Victor S. Pritchett Libri

A superb copy in an archival Mylar jacket cover.

Introduction by JEREMY TREGLOWN“In his daily walks through London,” notes Jeremy Treglown in his Introduction to this collection, “Pritchett watched and listened to people as a naturalist observes wild creatures and birds. He knew that oddity is the norm, not the exception.” This finely attuned sense, coupled with an understanding that nothing in life is mundane, is what makes these stories so immensely enjoyable. Drawing on a vast treasure chest of writings, Treglown has selected sixteen of Pritchett’s gems, including “A Serious Question,” which makes its debut in book form here. Featuring some of the best work from a long career, this new compilation of Pritchett’s brilliantly compact stories illuminates his legendary skills.

London is revealed in the mind, the heart, and the eye with eloquence and character in this handsome volume -- a collaboration of text by V. S. Pritchett, one of England's most brilliant writers, and photographs by Evelyn Hoffer, whose camera artistry is internationally respected. Here is a witty and knowing distillation of London experienced -- a panorama of its history, art, literature, and life. This is the city that Londoners know, a paradox of grandeur and grime, a place of bustling markets and tranquil parks, of ancient and modern, of palaces and pubs, docks and railroad depots. Great Londoners of the past walk in this pages -- Wren, Pepys, Defoe, Hogarth, Johnson, Dickens. And here are the faces of the people who inhabit London today -- milkmen and master mariners, dockers and shopkeepers, messengers, Chelsea pensioners, and, inevitably, a London policeman. Mr. Pritchett's text is masterfully complemented by the photographs that demonstrate Miss Hofer's artistic eye. Her visual capture of one city in The Stones of Florence is now equaled by her illuminating reflections of London. There is, as well, an analysis of the Londoner himself, enigmatic and enduring, with his reverence for law, his pleasure in royalty and ritual, his respect for argument, and his toleration of eccentrics. In these loving, yet penetrating recognitions of a great city's past and present, London lives.

Presents a collection of short stories from such authors as Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce, Ring Lardner, Eudora Welty, and Flannery O'Connor.

This collection is a companion to the long-established and highly successful Modern Short Stories One and its essential aims are the same: to offer stories of high literary quality which, though written for adults, can be enjoyed and appreciated by adolescents. The fifteen stories included are by distinguished writers from Africa, America, Australia, India, Ireland, Italy and Great Britain; and within their artistic context several of them deal with the special personal and social concerns of society today.The collection includes stories by the likes of Dorothy Parker, Maeve Binchy, Garrison Keillor, Peter Carey, Flannery O'Connor and Nadine Gordimer.

Selected short stories introduced by Christopher Isherwood

A portrait of the French novelist Honore de Balzac bu the famous literary student and historian V.S. Pritchett

Mr. Beluncle in an imposing figure who fills his life with rich fantasies and exercises the unnerving power of his personality over those around him--often with hilarious results. With his characteristic grace and style, V.S. Pritchett traces Beluncle's steps toward financial ruin, gently revealing Belucnle's warm and humorous side, yet hinting darkly at his underlying suffering. V.S. Pritchett is a noted critic, biographer, and author of short stories and novels.