Synopsis
To the eighteen stories of the original, celebrated 1935 edition are added twelve stories from "Anarchism Is Not Enough" and "Experts Are Puzzled," a 1966 story, and a new general preface.
I. Stories of lives:
Socialist pleasures
The friendly one
Schoolgirls
The secret
The incurable virtue
Daisy and venison
Three times round.
II. Stories of ideas:
Reality as Port Huntlady
Miss Banquett, or The populating of Cosmania
III. Nearly true stories:
The story pig
The playground
A fairy tale for older people
A last lesson in geography
IV. A crown for Hans Andersen
V. More stories:
In the beginning
Eve's side of it
Privateness
In the end
From Anarchism Is Not Enough:
How came it about
Hungry to hear
In a cafe
An anonymous book
From Experts Are Puzzled:
Mademoiselle comet
The fortunate liar
Molly Barleywater
Buttercup
The fable of the dice
Perhaps an indiscretion
Arista manuscript
That workshop
Finale:
A later story: Christmastime (1966)
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From Publishers Weekly
A celebrated 1935 short story collection by Riding, an American modernist poet, novelist and critic.
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