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| Uniform title | Short stories. Selections |
| Contents |
A meeting in the middle age -- Access to the children -- The general's day -- Memories of Youghal -- The table -- A school story -- The penthouse apartment -- In at the birth -- The introspections of J. P. Powers -- The day we got drunk on cake -- Miss Smith -- The hotel of the Idle Moon -- Nice day at school -- The original sins of Edward Tripp -- The forth-seventh Saturday -- The ballroom of romance -- A happy family -- The grass widows -- The mark-2 wife -- An evening with John Joe Dempsey -- Kinkies -- Going home -- A choice of butchers -- O fat white woman -- Raymond Bamber and Mrs Fitch -- The distand past -- In Isfahan -- Angels at the Ritz -- The death of Peggy Meehan -- Mrs Silly --A complicated nature -- Teresa's wedding -- Office romances -- Mr McNamara -- Afternoon dancing -- Last wishes -- Mrs Acland's ghosts -- Another Christmas -- Broken homes -- Matilda's England : 1. The tennis court ; 2. The summer-house ; 3. The drawing-room -- Torridge -- Death in Jerusalem -- Lovers of their time -- The raising of Elvira Tremlett -- Flights of fancy -- Attracta. |
| Contents |
A dream of butterflies -- The bedroom eyes of Mrs Vansittart -- Downstairs at Fitzgerald's -- Mulvihill's memorial -- Beyond the pale -- Theblue dress -- The teddy-bears' picnic -- The time of year -- Being stolen from -- Mr Tennyson -- Autumn sunshine -- Sunday drinks -- The paradise lounge -- Mags -- The news from Ireland -- On the Zattere -- The wedding in the garden -- Lunch in winter - The property of Colette Nervi -- Running away -- Cocktails at Doney's -- Her mother's daughter -- Bodily secrets -- Two more gallants -- The smoke trees of San Pietro-- Virgins -- Music -- Events at Drimaghleen -- Family sins -- A trinity -- The third party -- Honeymoon in Tramore -- The printmaker -- In love with Ariadne -- A husband's return -- Coffee with Oliver -- August Saturday -- Children of the headmaster -- Kathleen's field. |
| LCCN | 92054071 |
| ISBN | 0670841293 |
