Bővebb ismertető
Briefly, ABOUT THE BOOK
Back in the nineteenth century when novel writing was born in England, a new outlet for this form mushroomed into being: the literary magazines. Along with them came the need for short stories. So it is that we find British writers, the great and the small, turning their skill, invention and talents to the telling of a tale. Nine of the great authors of that century are represented by exciting stories in this new Seven Seas anthology. They write of their England, of the happenings sometimes whimsical, sometimes tragic; now filled with good will, now with the bitter poverty of the time; often gay, often naive; but all of it stimulating reading and a treat for the short-story fan. Here the gifts that made for great novels are to be found in microcosm, spinning out enduring tales