num_pages: 630
description: This one-volume edition contains the complete collection of Coward's twenty short stories, spanning fifty years of his working life. Written with Coward's inimitable poise and wit, the stories variously describe back-stage intrigues, Hollywood champagne breakfasts, suburban romances and gossip round the captain's table. He reveals himself as a consummate prose stylist demonstrating why, for all his success in virtually every other field of entertainment, he returned again and again to the short story.
language: English
title: The collected short stories
titlecomplete: The collected short stories
genres: Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 75
publisher: Methuen