The Golden Age of British Short Stories 1890-1914 by Philip Hensher

The Golden Age of British Short Stories 1890-1914 by Philip Hensher

'Excellent, entertaining and ingenious ... from Oscar Wilde to Arthur Conan Doyle, this fine anthology celebrates one of the richest moments in Britain's literary history' Sunday Times

The quarter century between 1890 and the outbreak of the First World War saw an extraordinary boom in the popularity and quality of short stories in Britain, fuelled by a large, eager new magazine readership. The great writers of the age produced some of their finest work, and literary genres - the ghost story, science fiction - took shape. This richly varied, endlessly entertaining anthology brings together authors from Katherine Mansfield to Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce to Saki, H. G. Wells to Rebecca West. It celebrates a teeming, innovative world of literary achievement.

Edited with an introduction by Philip Hensher

Excellent, entertaining and ingenious.. Outstandingly displays the imaginative zest and subtlety of what Hensher rightly hails as "one of the richest and most accomplished moments in literary history". -- Peter Kemp * Sunday Times *

Philip Hensher is the prizewinning author of twelve novels, and the editor of The Penguin Book of the British Short Story (in two volumes) and of The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.

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ISBN 13	9780241434314
ISBN 10	0241434319
Title	The Golden Age of British Short Stories 1890-1914
Author	Philip Hensher
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2021-06-24
Number of pages	640
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