The Anniversary: And Other Stories

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From a New York Times–bestselling author: A collection of short fiction &“reminiscent of the work of Henry James and Edith Wharton&” (Library Journal). Crisscrossing a tumultuous century, these stories evoke lives both blessed and cursed by good fortune and reveal the quotidian conflicts of a wonderfully rich milieu. Here are vignettes that capture the loves and jealousies of marriage and friendship, recall days of a rarefied aristocracy, and hint at a new, ambitious young elite. In the title story, a tour de force of humor and emotion, a clergyman prepares a toast for his twenty-fifth wedding anniversary but gets stuck when it comes to his wife&’s five-year affair. The narrator in &“DeCicco v. Schweizer&” imagines the lives of the plaintiff and defendant and spins a wicked tale about a 1902 marriage born more of convenience than of love. And in &“The Last of the Great Courtesans,&” we meet the unforgettable Milly Marion, born in 1917, who has bewitched everyone she has met in her long, colorful life. Whether these stories concern an anxious draft dodger, a repentant headmaster, or a mischievous writer who ill-advisedly draws from her own family for her fiction, they all offer soulful glimpses into an uncommon world, preserved in our past and yet surprisingly close to our hearts. &“His themes are universal—ambition, greed, disappointment, compromise. Some of the most memorable characters are women, trying to find their way in a time of more restricted choices . . . It&’s easy to get lost in the author&’s elegant and restrained prose.&” —Booklist
Copyright:
1999

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Book Size:
192 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780547946993
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9780395970744
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Language:
English
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Categories:
Literature and Fiction
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