Moon Lake (Penguin Modern Classics)

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In she said: They're extraordinarily talented storytellers. I'm just a listener among them. This is the tale of a poor artist who wants to marry a wealthy businessman's daughter. Saki was the pen name of British writer Hector Hugh Munro, who wrote macabre stories that satirised Edwardian society. He died in France in aged 45, when he was killed by a German sniper. Isaac Bashevis Singer was one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in literature in He died in Florida in aged The son of a rabbi, his stories often involved ghosts, imps and demons.

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This short story is about a man who wants a more up-to-date wife. A hapless cultural exchange to Russia is the theme of a tale from one of the masters of short story writing. Updike, who died in aged 76, wrote the Rabbit series of Harry Angstrom novels but he was also a prolific short story writer, essayist and poet.

The Door in the Wall is considered one of Wells's most accomplished stories dealing with themes about the deceptive natures of time and happiness. Moon Lake is the story of a summer camp in Mississippi, a surly lifeguard, a rebellious orphan girl, and the fateful day when they learn the secrets of life and death.

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