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All the Stories of Muriel Spark

by Muriel Spark · 1968

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Spanning her entire career to date, All the Stories of Muriel Sparkcontains four brand-new tales. Now in hand is every single one of her forty-one marvelous stories. "To read Spark," as the Georgia Reviewput it, "is to encounter delight after delight."

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Ranging from South Africa to the West End, her dazzling stories feature hanging judges, fortune-tellers, shy girls, psychiatrists, dress designers, pensive ghosts, never-departing guests, and imaginary chauffers.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 416 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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