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Something I've Been Meaning To Tell You (short Story)
''Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You'' is a book of short stories by Alice Munro, published by McGraw-Hill (Canada) in 1974. Stories * "Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You" * "Material" * "How I Met My Husband "How I Met My Husband" is a short story written by Alice Munro, first published in 1974 as a part of her collection ''Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You''. Plot summary The story is about a young girl, Edie, who is hired help for Dr. Peebles ..." * "Walking on Water" * "Forgiveness in Families" * "Tell Me Yes or No" * "The Found Boat" * "Executioners" * "Marrakesh" * "The Spanish Lady" * "Winter Wind" * "Memorial" * "The Ottawa Valley" 1974 short story collections Short story collections by Alice Munro McGraw-Hill books {{1970s-story-collection-stub ... [...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] |
Alice Munro
Alice Ann Munro (; ; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Munro's work has been described as revolutionizing the architecture of short stories, especially in its tendency to move forward and backward in time. Her stories have been said to "embed more than announce, reveal more than parade." Munro's fiction is most often set in her native Huron County in southwestern Ontario. Her stories explore human complexities in an uncomplicated prose style. Munro's writing has established her as "one of our greatest contemporary writers of fiction", or, as Cynthia Ozick put it, "our Chekhov." Munro has received many literary accolades, including the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature for her work as "master of the contemporary short story", and the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work. She is also a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction, and received the Writers' Trust of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McGraw-Hill
McGraw Hill is an American educational publishing company and one of the "big three" educational publishers that publishes educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education. The company also publishes reference and trade publications for the medical, business, and engineering professions. McGraw Hill operates in 28 countries, has about 4,000 employees globally, and offers products and services to about 140 countries in about 60 languages. Formerly a division of The McGraw Hill Companies (later renamed McGraw Hill Financial, now S&P Global), McGraw Hill Education was divested and acquired by Apollo Global Management in March 2013 for $2.4 billion in cash. McGraw Hill was sold in 2021 to Platinum Equity for $4.5 billion. Corporate History McGraw Hill was founded in 1888 when James H. McGraw, co-founder of the company, purchased the ''American Journal of Railway Appliances''. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1974. Events *February – Novelist Juan Carlos Onetti is one of a group arrested by the Uruguayan dictatorship for selecting as a competition prizewinner and publishing in the newspaper ''Marcha'' a short story implicitly critical of the military regime. He subsequently goes into exile in Spain. *February 12 – After publication at the end of 1973 of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's ''The Gulag Archipelago'' (Архипелаг ГУЛАГ), the author is arrested for treason; the following day he is deported from the Soviet Union. In spring and summer the first translations into French and English begin to appear. *August 8 – The first of Armistead Maupin's ''Tales of the City'' is published as a serial in ''The Pacific Sun'' (Marin County, California). *October 21 – New Guildhall Library opens in the City of London. *''unknown dates'' **The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics is founded by Allen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something I've Been Meaning To Tell You (short Story)
''Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You'' is a book of short stories by Alice Munro, published by McGraw-Hill (Canada) in 1974. Stories * "Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You" * "Material" * "How I Met My Husband "How I Met My Husband" is a short story written by Alice Munro, first published in 1974 as a part of her collection ''Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You''. Plot summary The story is about a young girl, Edie, who is hired help for Dr. Peebles ..." * "Walking on Water" * "Forgiveness in Families" * "Tell Me Yes or No" * "The Found Boat" * "Executioners" * "Marrakesh" * "The Spanish Lady" * "Winter Wind" * "Memorial" * "The Ottawa Valley" 1974 short story collections Short story collections by Alice Munro McGraw-Hill books {{1970s-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How I Met My Husband
"How I Met My Husband" is a short story written by Alice Munro, first published in 1974 as a part of her collection ''Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You''. Plot summary The story is about a young girl, Edie, who is hired help for Dr. Peebles and his family. One afternoon while the family is away in town, Edie meets Chris Watters, a pilot who travels from town to town giving rides in his plane for a fee. Edie falls in love with him, but soon learns that he is engaged to another woman, Alice Kelling. Alice is crazy and has been following Chris everywhere in hopes of marrying him. One day while Alice, Mrs. Peebles and the children were away on a picnic, Edie goes to Chris's campsite to talk with him. He reveals to her that he plans on leaving, but promises to write her. They kiss, and he leaves town. When the other women are told by the local gossip Loretta Bird that Chris has left, Alice Kelling verbally abuses Edie under the mistaken impression that Edie and Chris had sex. Mrs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Short Story Collections
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an Guillaume affair, espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the 1974 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the Germany national football team, German national team won the championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story Collections By Alice Munro
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