The Red Door: The Complete English Short Stories, 1949-76Although best known as one of Scotland's greatest modern poets, Iain Crichton Smith was also prolific as a writer of short stories. These pieces form a central part of his oeuvre, demonstrating the full range and versatility of his literary talent. From humor to tragedy, from inner monologues to extrovert surrealism, the diversity of his writing indicates the extraordinary range of his own reading and vivid mental world. Crichton Smith wrote short stories throughout his life. Some are vignettes, others novellas, and the best of them show him to be an author of unique sensitivity and intelligence. This book is part of a two-volume collection, comprising the complete English stories, including a large number that have never previously been published in book form, as well as others that have been out of print for many years, thus making it possible to judge Crichton Smith's achievement as a writer in full |
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... fact ... ' ' As a matter of fact , ' said the Professor , ' I have also brought along with me some lines from a poet whom I admire very much . His name is Shakespeare . The speech is from Hamlet . I should like to read it . It begins as ...
... fact ... ' ' As a matter of fact , ' said the Professor , ' I have also brought along with me some lines from a poet whom I admire very much . His name is Shakespeare . The speech is from Hamlet . I should like to read it . It begins as ...
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... fact taken to the asylum . As he sat in the ambulance he kept saying , ' It is impossible to live like that . It is impossible to live like that . ' Now whether the hermit found out about this , or whether for some other reason , he ...
... fact taken to the asylum . As he sat in the ambulance he kept saying , ' It is impossible to live like that . It is impossible to live like that . ' Now whether the hermit found out about this , or whether for some other reason , he ...
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... fact one of the few people I could really talk to on a certain level since he had in fact read a little though in no sense deeply . Still he was useful to me since he knew a great deal of the lore and literature of the people , though ...
... fact one of the few people I could really talk to on a certain level since he had in fact read a little though in no sense deeply . Still he was useful to me since he knew a great deal of the lore and literature of the people , though ...
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