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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 f ...
. It includes stories that were published in single-author collections (books), the first story ever published, "The Dimensions of a Shadow" (1950), and other stories having appeared elsewhere.
Short stories by title (sortable)
Some of the data in the list below are still needed in this spreadsheet, e.g., which journal a story was published in.
Short stories by title
This list contains some extra information compared with the table above.
* "A Basket of Strawberries" in ''Mayfair'' (November 1953), 32–33, 78–80, 82.
[''Alice Munro/Walter Martin reference materials.'' Finding Aid : GA 85. Special Collections, University of Waterloo Library. Series 1.3 : Works by Alice Munro : Published : Short Stories Published Separately]
* "A Better Place Than Home" in ''Newcomers'' (1979), 113–124.
[Allan Weiss (compiler), ''A comprehensive bibliography of English Canadian short stories, 1950–1983'', Toronto: ECW Press, 1988,
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* "A Queer Streak" in ''The Progress of Love'', 1986
* "A Real Life" in ''The New Yorker'', 10 February 1992, 30–40.
[Carol L. Beran, The Luxury of Excellence: Alice Munro in the ''New Yorker'', in ''The rest of the story. Critical essays on Alice Munro'', edited by Robert Thacker, ECW Press, Toronto 1999, , pp. 204–231, footnote 1, p. 227–228.]Extended summary in ''Open Secrets'', 1994
* "A Trip to the Coast" first read on the CBC programme ''Anthology'';
in ''Dance of the Happy Shades'', 1968, 172–189; in ''Evolution of Canadian Literature in English'' (1973), 201–211.
* "A Wilderness Station" in ''The New Yorker'', 27 April 1992, 35–46, 48–51 (originally created 1992);
[Extended summary]
in ''Open Secrets'', 1994 (republished in 1996 and 2006/ 2008)
* "Accident" in ''Toronto Life'' (November 1977), 61, 87–88, 90–95, 149–153, 158–160, 162–165, 167, 169–173.
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in ''Dear Life. Stories'', 2012, pp. 31–66 (35 p.)
* "An Ounce of Cure" in ''The Montrealer''[Alice Munro, ''Dance of the Happy Shades and other stories'', Published by Vintage 2000, bibliographical notice, backside of the title page.] 35 (May 1961), 26–30; in ''Dance of the Happy Shades'', 1968; in ''Sixteen by Twelve'' (1970), 103–112; in ''Singing Under Ice'' (1974), 147–160; in ''Sunlight & Shadows'' (1974), 52–62; in ''Canadian Humour and Satire'' (1976), 99–111; in ''Canadian Stories of Action and Adventure'' (1978), 51–64.
Summary
* "Baptizing" in ''Lives of Girls and Women'', 1971
* "Bardon Bus" in ''The Moons of Jupiter'', 1982 (republished in 2003)
* "Before the Change" in ''The New Yorker'', 24 August 1998
Extended summary
in ''The Love of a Good Woman'', 1998
* "Boys and Girls", ''The Montrealer''
in ''Dance of the Happy Shades'', 1968; in ''Sixteen by Twelve'', 1970, 112–124; in ''Four Hemispheres'', 1971, 89–101; in ''Die Weite Reise'' as "Jungen und Mädchen", translated by Karl Heinrich, 1974, 285–304; in ''Women in Canadian Literature'', 1976, 11–21; in ''La dance des ombres'', as "Garçons et filles", 1979, 143–162; in ''New Worlds'', 1980, 120–132.[Extended summary]
in ''Open Secrets'', 1994 (republished in 1996, 2003, 2004 and 2006/ 2008)
* "Chaddeleys and Flemings I: The Connection" in ''Chatelaine'', 1979
Teaser plus beginning only
in ''Runaway'', 2004 (republished in 2011 and in 2014)
* "Changes and Ceremonies" in ''Lives of Girls and Women'', 1971
* "Characters" in ''Ploughshares'' (U.S.)
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''Dear Life. Stories'', 2012, pp. 154–174 (20 p.)
* "Cortes Island" in ''The New Yorker'', 12 October 1998
Extended summary
in ''The Love of a Good Woman'', 1998
* "Dance of the Happy Shades" in ''The Montrealer'',
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without any subtitle in ''Dear Life. Stories'', 2012, pp. 299–319 (20 p.)
* "Deep-Holes" in ''The New Yorker'', 30 June 2008
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in ''Too much happiness'', 2009 (republished in 2011 and in 2014)
* "Differently" in ''The New Yorker'', 2 January 1989, 23–36;
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published with title "Dimensions" (in the plural); in ''Too much happiness'', 2009 (republished in 2011 and in 2014)
* "Dolly" in ''Tin House
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'',[Alice Munro, ''Dear Life'', first Vintage international open-market edition, July 2013, page on the left of the table of contents.] 29 May 2012 in ''Dear Life. Stories'', 2012, pp. 233–256 (23 p.)
