The Oxford Book of English Short Stories ed. A. S. Byatt (Oxford University Press, April 23, 1998, 0-19-214238-0, £19.99, xxx+439pp, hc, an, cover by Leonora Carrington)
Anthology of 37 stories from the 19th and 20th centuries. Authors include Dickens, Hardy, Wells, James, Kipling, Ballard, and Angela Carter.
- xv · Introduction · A. S. Byatt · in
- 1 · The Sacristan of St. Botolph · William Gilbert · nv The Magic Mirror by William Gilbert, Alexander Strahan, 1866
- 18 · The Haunted House · Charles Dickens · gp (r)
- _18 · The Mortals in the House · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1859, uncredited.
- _33 · The Ghost in Master B.’s Room · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1859, uncredited.
- 44 · Relics of General Chassé. A Tale of Antwerp · Anthony Trollope · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine February 1860, uncredited.
- 63 · A Mere Interlude · Thomas Hardy · nv Bolton Weekly Journal October 1885
- 93 · Little Brother · Mary Mann · ss (r)
- 97 · Two Doctors · M. R. James · ss A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919
- 105 · Behind the Shade · Arthur Morrison · ss Tales of Mean Streets by Arthur Morrison, Methuen, 1894
- 110 · “Wireless” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1902
- 127 · Under the Knife · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #80, January 1896
- 139 · A White Night · Charlotte Mew · ss Temple Bar May 1903
- 155 · The Toys of Peace · Saki · ss The Morning Post March 25 1914, as by H. H. Munro
- 160 · The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Harper’s Weekly December 19 1903
- 180 · Some Talk of Alexander · A. E. Coppard · ss (r)
- 188 · The Reverent Wooing of Archibald [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss The Strand Magazine August 1928
- 204 · Solid Objects · Virginia Woolf · ss The Athenaeum October 22 1920
- 210 · The Man Who Loved Islands · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Dial July 1927
- 233 · The Tragedy in Green · Ronald Firbank · ss (r)
- 243 · A Widow’s Quilt · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker June 6 1977
- 250 · Nuns at Luncheon · Aldous Huxley · ss Mortal Coils by Aldous Huxley, Chatto, 1922
- 264 · Landlord of the Crystal Fountain · Malachi Whitaker · ss Selected Stories by Malachi Whitaker, Jonathan Cape, 1949
- 270 · On the Edge of the Cliff · V. S. Pritchett · ss The New Yorker February 20 1978
- 286 · A Dream of Winter · Rosamond Lehmann · ss (r)
- 295 · An Englishman’s Home · Evelyn Waugh · ss (r)
- 311 · The Destructors · Graham Greene · ss Picture Post July 24 1954 (+1)
- 325 · The Waterfall · H. E. Bates · nv Lovat Dickson’s Magazine December 1933
- 345 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935
- 355 · The Blush · Elizabeth Taylor · ss The New Yorker August 17 1957
- 362 · At Hiruharama · Penelope Fitzgerald · ss New Writing ed. Malcolm Bradbury & Judy Cooke, Minerva, 1992
- 369 · My Flannel Knickers · Leonora Carrington · ss The Seventh Horse by Leonora Carrington, E.P. Dutton, 1988
written c. 1955, first published in French in 1976.
- 372 · Enoch’s Two Letters · Alan Sillitoe · ss Men, Women and Children by Alan Sillitoe, W.H. Allen, 1973
- 381 · Dream Cargoes · J. G. Ballard · ss War Fever by J. G. Ballard, Collins, 1990
- 396 · Telephone · John Fuller · vi The Worm and the Star by John Fuller, Chatto & Windus, 1993
- 398 · My Story · John Fuller · vi The Worm and the Star by John Fuller, Chatto & Windus, 1993
- 400 · The Kiss · Angela Carter · ss Harper’s Magazine 1977
- 403 · The Beauty of the Dawn Shift · Rose Tremain · ss (r)
- 420 · Solid Geometry · Ian McEwan · ss Fantastic Stories February 1975
- 435 · Dead Languages · Philip Hensher · ss 1997
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