The Penguin Book of English Short Stories

<p><b>Introducing a </b><b>beautifully</b><b>-designed collection of sixteen short stories from some of the best English writers over two hundred years of our history.</b><br><br><i>The Penguin Book of English Short Stories</i> celebrates the shorter format through some of the most widely known writers of all time. Though many are known for their novels, they provide a mesmerizing, multi-faceted portrait of a country and its people. Some stories are classics, such as James Joyce's <i>The Dead</i>; others - like <i>Mr Loveday's Little Outing</i> by Evelyn Waugh - are relatively unknown and a joy to discover.<br><br>Covering a wide range of genres and writers, each of these concise, evocative, subtle and satisfying stories is a little jewel, providing a small window into another world.<br><br><b>Featuring short stories from classical English authors including Charles Dickens, Katherine Mansfield, H.G. Wells, Evelyn Waugh, Virginia Woolf and many more.</b></p>