The Essential Pritchett

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Selected Writings of V S Pritchett

By V S Pritchett

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The Essential Pritchett offers a rich anthology showcasing the remarkable career of V.S. Pritchett, one of modern Britain's most revered writers. Edited by his son, this collection includes autobiographical extracts that reveal his early life, vivid travel writings spanning from the Appalachians to Spain, insightful essays on literary greats such as Chekhov and Balzac, as well as excerpts from his novels and finest short stories.
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This collection is ideal for readers who appreciate classic British literature, insightful travel writing, and masterful short stories. It will also appeal to those interested in literary biography and criticism, offering a comprehensive introduction to Pritchett’s enduring legacy.

It includes extracts from A Cab at the Door and Midnight Oil, as well as literary criticism on a range of writers from George Eliot and Balzac to Chekov and Turgenev.

'There is more in this book that you will find in a shelf of books of this or any other year-A joy' Daily Telegraph

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V.S. Pritchett (1900 - 1997) was one of the most subtle, potent, and best-loved of modern British writers, an unparalleled storyteller and biographer. This engrossing and lively volume, edited by his son, is a tribute to a lifetime of writing.

He looks back to his childhood and youth in extracts from his autobiographies A Cab At The Door and Midnight Oil. His vivid travel writings take us from the Appalachians and Amazonia to Ireland and the south of Spain. He writes with great insight about the lives of authors he loves: Chekov, Turgenev, Balzac. His witty and sensitive criticism illuminates writers both classic and contemporary, from Scott, Kipling, and George Eliot, to Saul Bellow and Salman Rushdie.

Finally, the volume contains extracts from his novels and the best of the superb short stories.

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Celebrated as a magnificent and essential volume by Literary Review and Time Out, the book honours Pritchett's wit, wisdom, and unrivalled storytelling prowess. Recognised by the Scotsman as the greatest English short-story writer of the twentieth century, his work spans travel writing, biography, and criticism, all united by his singular genius.

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ISBN: 9780099474593

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 October 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

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Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 416g

Pages: 608

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About the Author

Sir Victor Pritchett was born above a toyshop in Ipswich, Suffolk in 1900. In the 1920s he became a journalist, first during the Irish Civil War and later in Spain. His first book, Marching Spain, was published in 1928. From that time on, although he held several academic posts, he was first and foremost a writer, achieving fame for his short stories and wide admiration for his journalism and his criticism, particularly his weekly column "Books in General" for the New Statesman in the 1950s. He became President of the Society of Authors, was a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and also President of the International P. E. N. He became C. B. E in 1968, and was knighted in 1975, and was made Companion of Honour in 1993. He died in London, in March 1997. Jeremy Treglown's new biography of V. S. Pritchett is also published in August by Chatto & Windus.