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Day's End and Other Stories
Description
Day's End and Other Stories, H. E. Bates's first short story collection published in 1928 when he was just 23, depicts the rural lives of quirky characters cast in his distinctive, beautifully drawn style.
Each story has a youthful quality, intimate and often profound, perfectly demonstrating the progression of this masterful wordsmith. Bates explores bittersweet young love in 'The Birthday', the delightful reflections of a man spellbound by the sounds of the sea and the breathing of his new baby in 'The Holiday', and two old friends in 'Fishing', described by David Garnett as a tale that “could hardly be shorter and could hardly be slighter, but it is a complete and perfect little work of art, full of humour and containing a profound reflection on human life."
This edition of Day's End and Other Stories, published by Bloomsbury Reader to celebrate H. E. Bates's 110th birthday anniversary, is enhanced with a bonus story – In View of the Fact That – a rare gem previously published in a small pamphlet in 1927, and never reproduced.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Lesley Pearse
1 Day's End
2 The Baker's Wife
3 The Birthday
4 The Shepherd
5 The Easter Blessing
6 The Spring Song
7 The Mother
8 Fear
9 The Dove
10 The Flame
11 The Holiday
12 Two Candles
13 The Fuel-Gatherers
14 The Father
15 Gone Away
16 Harvest
17 The Barge
18 The Lesson
19 The Schoolmistress
20 Fishing
21 Never
22 Nina
23 The Voyage
24 The Idiot
25 Blossoms
Bonus Story: In View of the Fact That
A Note on the Author
Product details
| Published | 14 May 2015 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 286 |
| ISBN | 9781448214907 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Reader |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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