Library of America #342

The collected stories of Jean Stafford ; Other stories ; A mother in history ; Selected essays

"For the first time, the complete stories of a Pulitzer Prize-winning master of the form, plus her fascinating portrait of the mother of one of the world's most infamous assassins"--

Collected stories of Jean Stafford: Innocents abroad. Maggie Meriwether's rich experience -- Children's game -- Echo and the nemesis -- Maiden -- A modest proposal -- Caveat emptor -- Bostonians, and other manifestations of the American scene: Life is no abyss -- Hope chest -- Polite conversation -- A country love story -- Bleeding heart -- Lippia lawn -- Interior castle -- Cowboys and Indians, and magic mountains: Healthiest girl in town -- Tea time of stouthearted ladies -- Mountain day -- Darkening moon -- Bad characters -- In the zoo -- Liberation -- A reading problem -- A summer day -- Philosophy lesson -- Manhattan Island: Children are bored on Sunday -- Beatrice Trueblood's story -- Between the porch and the altar -- I love someone -- Cops and robbers -- Captain's gift -- End of a career -- Other stories: And lots of solid color -- A reunion -- Home front -- A slight maneuver -- Cavalier -- Old flaming youth -- Violet rock -- Connoisseurs -- A winter's tale -- Warlock -- My blithe, sad bird -- A reasonable facsimile -- Scarlet letter -- Ordeal of Conrad Pardee -- An influx of poets -- Woden's Day -- A mother in history -- Selected essays: Psychological novel -- Truth and the novelist -- An etiquette for writers --

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