Dec 25, 2009
V.S. Pritchett’s publishers in England and America should be congratulated for their persistent support of this talented but often-neglected writer. This is the third omnibus volume of Pritchett’s stories to appear since 1982, and it is by far the most comprehensive. Apart from the stories in Pritchett’s first collection, THE SPANISH VIRGIN AND OTHER STORIES (1930), COMPLETE COLLECTED STORIES reprints all of Pritchett’s previously collected stories. Pritchett’s refusal to acknowledge his earliest volume is rather too bad, since he thereby deprives readers of easy access to the...
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