The Oxford Book of English Love Stories

by Sutherland, John

• ISBN13: 9780192142375
• ISBN10: 0192142372
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-03-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This chronologically arranged anthology of 28 love stories, from the 17thcentury to the present day, presents a panorama of views about love in thecontext of the changing attitudes of English society. It features stories byauthors such as Anthony Trollope, Somerset Maughan, Virginia Woolf, D.H.Lawrence, and Adam Mars-Jones.

Author Biography

John Sutherland, Professor of English at University College, London, has edited numerous World's Classics, including novels by Anthony Trollope and Wilkie Collins. He is Associate General-Editor of Oxford Popular Fiction, and is currently editing The Oxford Companion to Popular Fiction.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
The Adventure of the Black Lady	p. 1
The Picture	p. 7
The Trial of Love	p. 9
The Heart of John Middleton	p. 23
Dennis Haggarty's Wife	p. 44
The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne	p. 63
To Esther	p. 90
Enter a Dragoon	p. 101
Olive's Lover	p. 120
The Wish House	p. 131
Miss Winchelsea's Heart	p. 147
A Long-Ago Affair	p. 163
Claribel	p. 167
Episode	p. 181
Fifty Pounds	p. 201
The Legacy	p. 216
Samson and Delilah	p. 223
The Tunnel	p. 239
Something Childish but very Natural	p. 246
Love and Money	p. 264
Hubert and Minnie	p. 284
A Love Story	p. 295
Blind Love	p. 311
The Blue Film	p. 351
Stone Boy with Dolphin	p. 356
An English Unofficial Rose	p. 379
The Loveliness of the Long-Distance Runner	p. 392
A Small Spade	p. 400
Biographical Notes	p. 443
Acknowledgements	p. 451
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