* "Dulse" in ''The New Yorker'', 21 July 1980, 30–39,
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in ''Too much happiness'', 2009
* "Family Furnishings" (33 p.) in ''Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage'', 2001 (republished in 2011 and in 2014)
* "Fathers" in ''The View from Castle Rock'', 2006
* "Fiction" in '' Harper's Magazine'', August 2007, in ''Too much happiness'', 2009
* "Fits" in ''Grand Street'', 1986,
Teaser plus beginning only
in ''Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage'', 2001 (30 p.)
* "Forgiveness in Families" first read on the CBC programme ''Anthology'' 10 March 1973; in ''Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You'', 1974, 93–105; in ''West Coast Experience'' (1976), 32–44; in ''Heartland'' (1983), 107–117; in ''West of Fiction'' (1983), 220–230.
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in ''Too much happiness'', 2009 (republished in 2011 and in 2014)
* "Friend of My Youth" in ''The New Yorker'', 22 January 1990, 36–48 (originally created 1990);[Extended summary]
in ''Friend of My Youth'', 1990 (republished in 1996 and 2006/ 2008)
* "Goodbye Myra" in ''Chatelaine'' 28 (July 1956), 17, 55–58;
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in ''Dear Life. Stories'', 2012, pp. 91–109 (18 p.)
* "Half a Grapefruit" in ''Redbook'' 151, no. 1 (May 1978), 133, 176, 178, 180, 182–83 (originally created 1978);[Extended summary]
in ''The View from Castle Rock'', 2006 (republished in 2011 and in 2014)
* "Hold Me Fast, Don't Let Me Pass" in ''Atlantic Monthly'' 262, no. 6 (December 1988), 58–66, 68–70.
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* "How Could I Do That?" in ''Chatelaine'' 28 (March 1956), 16–17, 65–70.Granta
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Summary
in ''Dear Life. Stories'', 2012, pp. 67–90 (23 p.)
* "Lichen" in ''The New Yorker'', 15 July 1985, 26–36.
Teaser plus beginning only
in ''The View from Castle Rock'', 2006; (republished in 2011 and in 2014)
* "Marrakesh" in ''Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You'', 1974, 156–174.
Teaser plus beginning only
in ''Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage'', 2001 (31 p.)
* "Night" in ''Granta
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beginning of the story
in ''Dear Life. Stories'', 2012, pp. 271–286 (14 p.)
* "No Advantages" in ''The View from Castle Rock'', 2006
* "Oh, What Avails" in ''The New Yorker'', 16 November 1987, 42–52, 55–56, 58–59, 62, 64–65, 67.
Extended summary
in ''Open Secrets'', 1994
* "Oranges and Apples" in ''The New Yorker'', 24 October 1988, 36–48, 52, 54.
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in ''Runaway'', 2004
* "Pictures of the Ice" in ''Atlantic Monthly'' (January 1990), 64–73 (originally created 1990);
Teaser plus beginning only
in ''Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage'', 2001 (30 p.)
* "Postcard" in ''The Tamarack Review'', 1968
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in ''Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage'', 2001 (31 p.)
* "Red Dress—1946" in ''Montrealer'' 39 (May 1965), 28–34; in ''Dance of the Happy Shades'', 1968, 147–160; in ''In the Looking Glass'' (1977), 199–211; in ''Childhood and Youth in Canadian Literature'' (1979), 74–86; in ''Rites of Passage'' (1979), 8–19;
available on the Web, a less elaborate version than the one published in 2004
in ''Runaway'', 2004 (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "Save the Reaper" in ''The New Yorker'', 22 June 1998,
Teaser plus beginning only
in ''Runaway'', 2004 (republished in 2011 and in 2014)
* "Simon's Luck" in ''Viva'', 1978, under the title "Emily";
Summary
in ''Too much happiness'', 2009;
* "Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You" first published
Teaser plus beginning only
in ''Runaway'', 2004 (republished in 2011 and in 2014)
* "Spaceships Have Landed" in ''Open Secrets'', 1994
* "Spelling" in ''Weekend Magazine'' 28 (17 June 1978), 24–27 (originally created 1978);[Extended summary]
in ''Open Secrets'', 1994 (republished in 1996, 2003 and 2006/ 2008)
* "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" in ''The New Yorker'', 27 December 1999 / 3 January 2000
"27 December 1999": just a summary in paraphrase incl. some quotes
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2013/10/21/131021fi_fiction_munro?currentPage=all "21 October 2013" available on the Web; this is the less elaborate version of 1999.] in ''Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage'', 2001 (republished in 2003, 2006/ 2008, 2011, and 2014) (49 p.)
