This book has an unfortunate title; one might imagine it is a book of soppy love stories or bodice rippers. On the contrary, the book is a delightful compendium of short stories taken from some of the finest English writers. The stories are arranged in chronological order from Aphra Behn who wrote in the late 17th century to Adam Mars-Jones who is still writing. In between are such giants of literature as Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Virginia Woolf, Graham Green, Sylvia Plath and many others, 28 in all. The theme is love, of course, in its many guises.
Here is the good news if you enjoy well-written short stories and want to expand your library. The book was published in 1996 and a new hard-cover edition on Amazon is selling for approximately $75; the good news is: there are many used copies also for sale on Amazon and the are only one penny .01, strange but check it out if you are so inclined.
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