Diana
by Susan Warner
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About This Book
Most of these stories focus on the small, quiet or unspoken intricacies of human relationships rather than grand dramas. The use of metaphor is delicate and subtle; often the women are strong and capable and the men less so; shallow and selfish motives are exposed.The dates of these stories range from 1909 to 1986 and there are thirty in all. The ten stories which are already in print in Persephone editions of their work are by Katherine Mansfield, Irène Némirovsky, Mollie Panter-Downes (twice), Elizabeth Berridge, Dorothy Whipple, Frances Towers, Margaret Bonham, Diana Gardner and Diana Athil...
Chapters (44)
- DIANA
- LONDON
- WHITTIER.
- CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE SEWING SOCIETY
- DIANA. CHAPTER I.
- THE SEWING SOCIETY.
- CHAPTER II. THE NEW MINISTER.
- CHAPTER III. HARNESSING PRINCE.
- CHAPTER IV. MOTHER BARTLETT.
- CHAPTER V. MAKING HAY.
- CHAPTER VI. MR. KNOWLTON'S FISH.
- CHAPTER VII. BELLES AND BLACKBERRIES.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE NEW RICHES OF THE OLD WORLD.
- CHAPTER IX. MRS. STARLING'S OPINIONS.
- CHAPTER X. IN SUGAR.
- CHAPTER XI. A STORM IN SEPTEMBER.
- CHAPTER XII. THE ASHES OF THE FIRE.
- CHAPTER XIII. FROM THE POST OFFICE.
- CHAPTER XIV. A MEETING AT ELMFIELD.
- CHAPTER XV. CATECHIZING.
- CHAPTER XVI. IS IT WELL WITH THEE?
- CHAPTER XVII. THE USE OF LIVING.
- CHAPTER XVIII. A SNOWSTORM.
- CHAPTER XIX. OUT OF HUMDRUM.
- CHAPTER XX. SETTLED.
- CHAPTER XXI. UNSETTLED.
- CHAPTER XXII. NEW LIFE.
- CHAPTER XXIII. SUPPER AT HOME.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE MINISTER'S WIFE.
- CHAPTER XXV. MISS COLLINS' WORK.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THINGS UNDONE.
- CHAPTER XXVII. BONDS
- CHAPTER XXVIII. EVAN'S SISTER.
- CHAPTER XXIX. HUSBAND AND WIFE.
- CHAPTER XXX. SUNSHINE.
- CHAPTER XXXI. A JUNE DAY.
- CHAPTER XXXII. WIND AND TIDE.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. BUDS AND BLOSSOMS.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. DAIRY AND PARISH WORK.
- CHAPTER XXXV. BABYLON.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE PARTY.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. AT ONE.
- THE END.
- MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,
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