, poetess -- The old poet -- They killed -- On coming late to Parnassus -- Accented -- Two friends -- I forgive you -- Revenge -- None of the other birds -- The holiday -- Sigh no more -- Telly-me-do -- My earliest love -- When one -- When I awake -- Beautiful -- Roaming -- Landrecie -- Childhood and interruption -- The ballet of the twelve dancing princesses -- Silence -- The pearl -- Sterilization -- The vision -- O thou pale intellectual brow -- From the French -- Salon d'Automne -- O Lord! -- B.B.C. feature programme on prostitution -- Satan speaks -- Goodnight -- On the dressing gown lent me by my hostess the Brazilian consul in Milan -- No matter who rides -- La robe chemise -- Saint Foam and the Holy Child -- Pretty baby -- I thank thee, Lord -- Letters -- Radio play -- a turn outside. |
| Subject |
Smith, Stevie, 1902-1971.
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Smith, Stevie, 1902-1971. (OCoLC)fst00004093
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| Added Author |
Barbera, Jack.
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McBrien, William.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. 1982
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| ISBN |
0374204942 |
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9780374204945 |
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