* "The Beggar Maid" in ''The New Yorker'', 27 June 1977;
Extended summary
in ''The Love of a Good Woman'', 1998 (republished in 2003, 2011, and 2014)
* "The Connection" see "Chaddeleys and Flemings I: The Connection" and/or "Connection"
* "The Dangerous One" in ''Chatelaine'' 29 (July 1957), 49–51.[Extended summary]
in ''Open Secrets'', 1994
* "The Love of a Good Woman" in ''The New Yorker'', 23 December 1996
Extended summary
in ''The Love of a Good Woman'', 1998 (republished in 2003, 2011, and 2014)
* "The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink" in ''The New Yorker'', 31 March 1986, 26–36, 38–40, 44.
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in ''The View from Castle Rock'', 2006 (republished in 2011 and in 2014)
* "The Widower" in ''Folio'' 5, no. 2 (April 1951), 7–11Narrative Magazine
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* "Too Much Happiness" in ''Harper's Magazine'', August 2009; in ''Too much happiness'', 2009
* "Train" in Harper's Magazine, April 200
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''Dear Life. Stories'', 2012, pp. 175–216 (41 p.)
* "Trespasses" in ''Runaway'', 2004
* "Tricks" in ''Runaway'', 2004
* "Vandals" in ''The New Yorker'', 4 October 1993, 179–182, 184–190.[Extended summary]
in ''Open Secrets'', 1994 (republished in 1996 and 2006/ 2008)
* "Visitors" in ''Atlantic Monthly'' 249, no. 4 (April 1982), 91–98;
in ''Dear Life. Stories'', 2012, pp. 286–298, (12 p.)
* "Walker Brothers Cowboy" first published
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in ''Too much happiness'', 2009
* "What Do You Want to Know For?" in ''Writing Away: The PEN Canada Travel Anthology'', edited by Constance Rooke, 203–20. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1994 (originally created 1994);
Teaser plus beginning only
in ''Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage'', 2001 (23 p.)
* "White Dump" in ''The New Yorker'', 28 July 1986, 25–39, 42–43.
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* "Working for a Living" in ''Grand Street'' 1, no. 1 (Autumn 1981), 9–37 (originally created 1981);
Short stories in anthologies
Works by Munro that appeared in anthologies may be more difficult to locate than those that were published in journals or in Munro's original collections but they are likely to be numerous. Please add.
* "Dulse" in: ''The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Short Stories'', edited by Wayne Grady, Markham, Ont.: Penguin Books Canada, 1982, 463–81.
Alice Munro's short-story collections
Short stories by short-story compilation
Selected Stories (1996)
* "Walker Brothers Cowboy" (previously published in 1968)
* "Dance of the Happy Shades" (previously published in 1968)
* "Postcard" (previously published in 1968)
* "Images" (previously published in 1968)
* "Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You" (previously published in 1974)
* "The Ottawa Valley" (previously published in 1974)
* "Material" (previously published in 1974)
* "Royal Beatings" (previously published in 1978) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "Wild Swans" (previously published in 1978)
* "The Beggar Maid" (previously published in 1978) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "Simon's Luck" (previously published in 1978) (republished in 2003)
* "Chaddeleys and Flemings I: The Connection" (previously published in 1982)
* "Chaddeleys and Flemings II: The Stone in the Field" (previously published in 1982)
* "Dulse" (previously published in 1982)
* "The Turkey Season" (previously published in 1982) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "Labor Day Dinner" (previously published in 1982)
* "The Moons of Jupiter" (previously published in 1982) (republished in 2004 and 2006/ 2008)
* "The Progress of Love" (previously published in 1986) (republished in 2004 and 2006/ 2008)
* "Lichen" (previously published in 1986)
* "Miles City, Montana" (previously published in 1986) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "Forgiveness in Families" (previously published in 1974)
* "White Dump" (previously published in 1986)
* "Fits" (previously published in 1986)
* "Friend of My Youth" (previously published in 1990) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "Meneseteung" (previously published in 1990) (republished in 2003 and 2006/ 2008)
* "Differently" (previously published in 1990) (republished in 2004 and 2006/ 2008)
* "Carried Away" (previously published in 1994) (republished in 2003, 2004 and 2006/ 2008)
* "The Albanian Virgin" (previously published in 1994) (republished in 2003 and 2006/ 2008)
* "A Wilderness Station" (previously published in 1994) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "Vandals" (previously published in 1994) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
No Love Lost (2003)
Selected and with an afterword by Jane Urquhart
Jane Urquhart, LL.D (born June 21, 1949) is a Canadian novelist and poet. She is the internationally acclaimed author of seven award-winning novels, three books of poetry and numerous short stories. As a novelist, Urquhart is well known for her e ...
