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Best Stories of Theodora Benson
28 excellent short stories written by Theodora Benson;
Pick-Up, The Frog and the Lion, Yes-Girl, A Nice Fright, The Snag, You're Quite Safe Now, The White Cock, Wedding Eve Dialogue, The Real Princess, A Walk in the Park, Rise and Fall, The Funeral Feast, Harry Was Good to the Girls, Door Marked Exit, The Hunter and the Tuft, The White Sea Monkey, Crazy Over Circuses, Concert, Room 2000 Calling, The Golden Fish, Come Cherie, Hungarian Triangle, The Bathroom Stair, Second Claim, The Floor, Two Hundred Passports, The Will of the Last Gentleman, Prestige.
Pick-Up, The Frog and the Lion, Yes-Girl, A Nice Fright, The Snag, You're Quite Safe Now, The White Cock, Wedding Eve Dialogue, The Real Princess, A Walk in the Park, Rise and Fall, The Funeral Feast, Harry Was Good to the Girls, Door Marked Exit, The Hunter and the Tuft, The White Sea Monkey, Crazy Over Circuses, Concert, Room 2000 Calling, The Golden Fish, Come Cherie, Hungarian Triangle, The Bathroom Stair, Second Claim, The Floor, Two Hundred Passports, The Will of the Last Gentleman, Prestige.
378 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1940
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April 21, 2018
"Ellen Lee was busy, doing nothing. Much too busy doing nothing even to think of dinner.
"I won't think of the dinner," she said aloud, "no, I won't. Anyway I needn't think of it yet, it's not time."
But while she said it, she was peeling the potatoes in her mind, her left hand, lying in her lap, was cupped and moving with a rotary motion against her right one..." - The Floor
If you are lucky enough to find a copy of one of Theodora Benson's books, I urge you to covet it immediately!
Her books are no longer in print and it is as much a mystery to me as it is a crime.
She is one of the best writers I have ever had the pleasure to read. Her effervescent prose is peppered with deliciously dry humour and perfectly captures the nuances of human interaction.
She draws on a range of settings and periods, and presents a bleak and cynical world of failed romance, lost ideals, social foibles, and ruthless self-seeking.
At the present, I am trying to figure out how I can provide Theodora Benson with the audience she deserves. This review is a start!
"I won't think of the dinner," she said aloud, "no, I won't. Anyway I needn't think of it yet, it's not time."
But while she said it, she was peeling the potatoes in her mind, her left hand, lying in her lap, was cupped and moving with a rotary motion against her right one..." - The Floor
If you are lucky enough to find a copy of one of Theodora Benson's books, I urge you to covet it immediately!
Her books are no longer in print and it is as much a mystery to me as it is a crime.
She is one of the best writers I have ever had the pleasure to read. Her effervescent prose is peppered with deliciously dry humour and perfectly captures the nuances of human interaction.
She draws on a range of settings and periods, and presents a bleak and cynical world of failed romance, lost ideals, social foibles, and ruthless self-seeking.
At the present, I am trying to figure out how I can provide Theodora Benson with the audience she deserves. This review is a start!
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