The Penguin book of English short stories - Dolley, Christopher (Harmondsworth : Penguin books, 1967)
The Golden Age of the English short story lies from its first wide acceptance in the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth, a period when there were a great many outlets in Britain for shorter fictions. This title celebrates this period through some of the most widely known writers of the time.
The signalman/ Charles Dickens -- The withered arm/ Thomas Hardy -- An outpost of progress/ Joseph Conrad -- At the end of the passage/ Rudyard Kipling -- The Country of the blind/ H. G. Wells -- The force of circumstance/ W. Somerset Maugham -- The dead/ James Joyce -- Kew gardens/ Virginia Woolf -- Fanny and Annie/ D. H. Lawrence -- The voyage/ Katherine Mansfield -- The breakout/ Joyce Cary -- The Gioconda smile/ Aldous Huxley -- The fly in the ointment/ V. S. Pritchett -- Mr. Loveday's little outing/ Evelyn Waugh -- Across the bridge/ Graham Greene -- Raspberry Jam/ Angus Wilson.