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A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-Century Women WritersPaperback Elegant, timeless, and riveting: an exciting anthology of short stories by mid century women writers from Britain and Irelandmany being published in America for the first time These remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall to the drawing rooms of the British Raj, domestic arrangements are rewritten, social
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Elegant, timeless, and riveting: an exciting anthology of short stories by mid-century women writers from Britain and Ireland—many being published in America for the first time
These remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall to the drawing rooms of the British Raj, domestic arrangements are rewritten, social customs are revoked and new freedoms are embraced.
Selected and introduced by writer and critic Lucy Scholes, Senior Editor at McNally Editions, this collection places works from renowned women writers alongside recently rediscovered voices.
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Suffused with tension and longing, the captivating stories collected here from acclaimed as well as lesser-known women writers form a window onto a remarkable era of writing.
Selected and introduced by writer and critic Lucy Scholes, Senior Editor at McNally Editions, this collection places works from renowned women writers alongside recently rediscovered voices.
Contains:
- “The Cut Finger” by Frances Bellerby
- “Summer Night” by Elizabeth Bowen
- “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier
- “The Land Girl” by Diana Gardner
- “Listen to the Magnolias” by Stella Gibbons
- “Shocking Weather, Isn”t It?” by Inez Holden
- “The First Party” by Attia Hosain
- “Three Miles Up” by Elizabeth Jane Howard
- “The Skylight” by Penelope Mortimer
- “The Thames Spread Out” by Elizabeth Taylor
- “Scorched Earth Policy” by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Suffused with tension and longing, the captivating stories collected here from acclaimed as well as lesser-known women writers form a window onto a remarkable era of writing.
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great read and very informative
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Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Super fun read
Format: Paperback
Great read for Elementary school and middle school students. It's super fun and well written. All my kids really enjoyed it.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2024
★★★★★ 5
great book
Format: Kindle
My 6 year old daughter really likes it. She wants to read #2. “I liked the ghosts,” she said. There’s sweet relationships between the characters and a fun mystery.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2024
★★★★★ 5
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Format: Paperback
I bought this book for my daughter's 8th birthday. She reads on a mid-third grade level and I needed some chapter books that would hold her interest. She is big on starting books but they "bore" her and don't hold her attention for 100 pages of text. I thought I'd buy her a couple of "starter" books so if she liked them we could continue the series.
She is really into Monster High right now so I thought this series might interest her. I was right. She has told me daily how much she enjoys this books and actually looks forward to her 20 minute reading time both at home and at school. Every night during bath time she tells me what she read that day.
As a book lover I am so excited to see her finally showing some interest in reading! I knew if I found the right material I could get her hooked.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2015
★★★★★ 4
Four Stars
Format: Paperback
Great entry-level chapter book. My students enjoy it. Some very difficult vocabulary and made-up words.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2017