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"The Other Two" is a short story by Edith Wharton, originally published in Collier’s Weekly on February 13, 1904. It is considered by some critics to be among her best short fiction. [ 1 ] Wharton explores themes of marriage , divorce , and social class through the perspective of businessman Mr. Waythorn, shortly after his marriage to the ...
John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". [1] [2] His fiction is mostly set on the Upper East Side of Manhattan; the Westchester suburbs; old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born; and Italy, especially Rome.
"The Beggar Maid" in The New Yorker, 27 June 1977; [9] in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978; in 78: Best Canadian Stories, 9–42; in Best Canadian Short Stories (1981), 96–121. [8] (republished in 2006/ 2008) "The Children Stay" in The New Yorker, 22 December 1997, Extended summary, in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998 (republished in 2003, 2011 ...
Good Women, by Halle Hill In these edgy stories set in Appalachia and the Deep South, Black women face the full monty of modern life—weirdo predators, bogus jobs, ill-fated pregnancies, the ...
He described himself as "inclined toward brevity and intensity" and "hooked on writing short stories" (in the foreword of Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories, a collection published in 1988 and a recipient of an honorable mention in the 2006 New York Times article citing the best works of fiction of the previous 25 years). Another ...
Mrs. Mooney looks forward to her confrontation, which she intends to "win" by defending her daughter's honor and convincing Mr. Doran to offer his hand in marriage. Waiting for the time to pass, Mrs. Mooney figures the odds are in her favor, considering that Mr. Doran, who has worked for a wine merchant for thirteen years and garnered much ...
It is listed #23 on The New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. [9] "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" features as the closing piece in the 2008 short story collection, My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro, edited by novelist Jeffrey Eugenides.
Getting Married (Swedish: Giftas) is a collection of short stories by the Swedish writer August Strindberg. [1] The first volume was first published on 27 September 1884 and contained twelve stories depicting "twenty marriages of every variety," some of which present women in an egalitarian light. [2]