Stories: Introduction by Margaret Drabble (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series) (Hardcover)

Stories: Introduction by Margaret Drabble (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series) By Doris Lessing, Margaret Drabble (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Doris Lessing, Margaret Drabble (Introduction by)
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This wide-ranging collection of the stories by the renowned Nobel Laureate—spanning more than two decades of her astonishing career—highlights her singular gifts for portraying the complex lives of men and women in a modern, often alienating world.

 

Included are seminal stories like “To Room Nineteen,” in which a woman reacts against the oppression of her banal marriage with dreadful results; “One off the Short List,” which traces the surprising conclusion to a seduction gone awry; “The Habit of Loving,” in which a lonely older man who takes a vivacious, young wife witnesses an unexpected reversal of intimacy. Here are two classic novellas as well: The Temptation of Jack Orkney and The Other Woman, which exemplify Lessing’s grasp of the most essential human psychology. Rich and various in mood and background—the settings range across England and France—these stories powerfully convey the uncompromising insight, intelligence, and vision of one of the most ardently admired writers of our time.

About the Author


Doris Lessing was born in 1919. The author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Grass Is Singing and The Golden Notebook, she won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. She lives in England.

Margaret Drabble, the author of several works of fiction, including The Millstone, The Witch of Exmoor, and The Red Queen, and of nonfiction, lives in London.

Praise For…


“Lessing is the great realist writer of our time.” —Diane Johnson, The New York Times Book Review
Product Details
ISBN: 9780307269881
ISBN-10: 0307269884
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Publication Date: September 2nd, 2008
Pages: 696
Language: English
Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series