The Runagates Club (Handheld Classics #2)
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- Synopsis
- The Runagates Club (1928) was John Buchan’s last collection of short stories, and is a classic of British interwar short fiction. These twelve stories were written from 1913 to 1927, when he was at the peak of his powers. Buchan designed The Runagates Club as a showcase to bring together the best of his magazine fiction. He repurposed these stories with new beginnings, framing them as after-dinner stories told over the port in a late 1920s private gentleman’s dining-club. The narrators are a ready-made cast of storytelling characters, and Buchan filled out their backgrounds to fit the patrician, clubland background. This is interwar story-telling at its very best. The critical introduction by Buchan expert Kate Macdonald sets out the publishing history, context, plots and thematic links between the stories and Buchan’s other works.
- Copyright:
- 2017
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 250 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781999828073
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781999828011
- Publisher:
- Handheld Press
- Date of Addition:
- 09/11/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Copyright of the introduction and notes, Kate Macdonald.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Kate Macdonald
- Proofread By:
- Kate Macdonald
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.