Canadian short stories

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Canadian short stories

selected by Robert Weaver

（An Oxford in Canada paperback）

Oxford University Press, 1966

  • : pbk.

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First published in the World's Classics in 1960

Contents of Works

  • The privilege of the limits / E.W. Thomson
  • Strayed / Sir Charles G.D. Roberts
  • Paul Farlotte / Duncan Campbell Scott
  • The marine excursion of the Knights of Pythias / Stephen Leacock
  • Snow / Frederick Philip Grove
  • Mrs. Golightly and the first convention / Ethel Wilson
  • The heritage / Ringuet
  • Mist-green oats / Raymond Knister
  • Blind MacNair / Thomas H. Raddall
  • Last spring they came over / Morley Callaghan
  • A sick call / Morley Callaghan
  • A priest in the family / Leo Kennedy
  • The painted door / Sinclair Ross
  • The pigeon / Ralph Gustafson
  • The bravest boat / Malcolm Lowry
  • Vacation in La Voiselle / Irving Layton
  • One, two, three little Indians / Hugh Garner
  • The old woman / Joyce Marshall
  • The owl and the bens / W.O. Mitchell
  • The green bird / P.K. Page
  • The house on the Esplanade / Anne Hébert
  • The stations of the cross / Roger Lemelin
  • The legacy / Mavis Gallant
  • The bully / James Reaney
  • The haying / Douglas Spettigue
  • The time of death / Alice Munro
  • Benny, the War in Europe, and Myerson's daughter Bella / Mordecai Richler

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Originally issued as an Oxford World's Classic, this groundbreaking book remains one of the finest anthologies of Canadian short fiction ever published, its selections as readable and relevant as they were back in 1960 when first chosen by editor Robert Weaver. Among the 27 stories included here are enduring classics by such early giants of Canadian literature as Frederick Philip Grove, Morley Callaghan, and Sinclair Ross; works by writers such as Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, and Mavis Gallant, then viewed as relative newcomers, now firmly ensconced in the pantheon of Canadian letters; and stories by Ethel Wilson, Hugh Garner, Joyce Marshall, and others less well-known to twenty-first century readers but whose stories still grip the imagination and tell us something about Canada and ourselves. Canadian Short Stories is a wynford book-one of a series of titles representing significant milestones in Canadian literature, thought, and scholarship.

Table of Contents

William E. Toye: Canadian Short Stories, Fifty Years Later Robert Weaver: Introduction E.W. Thompson (1849-1924): The Privilige of the Limits Sir Charles G.D.Roberts (1860-1943): Strayed Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947): Paul Farlotte Stephen Leacock (1869-1944): The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias Frederick Philip Gove (1871-1948): Snow Ethel Wilson (b. 1890): Mrs. Golightly and the First Convention Ringuet (b. 1895): The Heritage Raymond Knister (1900-32): Mist-Green Oats Thomas H. Raddall (b. 1903): Blind MacNair Morley Callaghan (b. 1903): Last Spring They Came Over Morley Callaghan (b. 1903): A Sick Call Leo Kennedy (b. 1907): A Priest in the Family Sinclair Ross (b. 1908): The Painted Door Ralph Gustafson (b. 1909): The Pigeon Malcolm Lowry (1909-57): The Bravest Boat Irving Layton (b. 1912): Vacation in La Voiselle Hugh Garner (b. 1913): One, Two, Three Little Indians Joyce Marshall (b. 1913): The Old Woman W.O. Mitchell (b. 1914): The Owl and the Bens P.K. Page (b. 1916): The Green Bird Anne Hebert (b. 1916): The House on the Esplanade Roger Lemelin (b. 1919): The Stations of the Cross Mavis Gallant (b. 1922): The Legacy James Reaney (b. 1926): The Bully Douglas Spettigue (b. 1930): The Haying Alice Munro (b. 1931): The Time of Death Mordecai Richler (b. 1931): Benny, the War in Europe, and Myerson's Daughter Bella The Life and Times of OWC 573: An Historical Note from the Publisher

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