The Persephone Book of Short Stories by E.M. Delafield, Penelope Fitzgerald, Mollie Panter-Downes, Helen R. Hull, Frances Towers, Irène Némirovsky, Susan Glaspell, Dorothy Parker, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Pauline Smith, Dorothy Whipple, Diana Gardner, Norah Hoult, Diana Athill, Penelope Mortimer, Phyllis Bentley, Georgina Hammick, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Berridge, Kay Boyle, Malachi Whitaker, Shirley Jackson, Katherine Mansfield, Elizabeth Spencer, Betty Miller, Margaret Bonham, Angelica Gibbs

The Persephone Book of Short Stories

E.M. Delafield, Penelope Fitzgerald, Mollie Panter-Downes, Helen R. Hull, Frances Towers, Irène Némirovsky, Susan Glaspell, Dorothy Parker, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Pauline Smith, Dorothy Whipple, Diana Gardner, Norah Hoult, Diana Athill, Penelope Mortimer, Phyllis Bentley, Georgina Hammick, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Berridge, Kay Boyle, Malachi Whitaker, Shirley Jackson, Katherine Mansfield, Elizabeth Spencer, Betty Miller, Margaret Bonham, Angelica Gibbs

477 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging informative slow-paced
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Most of these stories focus on the small, quiet or unspoken intricacies of human relationships rather than grand dramas. The use of metaphor is delicate and subtle; often the women are strong and capable and the men less so; shallow and selfish mo...

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Moods

emotional 100%
adventurous 66%
mysterious 66%
reflective 66%
challenging 33%
dark 33%
funny 33%
hopeful 33%
informative 33%
inspiring 33%
lighthearted 33%
relaxing 33%
sad 33%
tense 33%

Pace

medium 66%
fast 33%

Average rating

4.12

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