The collected stories of Jean Stafford
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
Subjects: Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Fiction
Notes: Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1969.
Table of contents: title: The innocents abroad: Maggie Meriwether's rich experience; title: The children's game; title: The echo and the nemesis; title: The maiden; title: A modest proposal; title: Caveat emptor. The Bostonians, and other manifestations of the American scene: Life is no abyss; title: The hope chest; title: Polite conversation; title: A country love story; title: The bleeding heart; title: The Lippia lawn; title: The interior castle. Cowboys and Indians, and magic mountains: The healthiest girl in town; title: The tea time of Stouthearted ladies; title: The mountain day; title: The darkening moon; title: Bad characters; title: In the zoo; title: The liberation; title: A reading problem; title: A summer day; title: The philosophy lesson. Manhattan Island: Children are bored on Sunday; title: Beatrice Trueblood's story; title: Between the porch and the altar; title: I love someone; title: Cops and robbers; title: The captain's gift; title: The end of a career.