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Waken, lords and ladies gay : selected stories of Desmond Pacey / edited and with an introduction by Frank M. Tierney.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Ottawa [Ontario] : University of Ottawa Press, (c)1974.; Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2014.Description: 1 online resource (118 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780776608921
  • 9780776608938
Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PR9199 .W354 2014
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The picnic -- The boat -- That day in the bush -- When she comes over -- On the Roman road -- The test -- The mirror -- The trespasser -- Aunt Polly -- The ghost of Reddleman Lane -- The lost girl.
Subject: From the Canadian Short Story Library, twelve stories from Desmond Pacey, a major figure in Canadian Literature and criticism. The twelve stories are typical of Pacey's story-telling technique and what emerges from them is a distinctive, even powerful optimism, charity, tolerance and deep understanding of human nature. The sombre side of life is honestly portrayed and juxtaposed against the importance of love as a unifying force. These stories, presented in a simple straightforward manner, reveal man as he is: fragile, vulnerable, capable of crude, selfish and irrational behaviour, subject to.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Waken, lords and ladies gay -- The picnic -- The boat -- That day in the bush -- When she comes over -- On the Roman road -- The test -- The mirror -- The trespasser -- Aunt Polly -- The ghost of Reddleman Lane -- The lost girl.

From the Canadian Short Story Library, twelve stories from Desmond Pacey, a major figure in Canadian Literature and criticism. The twelve stories are typical of Pacey's story-telling technique and what emerges from them is a distinctive, even powerful optimism, charity, tolerance and deep understanding of human nature. The sombre side of life is honestly portrayed and juxtaposed against the importance of love as a unifying force. These stories, presented in a simple straightforward manner, reveal man as he is: fragile, vulnerable, capable of crude, selfish and irrational behaviour, subject to.

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