V. S. Pritchett (1900–1997)

Autor von The Oxford Book of Short Stories

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Born in Ipswich and educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich, and Dulwich College, novelist and critic V. S. Pritchett worked in the leather trade and later as a commercial traveler and shop assistant. After World War II, he was literary editor of the New Statesman and Nation and has frequently mehr anzeigen contributed to American periodicals and the N.Y. Times Book Review. He is a distinguished short story writer who has often appeared in the New Yorker. Pritchett has also collaborated with the photographer Evelyn Hofer on three charming and excellent portraits of London, New York, and Dublin. Pritchett, who has been lauded for his fine literary criticism, has also written about many other writers. He received numerous awards including the 1969 Heinemann Award, the 1974 PEN Award, the 1990 W. H. Smith Literary Award, and the 1993 Golden Pen Award. He died from a stroke on March 20, 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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London Perceived (1962) 171 Exemplare

A Cab at the Door (1968) 148 Exemplare

Complete Collected Stories (1990) 146 Exemplare

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Chekhov: a spirit set free (1988) 109 Exemplare

The Pritchett Century (1997) 105 Exemplare

Complete Collected Essays (1991) 104 Exemplare

A Cab at the Door / Midnight Oil (1979) 86 Exemplare

The Gentle Barbarian: The Life and Work of Turgenev (1977) 80 Exemplare

Essential Stories (2005) 72 Exemplare

The Camberwell Beauty and Other Stories (1974) 71 Exemplare

The Myth Makers (1979) 62 Exemplare

Balzac (1973) 61 Exemplare

The Spanish Temper (1928) 61 Exemplare

Mr. Beluncle (1951) 57 Exemplare

More Collected Stories (1983) 56 Exemplare

Midnight Oil (1967) 56 Exemplare

On the Edge of the Cliff (1902) 54 Exemplare

A Careless Widow and Other Stories (1989) 51 Exemplare

Dublin: A Portrait (1967) 47 Exemplare

The tale bearers: Literary essays (1980) 45 Exemplare

Selected Stories (1978) 44 Exemplare

At Home and Abroad (1989) 36 Exemplare

A Man of Letters: Selected Essays (1985) 32 Exemplare

Dead Man Leading (20th Century Classics) (1949) 30 Exemplare

Blind Love and Other Stories (1990) 30 Exemplare

New York Herz und Antlitz einer Stadt (1965) 29 Exemplare

Lasting Impressions: Essays 1961-1987 (1990) 29 Exemplare

The Essential Pritchett: Selected Writings of V.S. Pritchett (2004) 27 Exemplare

The Living Novel (1946) 24 Exemplare

Marching Spain (1988) 20 Exemplare

The Living Novel and Later Appreciations (1964) 17 Exemplare

The Turn of the Years (1982) 15 Exemplare

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The Metropolitan Opera classics library : Puccini : La bohème (1983) 14 Exemplare

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Books in general (1953) 9 Exemplare

In My Good Books (2011) 6 Exemplare

Why Do I Write?: An Exchange of Views Between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene and V.S.Pritchett (English Literature… (1948) 6 Exemplare

Build the Ships: The Official Story of the Shipyards in Wartime (1946) 5 Exemplare

TURNSTILE ONE, A LITERARY MISCELLANY FROM THE NEW STATESMAN AND NATION (1948) 5 Exemplare

This England 5 Exemplare

Il santo (2022) 5 Exemplare

The working novelist (1965) 5 Exemplare

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The Saint and Other Stories (1966) 4 Exemplare

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The sailor, Sense of humour, and other stories 3 Exemplare

Nothing Like Leather (1935) 3 Exemplare

It May Never Happen (2013) 3 Exemplare

Das Doppelbett. Erzählung (RUB, 73) (1975) 2 Exemplare

A hasraesés művészete : Válogatott elbeszélések (1986) 2 Exemplare

Seedling Short Story International - Volume 7, Number 25, March 1987 (1981) 2 Exemplare

