Desirable residences and other stories
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Desirable residences and other stories
(Oxford paperbacks)
Oxford University Press, 1992
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Including newly discovered tales featuring Miss Mapp and Dodo, this volume contains 27 Benson short stories, all but two of which have never before appeared in book form. This book is intended for general; fans of E. F. Benson; those interested in fiction of this period. Lovers of short story anthologies.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The diversions of Amy Bondham: "Entomology"
- "The Peerage Cure"
- "When Greek Meets Greek"
- "Doggies". Part 2 Crank stories: "The Case of Bertram Porter"
- "Philip's Safety Razor"
- "The Hapless Bachelors"
- "Dicky's Pain". Part 3 Society stories: :"The Bridge Fiend"
- "The Drawing-Room Bureau"
- "Music"
- "Aunts and Pianos"
- "The Guardian Angel"
- "The Queen of the Spa"
- "Desirable Residences". Part 4 Cruel stories: "The Puce Silk"
- "The Godmother"
- "A Breath of Scandal"
- "To Account Rendered". Part 5 Odd stories: "The Superannuation Department, AD 1945"
- "The Satyr's Sandals"
- "The Disappearance of Jacob Conifer". Part 6 Spook stories: "Number 12"
- "The Top Landing"
- "Sea Mist".
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