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SSW: Great English Short Stories (ed) by Reginald Hargreaves and Lewis Melville (1930) – Part I

Great English Short Stories, a mammoth book, over 1000 pages long and comprising of more than 80 stories, has stories in the English language, arranged chronologically. It is difficult to write just one post on it, so I have decided to break it into parts. As the exact year of publication for stories is not … Continue reading SSW: Great English Short Stories (ed) by Reginald Hargreaves and Lewis Melville (1930) – Part I →

First Read of 2024: The Christmas Peacemaker by Virna Sheard (1900)

I begin 2024 with a new author. Virna Sheard (1865-1943) was a Canadian poet, novelist,and short story writer. Her story captures the spirit of Christmas. https://allpoetry.com/Virna-Sheard Lucinda Ellen who is called Cinders is a young girl who works as a maid. The poor girl is overworked and underpaid and treated in an unkindly manner by … Continue reading First Read of 2024: The Christmas Peacemaker by Virna Sheard (1900) →

SSW: The Ghost Widow by Katherine Hale (1918)

Young, vivacious Edith had welcomed the new century with her fiancé dreaming of a glorious future. But then he had gone off to fight in the Boer war.... now there is only his ghostly presence that comes to meet her everyday. However, now there is another war. And Edith, like many ghost widows of her … Continue reading SSW: The Ghost Widow by Katherine Hale (1918) →