Overview
These remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall to the drawing rooms of the British Raj, domestic arrangements are rewritten, social customs are revoked and new freedoms are embraced.
Selected and introduced by writer and critic Lucy Scholes, Senior Editor at McNally Editions, this collection places works from renowned women writers alongside recently rediscovered voices.
Contains:
- āThe Cut Fingerā by Frances Bellerby
- āSummer Nightā by Elizabeth Bowen
- āThe Birdsā by Daphne du Maurier
- āThe Land Girlā by Diana Gardner
- āListen to the Magnoliasā by Stella Gibbons
- āShocking Weather, Isnāt It?ā by Inez Holden
- āThe First Partyā by Attia Hosain
- āThree Miles Upā by Elizabeth Jane Howard
- āThe Skylightā by Penelope Mortimer
- āThe Thames Spread Outā by Elizabeth Taylor
- āScorched Earth Policyā by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Suffused with tension and longing, the captivating stories collected here from acclaimed as well as lesser-known women writers form a window onto a remarkable era of writing.
This book title, A Different Sound (Stories by Mid-Century Women Writers), ISBN: 9781782278498, by Elizabeth Bowen, Daphne du Maurier, Elizabeth Taylor, Lucy Scholes, published by Steerforth Press (April 2, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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