Cover for Complete Short Stories book
1997
4.3(211 reviews)
Publisher: Penguin Classic
608 pages
ISBN: 978-0141193687
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Complete Short Stories

Description

In this unique collection of short stories composed between 1910-62, Evelyn Waugh's early juvenilia are brought together with later pieces, some of which became the inspirations for his novels. 'Mr Loveday's Little Outing' is a blackly comic tale of a mental asylum and its favourite resident; 'Cruise' sees a hilarious series of letters from a naïve young woman as she travels with her family; 'A House of Gentlefolks' observes a group of elderly eccentric aristocrats and their young heir; and in 'The Sympathetic Passenger' a radio-loathing retiree picks up exactly the wrong hitchhiker. These witty and immaculately crafted stories display the finest writing of a master of satire and comic twists.

Book Information

Title:Complete Short Stories
Author:Evelyn Waugh
Series:Short Story Collections
Book Number:#6
Published:1997
Pages:608
ISBN-10:141193689
ISBN-13:978-0141193687
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Series Progress

This book is part of the Short Story Collections series and is book #6 in the series.