| Description |
376 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The Portobello Road -- The curtain blown by the breeze -- The black madonna -- Bang-bang you're dead -- The seraph and the Zambesi -- The twins -- The playhouse called remarkable -- The pawnbroker's wife -- Miss Pinkerton's apocalypse -- A sad tale's best for winter -- The leaf sweeper -- Daisy overend -- You should have seen the mess -- Come along, Marjorie -- The ormolu clock -- The dark glasses -- A member of the family -- The house of the famous poet -- The fathers' daughters -- Open to the public -- Alice Long's dachshunds -- The go-away bird -- The first year of my life -- The gentile Jewesses -- The executor -- The fortune-teller -- Another pair of hands -- The dragon -- The girl I left behind me -- Going up and coming down -- The pearly shadow -- Chimes -- The thing about police stations -- Harper and Wilton -- Ladies and gentlemen -- The quest for Lavishes Ghast -- The hanging judge. |
| Summary |
Thirty-seven stories portraying the English at home and abroad. They range from Bang-Bang You're Dead, on English colonialists in Africa, to A Member of the Family, which deals with their mating customs. |
| Subject |
British -- Fiction.
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British. (OCoLC)fst00839044
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Short stories, British -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Short stories.
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Short stories.
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| ISBN |
0811213676 (alk. paper) |
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9780811213677 (alk. paper) |
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