Introduction" [to Six Stories by various authors].

Bates discusses challenges posed by the novella form before briefly explaining his choice of novellas by De Maupassant, Chekhov, Max Beerbohm, James Joyce, Hemingway, and himself ("The Cruise of the Breadwinner"), in each case revealing qualities that valued throughout his writing career. In Six Stories by various authors (Selected by H.E. Bates, London: Oxford, 1965, pp. vii-xvii).

ID: 
c176
Title: 
Introduction" [to Six Stories by various authors].
Genre: 
Essay
Page Count: 
11
Word Count: 
ca. 3500
Publisher: 
Oxford
Year of Publication: 
1965
Topic: 
Novella
Document Type: 
Full-text Online
Introductions, Forewords, Prefaces
Literary Criticism
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