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The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 1: From Daniel Defoe to John Buchan
Philip (Ed) Hensher
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Description for The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 1: From Daniel Defoe to John Buchan
Paperback. Editor(s): Hensher, Philip. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 524.
'A bold anthology ... alive with provocations and insights' John Carey, Sunday Times 'The Boy-scouts mistook my signal, and have killed the postman. I've had very little practice in this sort of thing, you see' The British short story tradition is probably the richest, most varied and historically extensive in the world. This new anthology celebrates the full diversity and energy of its writers, subjects and tones, from the story's origins with Defoe, Swift and Fielding, to the 'golden age' of the fin de siecle and Edwardian period, ending with the First World War. Including the most famous authors as well as some magnificent, little-known stories never republished since their first appearance in magazines and periodicals, these stories are by turns topical and playful, ghostly and theatrical, rumbustious and sublime. Edited with an introduction by Philip Hensher
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141396002
SKU
V9780141396002
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-21
About Philip (Ed) Hensher
Philip Hensher is the editor of the highly-praised two-volume Penguin Book of the British Short Story. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. His most recent novel is The Friendly Ones (2018).
Reviews for The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 1: From Daniel Defoe to John Buchan
In two handsomely designed volumes ... you have to admire Hensher's championing of unfamiliar names alongside established greats
Neville Hawcock
FT
It's been a big year for anthologies and few come bigger than The Penguin Book of the British Short Story. Philip Hensher's introduction is spiky and thought-provoking and Volume I: From Daniel Defoe to John Buchan and Volume II: From P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith (Penguin Classic, GBP25 each) offer readers the chance to enjoy the varieties and mutations of British stories across four centuries.
Max Liu
Independent
Charted a very personal view of the form's development from the early 18th century to the present day'
Tim Martin
Telegraph
Made me shiver with pleasure
Michele Roberts
The Financial Times
Big and clever...three cheers then, for this chunky two-volume anthology, edited by Philip Hensher with imagination and a dash of mischievous wit
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
The Times
Anyone reading this collection just for pleasure should start at the end of the second volume and work backwards...it would quickly bring you to four outstanding stories by women...each of these, though quickly over, leaves a lasting mark in the mind
John Carey
The Sunday Times
Like one of the legion of cantankerous, eccentric hosts we meet across this generous terrain, Hensher knows how to lay a grand spread...so enjoy the feast
Boyd Tonkin
The Independent
Almost 100 potent doses of the form which editor Philip Hensher claims very plausibly to be the richest, most varied and most historically extensive national tradition anywhere in the world ... Hensher has spent a couple of years searching libraries and magazine archives and comes out staggering under a weight of treasures
Claire Harman
Evening Standard
Hensher's anthology is bigger, better and broader in several senses than anything else currently available
The Spectator
Neville Hawcock
FT
It's been a big year for anthologies and few come bigger than The Penguin Book of the British Short Story. Philip Hensher's introduction is spiky and thought-provoking and Volume I: From Daniel Defoe to John Buchan and Volume II: From P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith (Penguin Classic, GBP25 each) offer readers the chance to enjoy the varieties and mutations of British stories across four centuries.
Max Liu
Independent
Charted a very personal view of the form's development from the early 18th century to the present day'
Tim Martin
Telegraph
Made me shiver with pleasure
Michele Roberts
The Financial Times
Big and clever...three cheers then, for this chunky two-volume anthology, edited by Philip Hensher with imagination and a dash of mischievous wit
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
The Times
Anyone reading this collection just for pleasure should start at the end of the second volume and work backwards...it would quickly bring you to four outstanding stories by women...each of these, though quickly over, leaves a lasting mark in the mind
John Carey
The Sunday Times
Like one of the legion of cantankerous, eccentric hosts we meet across this generous terrain, Hensher knows how to lay a grand spread...so enjoy the feast
Boyd Tonkin
The Independent
Almost 100 potent doses of the form which editor Philip Hensher claims very plausibly to be the richest, most varied and most historically extensive national tradition anywhere in the world ... Hensher has spent a couple of years searching libraries and magazine archives and comes out staggering under a weight of treasures
Claire Harman
Evening Standard
Hensher's anthology is bigger, better and broader in several senses than anything else currently available
The Spectator