A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-Century Women Writers by Lucy Scholes

A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-Century Women Writers

Pushkin Press Classics

Lucy Scholes with Elizabeth Bowen, Attia Hosain, Elizabeth Taylor, Stella Gibbons, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Inez Holden, Diana Gardner, Penelope Mortimer, Daphne du Maurier, Frances Bellerby

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced
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Description

These remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall to the drawing rooms of the British Raj, domestic arrangements a...

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Community Reviews Summary of 10 reviews

Moods

challenging 75%
reflective 75%
adventurous 25%
emotional 25%
funny 25%
hopeful 25%
inspiring 25%
mysterious 25%
sad 25%
tense 25%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 50%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 100%

Strong character development?

N/A: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 50% | N/A: 50%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

N/A: 100%

Average rating

3.69

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