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Collected Short Stories (Huxley)
''Collected Short Stories'' is a collection of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, published in 1957. The book consists of twenty stories compiled from five of Huxley's earlier collections (18 short stories and two novelettes) and one from his novel '' Crome Yellow''. It was published by Harper & Row in the US and Chatto & Windus Chatto & Windus is an imprint of Penguin Random House that was formerly an independent book publishing company founded in London in 1855 by John Camden Hotten. Following Hotten's death, the firm would reorganize under the names of his business ... in the UK. Content From '' Limbo'' (1920): *"Happily Ever After" *"Eupompus Gave Splendour to Art by Numbers" *"Cynthia" *"The Bookshop" *"The Death of Lully" From '' Crome Yellow'' (1921): *"Sir Hercules" From '' Mortal Coils'' (1922): *"The Gioconda Smile", novelette *"The Tillotson Banquet" *"Green Tunnels" *"Nuns at Luncheon" From '' Little Mexican and Other Stories'' (1924): *"Little Mexican" *"Hube ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He wrote nearly 50 books, both novels and non-fiction works, as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with an undergraduate degree in English literature. Early in his career, he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine ''Oxford Poetry'', before going on to publish travel writing, satire, and screenplays. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times, and was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962. Huxley was a pacifist. He grew interested in philosophical mysticism, as well as universalism, addre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century. Definition The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella/short novel, authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. The short story is sometimes referred to as a genre. Determining what exactly defines a short story has been recurrently problematic. A classic definition of a short story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novelette (literature)
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts. Definition The Italian term is a feminine of ''novello'', which means ''new'', similarly to the English word ''news''. Merriam-Webster defines a novella as "a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel". No official definition exists regarding the number of pages or words necessary for a story to be considered a novella, a short story or a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association defines a novella's word count to be between 17,500 and 40,000 words. History The novella as a literary genre began developing in the Italian literature of the early Renaissance, principally Giovanni Boccaccio, author of ''The Decameron'' (1353). ''The Decameron'' featured 100 tales (named nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crome Yellow
''Crome Yellow'' is the first novel by British author Aldous Huxley, published by Chatto & Windus in 1921, followed by a U.S. edition by George H. Doran Company in 1922. Though a social satire of its time, it is still appreciated and has been adapted to different media. Publication and reception ''Crome Yellow'' was written during the summer of 1921 in the Tuscan seaside resort of Forte dei Marmi and published in November of that year. In view of its episodic nature, the novel was described in ''The Spectator'' as "a Cubist Peacock". This was in recognition of the fact that it was modelled on (and publicised as in the tradition of) Thomas Love Peacock’s country-house novels. There diverse types of the period are exhibited interacting with each other and holding forth on their personal intellectual conceits. There is little plot development. Indeed, H. L. Mencken questioned whether its comedy of manners could be called a novel at all but hailed with delight the author's "shr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper & Row
Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher HarperCollins based in New York City. History J. & J. Harper (1817–1833) James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishing business J. & J. Harper in New York City in 1817. Their two brothers, Joseph Wesley and Fletcher, joined them in the mid-1820s. Harper & Brothers (1833–1962) The company changed its name to "Harper & Brothers" in 1833. The headquarters of the publishing house were located at 331 Pearl Street, facing Franklin Square in Lower Manhattan (about where the Manhattan approach to the Brooklyn Bridge lies today). Harper & Brothers began publishing ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine'' in New York City in 1850. The brothers also published ''Harper's Weekly'' (starting in New York City in June 1857), '' Harper's Bazar'' (starting in New York City in November 2, 1867), and ''Harper's Young People'' (starting in New York City in 1879). George B. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatto & Windus
