{"product_id":"the-oxford-book-of-english-short-stories-9780199561605","title":"The Oxford Book of English Short Stories","description":"From Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, and Thomas Hardy, through Rudyard Kipling, H.G. Wells, D.H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf, right up to Graham Greene, J.G. Ballard, Angela Carter, Ian McEwan, and many others, \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Book of English Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e encompasses comedy and tragedy, farce and delicacy, elegance and the grotesque. Edited by noted novelist A. S. Byatt, the thirty-seven stories gathered here range from social realism to surreal fantasy, from rural poverty to war-blitzed London, from tales of the supernatural to precise delineations of the mundane, all unified by Byatts demanding criteria that the works be both startling and satisfying, and if possible make the hairs on the neck prickle with excitement, aesthetic or narrative. For short story lovers and anyone unable to resist the enchantments of the English imagination, \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Book of English Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e offers a wide array of unforgettable pleasures, now reissued with a fresh, contemporary feel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199561605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.20d","brand":"A. S. Byatt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635169751196,"sku":"9780199561605","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c24995d3-f17d-4ab8-a473-711b33059a26.jpg?v=1603838758","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-oxford-book-of-english-short-stories-9780199561605","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}