* "Bardon Bus" (previously published in 1982)
* "Carried Away" (previously published in 1994 and 1996) (republished in 2004 and 2006/ 2008)
* "Mischief" (previously published in 1978)
* "The Love of a Good Woman" (previously published in 1998) (republished in 2011)
* "Simon's Luck" (previously published in 1978 and 1996)
* "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" (previously published in 2001) (republished in 2004, 2006/ 2008 and 2011)
* "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" (1999
available on the Web
(previously published in 2001) (republished in 2006/ 2008 and 2011)
* "The Albanian Virgin" (previously published in 1994 and 1996) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "Meneseteung" (previously published in 1990 and 1996) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "The Children Stay" (previously published in 1998) (republished in 2011)
Vintage Munro (2004)
according to thi
Table of Contents
* "The Moons of Jupiter" (previously published in 1982 and 1996) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "The Progress of Love" (previously published in 1986 and 1996) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "Differently" (previously published in 1990 and 1996) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "Carried Away" (previously published in 1994, 1996, and 2003) (republished in 2006/ 2008)
* "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" (previously published in 2001, 2003) (republished in 2006/ 2008 and 2011)
Alice Munro's Best: A Selection of Stories, XVIII, 509 p. (Toronto 2006/2008)/ Carried Away: A Selection of Stories, XXXV, 559 p. (New York 2006)
With an introduction by Margaret Atwood
* "Royal Beatings" (2006: p. 1) 2008: p. 1
* "The Beggar Maid" (2006: p. 27) 2008: p. 25 (previously published in 1978)
* "The Turkey Season" (2006: p. 65) 2008: p. 59 (previously published in 1982, 1996)
* "The Moons of Jupiter" (2006: p. 83) 2008: p. 75 (previously published in 1982, 1996, 2004)
* "The Progress of Love" (2006: p. 101) 2008: p. 93 (previously published in 1986, 1996, 2004)
* "Miles City, Montana" (2006: p. 131) 2008: p. 121 (previously published in 1986, 1996 and 2006/ 2008)
* "Friend of my Youth" (2006: p. 155) 2008: p. 155 (previously published in 1990, 1996)
* "Meneseteung" (2006: p. 179) 2008: p. 165 (previously published in 1990, 1996, 2003)
* "Differently" (2006: p. 203) 2008: p. 187 (previously published in 1990, 1996, 2004)
* "Carried Away" (2006: p. 231) 2008: p. 213 (previously published in 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004)
* "The Albanian Virgin" (2006: p. 277) 2008: p. 255 (previously published in 1994, 1996, 2004)
* "A Wilderness Station" (2006: p. 323) 2008: p. 295 (previously published in 1994, 1996)
* "Vandals" (2006: p. 357) 2008: p. 325 (previously published in 1994, 1996)
* "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" (2006: p. 389) 2008: p. 353 (previously published in 2001, 2003, 2004) (republished in 2011)
* "Save the Reaper" (2006: p. 439) 2008: p. 399 (previously published in 1998)
* "Runaway" (2003
available on the Web
(2006: p. 472) 2008: p. 429 (previously published in 2004)
* "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" (1999
available on the Web
(2006: p. 513) 2008: p. 467 (previously published in 2001) (republished in 2011)
New Selected Stories (2011)
From The Love of a Good Woman (1998)
* "The Love of a Good Woman" 3 (previously published in 1998, 2003)
* "The Children Stay" 56 (previously published in 1998, 2003)
* "My Mother's Dream" 79 (previously published in 1998)
From Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001)
* "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" 115 (previously published in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006/ 2008)
* "Family Furnishings" 153 (previously published in 2001)
* "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" (1999
available on the Web
178 (previously published in 2001, 2003, 2006/ 2008)
From Runaway (2004)
* "Chance" 217 (previously published in 2004)
* "Soon" 244 (previously published in 2004)
* "Silence" 272 (previously published in 2004)
From The View from Castle Rock (2006)
* "The View from Castle Rock" 297 (previously published in 2006)
* "Lying Under the Apple Tree" 338 (previously published in 2006)
* "Hired Girl" 358 (previously published in 2006)
From Too much happiness (2009)
* "Dimensions" 379 (previously published in 2009)
* "Deep-Holes" 40
available on the Web
(previously published in 2009)
* "Free Radicals" (2008) 41
available on the Web
(previously published in 2009)
Vintage Munro (2014)
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* "The Moons of Jupiter" (previously published in 1982 and 1996) (republished in 2006/ 2008 and 2014)
* "The Progress of Love" (previously published in 1986 and 1996) (republished in 2006/ 2008 and 2014)
* "Differently" (previously published in 1990 and 1996) (republished in 2006/ 2008 and 2014)
* "Carried Away" (previously published in 1994, 1996, and 2003) (republished in 2006/ 2008 and 2014)
* "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" (previously published in 2001, 2003) (republished in 2006/ 2008/ 2011 and 2014)
* "In Sight of the Lake" (previously published in 2012) (republished in 2014)
* The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013: Presentation Speech
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