Chatto & Windus is an imprint of Penguin Random House that was formerly an independent book publishing company founded in London in 1855 by John Camden Hotten. Following Hotten's death, the firm would reorganize under the names of his business partner Andrew Chatto and poet William Edward Windus. The company was purchased by Random House in 1987 and is now a sub-imprint of Vintage Books within the Penguin UK division. History The firm developed out of the publishing business of John Camden Hotten, founded in 1855. After his death in 1873, it was sold to Hotten's junior partner Andrew Chatto (1841–1913), who took on the poet William Edward Windus (1827-1910), son of the patron of J. M. W. Turner, Benjamin Godfrey Windus (1790-1867), as partner. Chatto & Windus published Mark Twain, W. S. Gilbert, Wilkie Collins, H. G. Wells, Wyndham Lewis, Richard Aldington, Frederick Rolfe (as Fr. Rolfe), Aldous Huxley, Samuel Beckett, the "unfinished" novel ''Weir of Hermiston'' (1896) by R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limbo (short Story Collection)
''Limbo'' is the first collection of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, published in 1920. The book consists of five short story, short stories, a Novelette (literature), novelette and a play (theatre), play. Content *"Farcical History of Richard Greenow", novelette *"Happily Ever After" *"Eupompus Gave Splendour to Art by Numbers" *"Happy Families", play *"Cynthia" *"The Bookshop" *"The Death of Lully" External links * * * 1920 short story collections Short story collections by Aldous Huxley {{1920s-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortal Coils
''Mortal Coils'' is a collection of five short fictional pieces written by Aldous Huxley in 1921. The title uses a phrase from ''Hamlet'', Act 3, Scene 1: : ... To die, to sleep, :To sleep, perchance to dream; aye, there's the rub, :For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come, :When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, :Must give us pause ... The stories all concern themselves with some sort of trouble, normally of an amorous nature, and often ending with disappointment. The stories *"The Gioconda Smile" is a mixture of social satire and murder story, which Huxley later adapted into a film called ''A Woman's Vengeance'' (1948). *"Permutations Among the Nightingales" is a play concerning the amorous problems encountered by various patrons of a hotel. *"The Tillotson Banquet" tells of an old artist who was thought to be dead, and is "rediscovered"; a not entirely successful honorary dinner is organised for him. *"Green Tunnels" is about the boredom of a young girl on holi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Mexican And Other Stories
''Little Mexican and Other Stories'' (''Young Archimedes'' in the United States) is the third collection of short fiction written by Aldous Huxley, published in 1924. The book consists of four short stories, a novelette and a novella. Content *"Uncle Spencer", novella *"Little Mexican" *"Hubert and Minnie" *"Fard" *"The Portrait" *"Young Archimedes", novelette Adaptations Based on novelette "Young Archimedes": * '' Prelude to Fame'' (1950), film directed by Fergus McDonell * ''Il piccolo Archimede ''Il piccolo Archimede'' (internationally released as ''The Little Archimedes'') is a 1979 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Gianni Amelio. It is an adaptation of Aldous Huxley's short story " The Young Archimedes" (1924). For h ...'' (1979), TV movie directed by Gianni Amelio External links * The full text of Little Mexican' at the Internet Archive * * 1924 short story collections Short story collections by Aldous Huxley Chatto & Windus books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Or Three Graces And Other Stories
''Two or Three Graces and Other Stories'' is the fourth collection of short fiction written by Aldous Huxley, published in 1926. The book consists of three short stories and a novella A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts .... Content *"Two or Three Graces", novella *"Half Holiday" *"The Monocle" *"Fairy Godmother" External links * Full text of Two or Three Graces' at the Internet Archive * 1926 short story collections Short story collections by Aldous Huxley {{1920s-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brief Candles
First edition cover ( Chatto & Windus) ''Brief Candles'' (1930), Aldous Huxley's fifth collection of short fiction, consists of the following four short stories: *"Chawdron" *"The Rest Cure" *"The Claxtons" *"After the Fireworks" ''Brief Candles'' takes its title from a line in William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...'s '' Macbeth'', from Macbeth's famous soliloquy: "Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." External links * 1930 short story collections Short story collections by Aldous Huxley Chatto & Windus books {{1930s-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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