The Complete Short Stories

Muriel Spark

• Publisher: Canongate Canons
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9780857862273
• eBook ISBN:
  9780857862990
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

From the cruel irony of 'A member of the Family' to the fateful echoes of 'The Go-Away Bird' and the unexpectedly sinister 'The Girl I Left Behind Me', in settings that range from South Africa to the Portobello Road, Muriel Spark probes the idiosyncrasies that lurk beneath the veneer of human respectability, displaying the acerbic wit and wisdom that are the hallmarks of her unique talent.

The Complete Short Stories is a collection to be loved and cherished, from one of the finest short story writers of the twentieth century.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Also by Muriel Spark
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• The Go-Away Bird
• The Curtain Blown by the Breeze
• Bang-Bang You’re Dead
• The Seraph and the Zambesi
• The Pawnbroker’s Wife
• The Snobs
• A Member of the Family
• The Fortune-Teller
• The Fathers’ Daughters
• Open to the Public
• The Dragon
• The Leaf-Sweeper
• Harper and Wilton
• The Executor
• Another Pair of Hands
• The Girl I Left Behind Me
• Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse
• The Pearly Shadow
• Going Up and Coming Down
• You Should Have Seen the Mess
• Quest for Lavishes Ghast
• The Young Man Who Discovered the Secret of Life
• Daisy Overend
• The House of the Famous Poet
• The Playhouse Called Remarkable
• Chimes
• Ladies and Gentlemen
• Come Along, Marjorie
• The Twins
• ‘A Sad Tale’s Best for Winter’
• Christmas Fugue
• The First Year of My Life
• The Gentile Jewesses
• Alice Long’s Dachshunds
• The Dark Glasses
• The Ormolu Clock
• The Portobello Road
• The Black Madonna
• The Thing About Police Stations
• A Hundred and Eleven Years Without a Chauffeur
• The Hanging Judge
• Acknowledgements