{"product_id":"the-golden-age-of-british-short-stories-1890-1914-edited-by-philip-hensher","title":"The Golden Age of British Short Stories 1890-1914 edited by Philip Hensher","description":"\u003cbr\u003eTitle: The Golden Age of British Short Stories 1890-1914\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: edited by Philip Hensher \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 2020\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover, English\u003cbr\u003eCondition: This book is in good condition other than some minor signs of wear. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c!-- split --\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReader's note\u003c\/h2\u003eThe quarter century or so before 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 new magazine readership and vigorous competition to acquire new stories and develop the careers of some of our greatest writers, these years were ones where the normal rule-of-thumb (novels sell, short stories don't) was inverted. This was the era of Sherlock Holmes, of Kipling's most famous stories, of M. R. James, Katherine Mansfield and Joyce's Dubliners. Some of the greatest writers of the period - particularly Conrad and James - found that the effort that went into their shorter works was more rewarded during their lifetimes than their now famous novels. Writers such as Mansfield, Chesterton, Beerbohm, Lawrence and Saki produced some of their greatest work.","brand":"Country House Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56387113189755,"sku":"10904118","price":9.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2458\/8207\/files\/orig_527718_jpg.jpg?v=1787234257","url":"https:\/\/countryhouselibrary.co.uk\/products\/the-golden-age-of-british-short-stories-1890-1914-edited-by-philip-hensher","provider":"Country House Library ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}