From the Cradle to the Grave: Short Stories

(Part of the Oxford Bookworms Collection Series)

by Clare West

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These stories explore the trials of life from youth to old age, in a wide variety of writing styles, including black humour, satire, and compassionate and realistic observations of the follies and foibles of humankind. Authors such as Saki, Evelyn Waugh, Roald Dahl, Raymond Carver, and W Somerset Maugham look at youth, marriage, parenthood and new relationships in later life, in stories that each have a unique twist.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0194226921

ISBN13:9780194226929

Release Date:September 2008

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:143 Pages

Weight:0.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"

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Contemporary Education & Reference English as a Second Language Fiction Foreign Languages Humanities Literature Literature & Fiction Schools & Teaching

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