Handsome Is As Handsome Does 1 Exemplar

The Saint 1 Exemplar

The Camberwell Beauty 1 Exemplar

The Sailor (England Versus England) 1 Exemplar

A Story of Don Juan 1 Exemplar

A New World 1 Exemplar

Man About the House 1 Exemplar

Turnstile one : a literary miscellany from the New Statesman and Nation 1 Exemplar

The Gentle Barbarian The Life and Work of Turgeniev 1 Exemplar

Upstairs, Downstairs [short fiction] 1 Exemplar

Rare - V.S. Pritchett BALZAC First edition Color Plate illustrations Hardcover DJ 1 Exemplar

You Make Your own Life 1 Exemplar

Dublin (2017) 1 Exemplar

Clare Drummer 1 Exemplar

The Voice [short story] 1 Exemplar

The Humming Poet 1 Exemplar

Many Are Disappointed 1 Exemplar

The Spanish Virgin (2012) 1 Exemplar

Just a Little More [short story] — Autor — 1 Exemplar

The Spree 1 Exemplar

This England [1937] 1 Exemplar

Blind Love (1969) 1 Exemplar

This England [1940] (1937) 1 Exemplar

A Cab at the Door by Pritchett, V. S. (July 29, 1991) Paperback 1 Exemplar

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Gebräuchlichste Namensform: Pritchett, V. S.
Rechtmäßiger Name: Pritchett, Sir Victor Sawdon
Andere Namen: VSP
Geburtstag: 1900-12-16
Todestag: 1997-03-20
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: UK
Geburtsort: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Sterbeort: London, England, UK
Todesursache: stroke
Wohnorte: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
USA
London, England, UK
Woodford, Essex, England, UK
Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK
Sedbergh, England, UK
Ausbildung: St John's School, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Alleyn’s School
Dulwich College, London, England, UK
Berufe: novelist
short-story writer
critic
Beziehungen: Pritchett, Oliver (son)
Pritchett, Matt (grandson)
Pritchett, Georgia (granddaughter)
Organisationen: PEN International
The New Statesman
UK Ministry of Information (WWII)
BBC
Preise und Auszeichnungen: Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature (1987)
Commander, Order of the British Empire (1968)
Knight Bachelor (1975)
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (1993)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1958)
Foreign Honorary member, American Academy of Arts and Letters (1971) (Zeige alle 10)
PEN Award (1974)
Heinemann Award for Literature (1969)
Golden PEN Award (1994)
W. H. Smith Literary Award (1990)

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The Oxford Book Of Short Stories (Oxford Books Of… von V. S. Pritchett

41 stories from Sor Walter Scott to John Updike

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betty_s | 3 weitere Rezensionen | Sep 15, 2023 |

The Turn of the Years Reynolds Stone V.S. Pritchett… von V.S. (Text) Stone Pritchett, Reynolds. (Engravings) Theroux, Paul. (Introduction)

Reynolds Stone was born in 1909 and died in 1979. Perhaps best known for his wood engravings, he was also a painter, designer (with public commissions for stamps and bank notes), and letterer in stone (Sir Winston Churchill's memorial in Westminster Abbey). Pritchett and Stone were close personal friends.

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zadkine | Sep 4, 2023 |

A Man of Letters : Selected Essays von Victor Sawdon Pritchett

Critique of 46 fiction writers including Americans Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Henry James,
Nathanial West, and S. J. Perelman.

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iwb | Jul 30, 2022 |

The Oxford Book of Short Stories (Oxford Books of… von V. S. Pritchett

Currently reading, will update with individual story reviews as I complete them. I was going to do this in the private notes field, but I didn't realize it was character limited until I hit a wall, lol.

THE TWO DROVERS (Sir Walter Scott)
3 stars - I did end up liking it somewhat, but it was very hard to get into at the start.

THE BIRTHMARK (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
2 stars - Look, I get what he's doing in this story and the Message Behind It, but I just couldn't find either character likable, though I did feel very sorry for Georgiana. Also I just kind of don't like Hawthorne that much so maybe I'm biased.

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (Edgar Allan Poe)
5 stars - Love Poe, love this story. Definitely did not pick up the implications about the Usher family when I last read this probably more than a decade ago so that was certainly a shocker.… (mehr)

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spacekittycat | 3 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 8, 2021 |

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