Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal and Other Stories
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1962.
In this volume of short stories H. E. Bates exhibits once again those qualities of compassion and lyricism combined with sharpness of vision and artistry which have rightly marked out his work.
Some of the stories are tragic, as is the title story; some are short and subtle, others earthy, like Daughters of the Village; Where the Cloud Breaks has the comic pathos of a Chekhov sketch. But in all of them the artist storyteller is at work to achieve with impeccable simplicity, colour, and emotional light and shade the exact effects he requires.
Condition grading: Good. White mark to tanned spine. Some tanning to top of rear cover. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1962.
In this volume of short stories H. E. Bates exhibits once again those qualities of compassion and lyricism combined with sharpness of vision and artistry which have rightly marked out his work.
Some of the stories are tragic, as is the title story; some are short and subtle, others earthy, like Daughters of the Village; Where the Cloud Breaks has the comic pathos of a Chekhov sketch. But in all of them the artist storyteller is at work to achieve with impeccable simplicity, colour, and emotional light and shade the exact effects he requires.
Condition grading: Good. White mark to tanned spine. Some tanning to top of rear cover. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1962.
In this volume of short stories H. E. Bates exhibits once again those qualities of compassion and lyricism combined with sharpness of vision and artistry which have rightly marked out his work.
Some of the stories are tragic, as is the title story; some are short and subtle, others earthy, like Daughters of the Village; Where the Cloud Breaks has the comic pathos of a Chekhov sketch. But in all of them the artist storyteller is at work to achieve with impeccable simplicity, colour, and emotional light and shade the exact effects he requires.
Condition grading: Good. White mark to tanned spine. Some tanning to top of rear cover. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
