This omnibus volume by one of the South's greatest writers includes stories published prior to 1980. Stories are as good in themselves and as influential on the aspirations of others as any since Hemingway's. The breadth of Welty's offering is finally most visible not in the variety of types--farce, satire, horror, lyric, pastoral, mystery--but in the clarity and solidity and absolute honesty of a lifetime's vision

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Lily Daw and the three ladies -- A piece of news -- Petrified man -- Key -- Keela, the outcast Indian maiden -- Why I live at the P.O. -- Whistle -- Hitch-hikers -- A memory -- Clytie -- Old Mr. Marblehall -- Flowers for Marjorie -- A curtain of green -- A visit of charity -- Death of a traveling salesman -- Powerhouse -- A worn path -- First love -- Wide net -- A still moment -- Asphodel -- Winds -- Purple hat -- Livvie -- At the landing -- Golden apples -- Shower of gold -- June recital -- Sir Rabbit -- Moon Lake -- Whole world knows -- Music from Spain -- Wanderers -- No place for you, my love -- Burning -- Bride of the Innisfallen -- Ladies in spring -- Circe -- Kin -- Going to Naples -- Where is the voice coming from? -- Demonstrators