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Author:

Lively, Penelope, 1933-

Title:

Pack of cards and other stories / Penelope Lively.

Edition:

1st Grove Press paperback ed.

Publisher:

Grove Press,

Copyright Date:

1999, c1986

Description:

323 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

England--Social life and customs--20th century.--Fiction.

Notes:

"First published in 1986 by William Heinemann, Ltd., London"--T.p. verso.

Contents:

Nothing missing but the samovar -- The voice of God in Adelaide Terrace -- Interpreting the past -- Servants talk about people: gentlefolk discuss things -- Help -- Miss Carlton and the pop concert -- Revenant as typewriter -- Next term, we'll mash you -- At the Pitt-Rivers -- Nice people -- A world of her own -- Presents of fish and game -- A clean death -- Party -- Corruption -- Venice, now and then -- Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be -- The darkness out there -- The pill-box -- Customers -- Yellow trains -- 'The ghost of a flea' -- The art of biography -- What the eye doesn't see -- The emasculation of Ted Roper -- A long night at Abu Simbel -- Bus-stop -- Clara's day -- The French exchange -- The dream merchant -- Pack of cards -- The Crimean hotel -- A dream of fair women -- Black dog.

ISBN:

9780802136244 (pbk.) :
0802136249 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41265116

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)