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Stacy Aumonier

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Description:STORIES OF WORLD WAR 1 AND THE 1920s— Vanished Classics"Stacy Aumonier is one of the best short story writers of all time. His humour is sly and dry and frequent … And can’t he write !" — John Galsworthy (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature)."… a very elegant volume … short stories that invite comparison with those of Saki, O. Henry and even Guy de Maupassant." — Books Ireland 'Extremely Entertaining Short Stories' by Stacy Aumonier was selected by BBC Radio 4 to feature on its Afternoon Readings programme in 2011."… in England, my first trip there in 25 years … I bought the new Phaeton collection of Extremely Entertaining Short Stories by Stacy Aumonier … greatly appreciated in his time for his wit and neatly contrived plots. Back now in New York, it’s a heavy volume to cart back and forth as subway reading, but it’s well worth the weight !" —Library Journal, New York [—review of the print edition, 2009]"… a great holiday read." — Brentano’s, ParisStacy Aumonier wrote some of the funniest short stories of all time. He also wrote some of the most poignant stories about World War I and its aftermath.James Hilton, author of 'Goodbye Mr Chips,' selected a story by Aumonier as his "favorite short story." John Galsworthy, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, described him as "a real master of the short story."When he died prematurely of tuberculosis in 1928, no one doubted that the best of Stacy Aumonier's short stories were as good as any ever written. But then, mysteriously, these compelling short stories vanished — until now. Alfred Hitchcock was a great fan, and adapted some of his stories for television.Here is a selection of the most entertaining Aumonier stories, and it comes with a Guarantee: For a long journey, a sojourn laid up in bed, or just hard times, this book is a sure thing.STACY AUMONIER was born in London. Before turning to full-time writing, he worked as a designer and as a stage performer. He served in World War I, and after the war enjoyed great success as a short-story writer on both sides of the Atlantic. In the mid-1920s, when his reputation as a writer was at its height, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and died in a Swiss clinic in 1928.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING SHORT STORIES. To get started finding EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING SHORT STORIES, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: STORIES OF WORLD WAR 1 AND THE 1920s— Vanished Classics"Stacy Aumonier is one of the best short story writers of all time. His humour is sly and dry and frequent … And can’t he write !" — John Galsworthy (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature)."… a very elegant volume … short stories that invite comparison with those of Saki, O. Henry and even Guy de Maupassant." — Books Ireland 'Extremely Entertaining Short Stories' by Stacy Aumonier was selected by BBC Radio 4 to feature on its Afternoon Readings programme in 2011."… in England, my first trip there in 25 years … I bought the new Phaeton collection of Extremely Entertaining Short Stories by Stacy Aumonier … greatly appreciated in his time for his wit and neatly contrived plots. Back now in New York, it’s a heavy volume to cart back and forth as subway reading, but it’s well worth the weight !" —Library Journal, New York [—review of the print edition, 2009]"… a great holiday read." — Brentano’s, ParisStacy Aumonier wrote some of the funniest short stories of all time. He also wrote some of the most poignant stories about World War I and its aftermath.James Hilton, author of 'Goodbye Mr Chips,' selected a story by Aumonier as his "favorite short story." John Galsworthy, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, described him as "a real master of the short story."When he died prematurely of tuberculosis in 1928, no one doubted that the best of Stacy Aumonier's short stories were as good as any ever written. But then, mysteriously, these compelling short stories vanished — until now. Alfred Hitchcock was a great fan, and adapted some of his stories for television.Here is a selection of the most entertaining Aumonier stories, and it comes with a Guarantee: For a long journey, a sojourn laid up in bed, or just hard times, this book is a sure thing.STACY AUMONIER was born in London. Before turning to full-time writing, he worked as a designer and as a stage performer. He served in World War I, and after the war enjoyed great success as a short-story writer on both sides of the Atlantic. In the mid-1920s, when his reputation as a writer was at its height, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and died in a Swiss clinic in 1928.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING SHORT STORIES. To get started finding EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING SHORT STORIES, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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