{"product_id":"the-golden-age-of-british-short-stories-18901914-9780241434314","title":"The Golden Age of British Short Stories 18901914","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Excellent, entertaining and ingenious ... from Oscar Wilde to Arthur Conan Doyle, this fine anthology celebrates one of the richest moments in Britain''s literary history'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe quarter century between 1890 and the outbreak of the First World War saw an extraordinary boom in the popularity and quality of short stories in Britain, fuelled by a large, eager new magazine readership. The great writers of the age produced some of their finest work, and literary genres - the ghost story, science fiction - took shape. This richly varied, endlessly entertaining anthology brings together authors from Katherine Mansfield to Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce to Saki, H. G. Wells to Rebecca West. It celebrates a teeming, innovative world of literary achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited with an introduction by Philip Hensher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcellent, entertaining and ingenious ... Outstandingly displays the imaginative zest and subtlety of what Hensher rightly hails as \"one of the richest and most accomplished moments in literary history\". -- Peter Kemp * Sunday Times *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733113581911,"sku":"9780241434314","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241434314.jpg?v=1719999447","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-golden-age-of-british-short-stories-18901914-9780241434314","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}